NAWAB Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

nawab

noun

nə-ˈwäb

Definition of nawab

as in heavyweight

one of high position or importance within a group a meeting with the nawabs on the university's board of trustees

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Recent Examples of nawab The manuscript was acquired by Asaf-ud-Daula, nawab of Awadh, and was presented to King George III in 1798. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026 The lights dim, and a hush falls over the crowd, as the last nawab of Oudh strides onto the stage at Palo Alto’s Cubberley Theater. — Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2025 The Oudh descendants in Kolkata, where the nawab died in exile, had also rejected their claim. — Ellen Barry, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2019 In 1757, the East India Company commander Robert Clive defeated Bengal’s local ruler, or nawab, in battle and consolidated the company’s power in the province. — Maya Jasanoff, The New York Review of Books, 23 May 2019

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Noun

This comes after index heavyweight SK Hynix sank over 10% in Asian trade.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 13 July 2026
Its Virginia Payload Module gives it a large and well-defined cruise-missile capacity, while its torpedo tubes can launch Mk 48 heavyweight torpedoes.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 11 July 2026

Definition of heavyweight

Noun

Robinson will be a far tougher test for Embiid and the East’s other bigs.

— Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Mazzulla’s scheme could help, even in lineups with Neemias Queta, because of how often Boston puts its bigs out on the perimeter as screeners and dribble-handoff threats.

— Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 30 June 2026

Definition of big

Noun

Garbrandt, once an undefeated bantamweight king, now holds a 15-8 record, with most losses coming by finish.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 12 July 2026
Now much of their thinking has infiltrated nu-conservatism, and the rest of us have been forced to learn about Braden Peters, better known as Clavicular—the king of the looksmaxxing sphere.

— Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 11 July 2026

Definition of king

Noun

But all the nattering nabobs of negativism who’d normally have been concentrating on Maura’s catastrophic first term had to devote at least a little attention to recounting one of the Wu Klux Klan’s more embarrassing moments of 2025.

— Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 21 Jan. 2026
Back then, white scholars saw history through the eyes of society’s nabobs, kings and presidents.

— Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025

Definition of nabob

Noun

Some people, however, take more than others, with cops and crooks snagging the lion’s share while ordinary people divvy up the scraps.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 July 2026
Then came the removal of China’s lions along with national symbols at other countries’ buildings across Ny-Ålesund.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 10 July 2026

Definition of lion

Noun

But after episode 4, his machinations and power plays have come to light, setting him up as the next formidable adversary to the new queen — and the latest focus of the fandom’s memes.

— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
The photograph of the queen with the trophy in the hands of the English defender, preserved by the Royal Collection Trust, remains one of the most famous images in the history of world soccer.

— Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 15 July 2026

Definition of queen

Noun

The two estranged princes – now fathers and husbands – have only seen one another a handful of times in the last four years.

— Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 6 July 2026
During his stay from July 7 to 11, the prince will carry out a series of charity engagements, and kick off the one-year countdown to the 2027 Invictus Games.

— Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 5 July 2026

Definition of prince

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