nawabs

noun

plural of nawab
as in heavyweights
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 Synonyms for nawabs
  1. heavyweights
  2. bigs
  3. kings
  4. magnates
  5. heavies
  6. tycoons
  7. lions
  8. princes
Noun
  • Fashion Is Really, Really Under the Influence People of the internet and of internet influence are front row heavyweights.
    — Joan Kennedy, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Another game to enjoy today is between two heavyweights in the NFC.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of heavyweights
Noun
  • The belief in Green Bay is the veteran bigs will give Love more time to throw.
    — Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • That is a remarkable incentive, if not catnip, to send Condon to the bigs.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of bigs
Noun
  • Dinner is an event at Pellico 3, the hotel’s gastronomy project, reconceptualised in 2022 and conducted by executive chef Guido Paternollo, who has worked under haute cuisine kings Enrico Bartolini and Alain Ducasse.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026
  • The kingdom braces for the war on the horizon in this new Norse saga, as other Scandinavian kings and even an English king are drawn into the chaos.
    — Mya Copeland, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of kings
Noun
  • French jewelry maison Boucheron was founded in 1858 and built a legacy of adorning royals, stars and magnates in jewelry that combines precious, rare gems with equally ingenious designs.
    — Tanya Dukes, Robb Report, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The verdict cleared a legal cloud hanging over OpenAI's restructuring right as both magnates were steering their companies toward the public market.
    — Alicia Park, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Definition of magnates
Noun
  • Mehring’s characters include petty criminals, unscrupulous lawyers, Galician Jews, Freikorps heavies, local and international businessmen, Prussian generals, and the everyday citizens inhabiting the streets of Berlin’s old and rather dingy center.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The album also features cameos by heavies from Gojira, Lamb of God, Queens of the Stone Age, and Clutch.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of heavies
Noun
  • Lately, though, many mom-and-pop tycoons are turning to different kinds of funding.
    — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Today’s tycoons learn a lesson from history — public esteem for rich entrepreneurs inevitably sours, columnist Michael Hiltzik argues.
    — Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of tycoons
Noun
  • Once the lions get comfortable in a neighborhood where deer are plentiful, an attack on a pet or a human is more likely, Tira said.
    — Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026
  • While other competitors incorporated imagery such as lions, Diggs centered his work on a person in an urban environment.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of lions
Noun
  • Modern-day courtiers and princes–to say nothing of bureaucrats–should not be the ones deciding what gets made and who gets to see it.
    — Christopher Koopman, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Fictional princes fill pop culture, from heroic leaders in science fiction empires to charming ones in modern takes on classic fairy tales.
    — Sarah Scott, Parents, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of princes
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