NAWABS Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

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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Noun

While heavyweights such as Nvidia, Microsoft, Alphabet and Meta have struggled to sustain rallies in recent weeks, other companies are showing signs of strength.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026
Since taking office, Mamdani has named Diya Vij, an arts-organizations veteran, to lead the Department of Cultural Affairs, and assembled a slew of heavyweights to serve on his Committee on Arts and Culture.

— Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of heavyweights

Noun

The bigs come out a lot to pressure the ball in ball screen coverage.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Nov. 2026
When Ott was in Cleveland, the system often had just one shooting outlet on most plays, relying on the guards’ floater games and the bigs’ vertical spacing over the top.

— Jared Weiss, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of bigs

Noun

Ahead of their Hard Rock show, the two comedy kings did an interview with the South Florida Sun Sentinel — Short from Los Angeles, Martin from New York City — and here is more about the tour from that Q&A session.

— Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026
Edmund is invoked on behalf of kings and victims of torture, during pandemics, and for protection against plague.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of kings

Noun

Alongside the 30- and 40-something financiers, lawyers, and soon-to-be-IPOing AI magnates are their parents.

— Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 28 Oct. 2026
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

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

Its mix of escapist fantasy and emotional substance has never felt more dialed in, nor the political relevance of staggering income inequality and meddlesome tycoons more pronounced.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026
Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP The Journal also reported this weekend that Guilfoyle boasted in audio recordings about Greek businessmen who paid for her travel, and reportedly encouraged foreign governments to do business with one of the tycoons.

— Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of tycoons

Noun

That includes a 19th-century painting of Qajar princes in the lobby to works from Malaysian artists scattered throughout the property—as well as a striking clock looming over the hotel’s Peacock Alley social hub.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2026
Even though the modern orchestra originated three centuries ago as a plaything of princes, there has always been an implicit connection — and tension — between orchestras and democracy.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026

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