Synonyms
- big
- big boy
- big cheese
- big gun
- big leaguer
- big shot
- big wheel
- big-timer
- bigfoot
- biggie
- fat cat
- heavy
- heavy hitter
- heavyweight
- high-muck-a-muck
- high-muckety-muck
- honcho
- kahuna
- kingfish
- kingpin
- major leaguer
- muckety-muck
- muck-a-muck
- mucky-muck
- nabob
- nawab
- nibs
- nob [chiefly British]
- pooh-bah
- poo-bah
- wheel
Examples of bigwig in a Sentence
a bigwig in local politics
interviewed by several bigwigs on the hospital's staff
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The Saturday before the election, Evans announced he was scheduled to speak at a Turning Point Action ballot chasing event with MAGA bigwig Charlie Kirk.
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Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 2 Nov. 2024
But crypto bigwigs are betting that money and passion can overcome all this.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
His songs often cheekily broke the fourth wall, exposing the industry and its bigwigs’ desire to infringe their commercial logic upon his art.
—Emma Madden, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
The price tag of building a viewing platform for D.C.'s mayor and bigwigs attending the inaugural parade has ballooned to $1.5 million.
—Cuneyt Dil, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
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Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 2 Nov. 2024
But crypto bigwigs are betting that money and passion can overcome all this.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
His songs often cheekily broke the fourth wall, exposing the industry and its bigwigs’ desire to infringe their commercial logic upon his art.
—Emma Madden, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
The price tag of building a viewing platform for D.C.'s mayor and bigwigs attending the inaugural parade has ballooned to $1.5 million.
—Cuneyt Dil, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Bigwig.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bigwig. Accessed 26 Jan. 2025.
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