as in heavyweight
one of high position or importance within a group
when she became the network's White House correspondent, she knew that she was now playing with the big boys
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Recent Examples of big boy
Unfortunately, very big boy Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees took the crown this season with 58 home runs.
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Bryan Walsh, Vox, 30 Dec. 2024
This is going to be a very big boy, free cash flow game.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2024
One of those big boys dropped off a wolf's head at my feet and looked up at me, then walked off.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Inevitable imperfections The above is no disrespect to SMU, which unquestionably has had a fantastic initial season in the ACC, or Boise State, which has long been a non-power conference machine that often has shown it not only can play with big boys, but beat them as well.
—Tom Layberger, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Bryan Walsh, Vox, 30 Dec. 2024
This is going to be a very big boy, free cash flow game.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2024
One of those big boys dropped off a wolf's head at my feet and looked up at me, then walked off.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Inevitable imperfections The above is no disrespect to SMU, which unquestionably has had a fantastic initial season in the ACC, or Boise State, which has long been a non-power conference machine that often has shown it not only can play with big boys, but beat them as well.
—Tom Layberger, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for big boy
Noun
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Wingard’s sequel is a bit more abstract than its predecessor, focusing too much on strange world-building and too little on the battle between our two beloved heavies.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
8 May 2025
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Harry heads back to the yard, where a group of Kevin's Czechoslovakian hired heavies are preparing for war.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
13 Apr. 2025
Noun
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All season long, New York has struggled to contain stretch bigs.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
21 May 2025
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In his absence, Kornet dominated the paint, finally tilting the floor back toward the Celtics when the Knicks deployed two bigs; a lineup that had been dogging Boston in this series.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
15 May 2025
Noun
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There are big guns, big swords and, by the sound of it, a whole lot of crazy.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
27 May 2025
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But that enemy once again includes potentially large numbers of North Koreans, as well as their big guns and missile launchers.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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Take Lincoln Park, home to some perennial heavy hitters like Boka and Alinea, or the James Beard Award–winning farm-to-table favorite Lula Cafe in Logan Square.—
Kristin Braswell,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
23 May 2025
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She's collaborated with heavy hitters like Mark Ronson, Fiona Apple, and Perfume Genius, and contributed music to projects like Netflix's Arcane and Adventure Time: Distant Lands.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
21 May 2025
Noun
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There was a man riding a toddler’s big wheel with a 40-ounce malt liquor bottle in one hand, and a woman wearing just a torn T-shirt was cursing up a storm.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
26 May 2025
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Off-road vehicles need to be boxy, tall and large with big wheels and specialized tires -- these are terrible for range.—
Morgan Korn,
ABC News,
22 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Photographed by Huy Luong The bride learned of this ritual while searching for ways to incorporate Chinese traditions into her wedding beyond lion dancers at her banquet.—
Lisa Wong Macabasco,
Vogue,
22 May 2025
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Tigers, lions, even elephants were showing signs of trauma from hearing gunfire and helicopters nearby.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
22 May 2025
Noun
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But a big cheese board affords the chance for people to try something new.—
Betty Hallock,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Dec. 2024
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But a big cheese board affords the chance for people to try something new.—
Betty Hallock,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Dec. 2024
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His dream is to become a loving, fat cat who stays indoors.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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But even these fat cat colleges aren’t safe.—
Emma Whitford,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Big boy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/big%20boy. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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