big shot

noun

ˈbig-ˌshät 

: a person of consequence or prominence

Synonyms

• big
• big boy
• big cheese
• bigfoot
• biggie
• big gun
• big leaguer
• big-timer
• big wheel
• bigwig
• 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 big shot in a Sentence

All the corporate big shots are meeting this afternoon.

a big shot in local politics

Word History

First Known Use

1929, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

big shot

noun

: an important person