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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There were video testimonials for tech bigwigs, including Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who gave the device high marks.
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Zev Fima, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
Our central characters fall neatly into easy tropes: insecure aging starlet, conniving sexpot, and misogynistic bigwig pig.
—Abby Monteil, Them, 20 Sep. 2024
Brady presses Riley and Shaw to work more quickly, given that the mayor and various other bigwigs are demanding updates.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 3 Oct. 2024
Unlike other big social platforms, like Reddit, YouTube hasn’t struck deals with AI bigwigs to scrape its videos.
—Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 30 Sep. 2024
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Zev Fima, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
Our central characters fall neatly into easy tropes: insecure aging starlet, conniving sexpot, and misogynistic bigwig pig.
—Abby Monteil, Them, 20 Sep. 2024
Brady presses Riley and Shaw to work more quickly, given that the mayor and various other bigwigs are demanding updates.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 3 Oct. 2024
Unlike other big social platforms, like Reddit, YouTube hasn’t struck deals with AI bigwigs to scrape its videos.
—Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Bigwig.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bigwig. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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