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bigwig

noun

1 bigwig

The most important person in a group or undertaking.

synonyms: kingpin, top banana.

Roget 875: nobility, rank, condition, distinction, optimacy, blood, pur sang [Fr.], birth, high descent, order; quality, gentility; blue blood of Castile; ancien regime [Fr.].    ... show more

Roget 492: scholar, connoisseur, savant, pundit, schoolman, professor, graduate, wrangler; academician, academist; master of arts, doctor, licentitate, ... show more

Roget 500: sage, wise man; genius; master mind, master spirit of the age; longhead, thinker; intellectual, longhair.    authority, oracle, luminary, shining light, esprit fort, ... show more

Dutch: hoge ome, bondsbons


Moby thesaurus: Establishment, VIP, aristocracy, baron, barons, big boy, big cheese, big gun, big man, big name, big noise, big shot, big wheel, bigwigs, boss, brass, brass hat, celebrity, chief, cream ... show more.

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