Synonyms
- big
- big cheese
- big gun
- big leaguer
- big shot
- big wheel
- big-timer
- bigfoot
- biggie
- 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 boy in a Sentence
when she became the network's White House correspondent, she knew that she was now playing with the big boys
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One of those big boys dropped off a wolf's head at my feet and looked up at me, then walked off.
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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
Besides the first day of KHSAA state football finals on Friday, there was a big boys basketball tilt involving No. 4 Male and No. 3 Trinity.
—Rich Barak, The Courier-Journal, 7 Dec. 2024
One thing Green Bay hasn't done, though, is beat the NFL’s big boys.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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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
Besides the first day of KHSAA state football finals on Friday, there was a big boys basketball tilt involving No. 4 Male and No. 3 Trinity.
—Rich Barak, The Courier-Journal, 7 Dec. 2024
One thing Green Bay hasn't done, though, is beat the NFL’s big boys.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Big boy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big%20boy. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.
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