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Synonyms
- big
- big boy
- big cheese
- 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 gun in a Sentence
for a high-profile case like this, the law firm uses only its big guns
Recent Examples on the Web
Out on the open ocean, naval conflicts would continue to be settled by fleet actions of armored battleships engaging each other with big guns.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
But turning to the big men with big guns to solve one’s problems comes with a cost.
—Timothy Frye, Foreign Affairs, 26 Feb. 2022
Not-so-artificial concerns Big Tech and a former big gun in the Trump administration are partnering up to raise the alarm about how artificial intelligence, with the wrong inputs, poses major risks to the world.
—Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 Sep. 2024
Does Billy get to regard big guns with glee, and does Taggart fetch a shotgun from his trunk?
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 2 July 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1830, in the meaning defined above
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Cite this Entry
“Big gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big%20gun. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
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