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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
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Cite this Entry
“Big shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big%20shot. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
big shot
noun
: an important person
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