Synonyms of big gun

big gun

noun

as in heavyweight

one of high position or importance within a group

for a high-profile case like this, the law firm uses only its big guns

Synonyms & Similar Words

• heavyweight
• heavy
• big
• big wheel
• big boy
• big leaguer
• major leaguer
• heavy hitter
• big cheese
• lion
• fat cat
• queen
• magnate
• king
• big shot
• big-timer
• poo-bah
• tycoon
• biggie
• wheel
• prince
• bigfoot
• kingfish
• nabob
• nibs
• bigwig
• baron
• kahuna
• nob
• high-muckety-muck
• nawab
• kingpin
• princess
• muck-a-muck
• mucky-muck
• honcho
• tsar
• czar
• pooh-bah
• high-muck-a-muck
• muckety-muck
• VIP
• mogul
• tzar

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nobody
• nothing
• lightweight
• shrimp
• zero
• subordinate
• nonentity
• twerp
• whippersnapper
• zilch
• inferior
• underling
• obscurity
• mediocrity

Examples of big gun in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Florida Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky has been exceptional, the Panthers’ opportunistic scoring has maximized every mistake Edmonton has made, and the Oilers’ big guns have yet to find a way to finish their chances. —Bailey Johnson, Washington Post, 15 June 2024

Edmonton’s second big gun, Draisaitl, took a cross-ice pass and one-timed it. —Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2024