big deal

Speech parts

1. big deal - Noun

2. big deal - Interjection

3. big deal - Phrase

Meaning

anything of great importance or consequence

an important influential person

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

head honcho big enchilada big wheel big fish boss celebrity tycoon hotshot big gun big shot bigwig big cheese biggie big business very important person
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Antonyms

bagatelle letter nothing nobody cipher loser
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Hypernyms

importance personage important person influential person

Hyponyms

knocker supremo

Examples

It seems that in the world of politics, lying is not such a big deal. Ali Larijani

Security people are often the black-and-white kind of people that I can't stand. I think the OpenBSD crowd is a bunch of masturbating monkeys, in that they make such a big deal about concentrating on security to the point where they pretty much admit that nothing else matters to them. Linus Torvalds

Sometimes I may be totally arrogant, sometimes I may totally be the most humble guy you've ever met, sometimes I may be in between. But that's life. Who isn't like that? What's the big deal if I had an arrogant moment. Ben Harper

So I was smacked up on the Prime Minister's jet – big deal. Will Self

One operator is no big deal. That can be fixed in a jiffy. Larry Wall

My father once said, 'If the whole world wants to go left and you feel like going right, go right. You don't have to follow. You don't have to make a big deal about which way you're going. Just go. It's very easy. Yanni

Words in the phrase

big deal

Close letter words and terms

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