big wheel

Noun

Meaning

an important influential person

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

big shot big fish heavyweight kingpin big gun bigwig big cheese big enchilada head honcho top dog important person top brass titan joss name
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Antonyms

John Doe shrimp inferior subordinate nobody cipher
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Hypernyms

personage important person influential person

Hyponyms

knocker supremo

Examples

Blessed is he who talks in circles, for he shall become a big wheel. Frank Dane

I don't profess to have music as my big wheel and there are a number of other things as important to me apart from music. Theatre and mime, for instance. David Bowie

Children, a lot of times, can't make their parents wrong because they have to live with them, because they have to love them. And when you're young, you can't get on your Big Wheel and go down to the Best Western. You've got to live there and you've got to figure it out. Lana Parrilla

Los Angeles is such a town of show business, and I'm a terrible celebrity. I find it difficult - it's the beast that must be fed. There's this big wheel of pictures and articles that goes around, and you get pinned on it. Julia Roberts

he thinks he's a big shot Source: Internet

she's a big deal in local politics Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

big way big weight big wet big wheels big white chief big white house