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单词 big shot
释义

big shot

noun

ˈbig-ˌshät How to pronounce big shot (audio)
: a person of consequence or prominence

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
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Example Sentences

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

big shot

noun

as in big
one of high position or importance within a group a meeting at which all of the big shots in the company were present

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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