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单词 big shots
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 shots

noun

plural of big shot
as in bigs
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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  • bigs
  • heavyweights
  • big guns
  • heavy hitters
  • wheels
  • big wheels
  • big boys
  • big leaguers
  • heavies
  • major leaguers
  • big cheeses
  • lions
  • poo-bahs
  • kings
  • fat cats
  • muck-a-mucks
  • high-muckety-mucks
  • tycoons
  • magnates
  • princes
  • bigwigs
  • queens
  • biggies
  • nawabs
  • nibs
  • barons
  • nobs
  • nabobs
  • kingfish
  • mucky-mucks
  • bigfoots
  • bigfeet
  • kahunas
  • princesses
  • high-muck-a-mucks
  • czars
  • kingpins
  • big-timers
  • pooh-bahs
  • muckety-mucks
  • honchos
  • moguls
  • tzars
  • tsars
  • VIPs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • shrimp
  • shrimps
  • zeroes
  • zeros
  • subordinates
  • nobodies
  • zilches
  • lightweights
  • nonentities
  • whippersnappers
  • inferiors
  • underlings
  • twerps
  • obscurities
  • mediocrities
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