high-muck-a-muck
noun
ˌhī-ˈmə-ki-ˌmək 
variants or high-muckety-muck
ˌhī-ˈmə-kə-tē-ˌmək
: muckety-muck
Synonyms
- big
- big boy
- big cheese
- big gun
- big leaguer
- big shot
- big wheel
- big-timer
- bigfoot
- biggie
- bigwig
- fat cat
- heavy
- heavy hitter
- heavyweight
- 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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Word History
Etymology
by folk etymology from Chinook Jargon hayo makamak plenty to eat
First Known Use
1856, in the meaning defined above
high-muck-a-mucks
noun
variants or high-muckety-mucks
as in wheels
one of high position or importance within a group failed to pass muster with the country club's high-muck-a-mucks Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- wheels
- bigs
- muck-a-mucks
- heavies
- heavyweights
- kings
- nawabs
- lions
- poo-bahs
- big guns
- big shots
- mucky-mucks
- heavy hitters
- big boys
- big leaguers
- major leaguers
- princes
- big wheels
- bigwigs
- nabobs
- big cheeses
- queens
- biggies
- kingfish
- muckety-mucks
- nibs
- magnates
- kahunas
- nobs
- barons
- fat cats
- bigfoots
- bigfeet
- pooh-bahs
- kingpins
- tycoons
- honchos
- princesses
- big-timers
- czars
- moguls
- tsars
- tzars
- VIPs
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- shrimp
- zeroes
- zeros
- shrimps
- lightweights
- subordinates
- nobodies
- zilches
- nonentities
- underlings
- whippersnappers
- inferiors
- twerps
- obscurities
- mediocrities
- overcolouring
- overcolours
- overcome
- overcomer
- overcomers
- overcomes
- overcoming
- overcommercialization
- overcommercializations
- overcommercialize
- overcommercialized
- overcommercializes
- overcommercializing
- overcommit
- overcommitment
- overcommitments
- overcommits
- overcommitted
- overcommitting
- overcommunicate
- overcommunicated
- overcommunicates
- overcommunicating
- overcommunication
- overcommunications