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单词 nawabs
释义

nawab

noun

na·​wab nə-ˈwäb How to pronounce nawab (audio)
: nabob

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
  • high-muck-a-muck
  • high-muckety-muck
  • honcho
  • kahuna
  • kingfish
  • kingpin
  • major leaguer
  • muckety-muck
  • muck-a-muck
  • mucky-muck
  • nabob
  • nibs
  • nob [chiefly British]
  • pooh-bah
  • poo-bah
  • wheel
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Example Sentences

a meeting with the nawabs on the university's board of trustees
Recent Examples on the Web The Oudh descendants in Kolkata, where the nawab died in exile, had also rejected their claim. Ellen Barry, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2019 In 1757, the East India Company commander Robert Clive defeated Bengal’s local ruler, or nawab, in battle and consolidated the company’s power in the province. Maya Jasanoff, The New York Review of Books, 23 May 2019

Word History

Etymology

Urdu nawāb

First Known Use

1682, in the meaning defined above

nawabs

noun

plural of nawab
as in kings
one of high position or importance within a group a meeting with the nawabs on the university's board of trustees

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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