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[ big-wig ] / ˈbɪgˌwɪg / SEE SYNONYMS FOR bigwig ON THESAURUS.COM
noun Informal.an important person, especially an official: senators and other political bigwigs. Origin of bigwigFirst recorded in 1725–35; rhyming compound from phrase big wig, i.e., person important enough to wear such a wig OTHER WORDS FROM bigwigbigwigged, adjectivebig·wig·ged·ness [big-wig-id-nis], /ˈbɪgˈwɪg ɪd nɪs/, nounWords nearby bigwigbig tree, biguanide, big up, big wheel, big White Chief, bigwig, Bihar, Bihar and Orissa, Bihari, bihourly, Bihzad Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bigwigRobert Downey Jr. plays the son, a bigwig Chicago attorney who proudly defends wealthy white-collar criminals. Robert Downey Jr. Just Made the Year’s Sappiest Flick|Alex Suskind|September 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST That's a bigwig Republican talking, a man who ran for statewide office in New York and possibly will again. GOPer Says Romney Wrong on Bailout|Michael Tomasky|October 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST And abruptly changing the subject, he talked of pictures to the pleasant Bigwig in the sleepy afternoon. The Freelands|John Galsworthy "I bet you've drawn that Chinese bigwig that's booked from here," said the captain, grinning. The Honorable Percival|Alice Hegan Rice
Once a year some 'bigwig' comes from Bangalore to review them. Gold, Sport, And Coffee Planting In Mysore|Robert H. Elliot I am told he is a professor, orator, and author, whose ambition makes him the slave of every bigwig. Letters of Two Brides|Honore de Balzac On the present occasion he welcomed Arkady with all the bonhomie, all the jocosity, of an "enlightened" bigwig. Fathers and Sons|Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
British Dictionary definitions for bigwig
nouninformal an important person Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to bigwigmogul, nabob, pooh-bah |