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big wheel
big wheeln. Slang A very important person.big wheel n 1. another name for a Ferris wheel 2. informal an important person big′ wheel′
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Informal. an influential person. [1905–10] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  big wheel - an important influential person; "he thinks he's a big shot"; "she's a big deal in local politics"; "the Qaeda commander is a very big fish"big cheese, big deal, big enchilada, big fish, big gun, big shot, head honchocolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechimportant person, influential person, personage - a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of eventsknocker - (Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate personsupremo - the most important person in an organization |
big wheelnounSlang. An important, influential person:character, dignitary, eminence, leader, lion, nabob, notability, notable, personage.Informal: big-timer, heavyweight, somebody, someone, VIP.Slang: big shot, bigwig, muckamuck.Translationsbig wheel
a big wheelAn important, successful, or influential person. After Mark successfully persuaded both sides to pass the budget, people considered him to be quite a big wheel in the political arena.See also: big, wheelbig wheelsee under big cheese. See also: big, wheelbig wheel n. a very important person. Some big wheel wrote the order. Don’t blame me. See also: big, wheelbig wheel
Synonyms for big wheelnoun an important, influential personSynonyms- character
- dignitary
- eminence
- leader
- lion
- nabob
- notability
- notable
- personage
- big-timer
- heavyweight
- somebody
- someone
- VIP
- big shot
- bigwig
- muckamuck
Synonyms for big wheelnoun an important influential personSynonyms- big cheese
- big deal
- big enchilada
- big fish
- big gun
- big shot
- head honcho
Related Words- colloquialism
- important person
- influential person
- personage
- knocker
- supremo
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