big hitternoun [ C ]
uk/ˌbɪɡ ˈhɪt.ər/us/ˌbɪɡ ˈhɪt̬.ɚ/an important and influential person or thing (= one with a lot of influence), especially of their particular type:
The big hitters in the cast include Michael Caine and Ewan McGregor.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Important people and describing important people
- august
- baron
- be the cat's whiskers idiom
- big fish/gun/noise/shot/wheel idiom
- bigwig
- fat cat
- high up
- high-powered
- high-ranking
- honcho
- kingpin
- lead singer
- mogul
- personage
- superior
- superiority
- the big boys
- the bigger they are, the harder they fall idiom
- the grand old man of sth idiom
- the great and the good idiom
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