the big boysnoun [ plural ]
uk/ˈbɪɡ ˌbɔɪz/us/ˈbɪɡ ˌbɔɪz/informalthe most important people in an activity or organization, or the most powerful businesses with the most influence in a particular area:
I'm just a small business owner - I don't have the capital to compete with the big boys.
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
- big hitter
- fat cat
- high up
- high-level
- high-powered
- high-ranking
- honcho
- kingpin
- mogul
- of the moment idiom
- personage
- superior
- superiority
- 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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