bigwig

English

Alternative forms

• big wig, big-wig

Etymology

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Noun

bigwig (plural bigwigs)

1. (jocose) A person of importance to a group or organization

   The company bigwig is gathering his staff together for a meeting today.

Synonyms

• big cheese, big enchilada, big kahuna, big wheel, grand poobah, head honcho, kingpin, muckety muck, top banana, top dog

Translations

A person of consequence

Estonian: suur nina (et), tähtis tegelane (et) Finnish: pamppu, napamies, silmäätekevä (fi), kiho (fi) French: grosse légume (fr) f., huile (fr) f., gros bonnet (fr) m.

Indonesian: kakap (id) Spanish: pez gordo (es) m.