NOUN | person | big deal, big shot, big gun, big wheel, big cheese, big enchilada, big fish, head honcho | an important influential person |
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attribute | big deal | anything of great importance or consequence |
Meaning | An important influential person. | |
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Example | "she's a big deal in local politics" | |
Synonyms | big shot, big gun, big wheel, big cheese, big enchilada, big fish, head honcho | |
Narrower | knocker | (Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way |
supremo | The most important person in an organization | |
Broader | important person, influential person, personage | A person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events |
Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
Spanish | pez gordo |
Meaning | Anything of great importance or consequence. | |
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Broader | importance | The quality of being important and worthy of note |
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