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Bigwig

Bigwig Meaning & Definition
Bigwig Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bigwig?

[n] the most important person in a group or undertaking

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bigwig: kingpin | top banana

Related Terms | Find terms related to Bigwig: aristocracy | baron | barons | big boy | big cheese | big gun | big man | big name | big noise | big shot | big wheel | bigwigs | boss | brass | brass hat | celebrity | chief | cream | dignitary | dignity | elder | elite | Establishment | father | figure | great man | hotshot | important person | interests | king | kingpin | lion | lords of creation | magnate | man of mark | mogul | nabob | name | nobility | notability | notable | overlapping | panjandrum | person of renown | personage | personality | pillar of society | power | power elite | power structure | queen | ruling circle | ruling circles | ruling class | sachem | somebody | something | the best | the best people | the brass | the great | the top | top brass | top people | tycoon | upper class | upper crust | very important person | VIP | worthy

See Also | important person | influential person | personage

Bigwig In Webster's Dictionary

\Big"wig`\, n. [Big,a.+ wig.] A person of consequence; as, the bigwigs of society. [Jocose] In our youth we have heard him spoken of by the bigwigs with extreme condescension. --Dickens.

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