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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an important influential person;
- Example: "he thinks he's a big shot"
- Example: "she's a big deal in local politics"
- Example: "the Qaeda commander is a very big fish"
[syn: big shot, big gun, big wheel, big cheese, big deal, big enchilada, big fish, head honcho]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

big wheel n 1: an important influential person; "he thinks he's a big shot"; "she's a big deal in local politics"; "the Qaeda commander is a very big fish" [syn: big shot, big gun, big wheel, big cheese, big deal, big enchilada, big fish, head honcho]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

47 Moby Thesaurus words for "big wheel": BMOC, Rasputin, Svengali, VIP, access, bad influence, big boy, big cheese, big gun, big noise, big shot, big-time operator, big-timer, bigwig, chief, court, eminence grise, five-percenter, friend at court, good influence, gray eminence, heavyweight, hidden hand, high-muck-a-muck, his nibs, influence, influence peddler, influencer, ingroup, key, kingmaker, lobby, lobbyist, lords of creation, man of influence, manipulator, open sesame, powers that be, pressure group, sinister influence, special interests, special-interest group, the Establishment, very important person, wheel, wheeler-dealer, wire-puller