Thesaurus:important person

Thesaurus:important person

THESAURUS

important person

English

Synonyms

• big cheese    [WS]

• big enchilada

• big gun

• big kahuna

• big noise

• big shot

• bigwig

• big wheel

• boss    [WS]

• grand poobah

• head honcho

• heavy hitter

• heavyweight

• high-muck-a-muck

• king of all one surveys

• king of the castle

• king of the hill

• kingpin

• Master of the Universe

• muckamuck

• muckety muck

• poobah

• rooster

• somebody

• top banana

• top dog

• top gun

• very important person

• VIP

• wheel

Antonyms

• nonentity    [WS]

• shrimp

Hyponyms

• BMOC (student)

• Master of the Universe (business)

Hypernyms

• person    [WS]

See also

• Thesaurus:boss
• Thesaurus:ruler
• Thesaurus:official

Further reading

• “870. repute” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “big wheel” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
• some of the synonyms at Google Ngram Viewer