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Synonyms for "big gun" in English

Summary

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big gun:
- bigwig; tycoon; big gun
- big shot; big gun; big wheel; big enchilada; big cheese; head honcho; big fish; big deal

English

Detailed Synonyms for big gun in English

big gun:

big gun

big gun
bigwig; tycoon; big gun
- bigwig
- tycoon
- big gun

big gun [the ~] nomen

the big gun

– an important influential person ¹
the big shot; the big gun; the big wheel; the big enchilada; the big cheese; the head honcho; the big fish; the big deal
– an important influential person ¹
- big shot [the ~] nomen
  - he thinks he's a big shot¹
- big gun [the ~] nomen
- big wheel [the ~] nomen
- big enchilada [the ~] nomen
- big cheese [the ~] nomen
- head honcho [the ~] nomen
- big fish [the ~] nomen
  - the Qaeda commander is a very big fish¹
- big deal [the ~] nomen
  - she's a big deal in local politics¹

Alternate Synonyms for "big gun":

big shot; big wheel; big cheese; big deal; big enchilada; big fish; head honcho; important person; influential person; personage

Related Definitions for "big gun":

an important influential person¹

Related Synonyms for big gun

big
gun

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University