n.
Function: noun
1 a person of consequence or prominence FF1C; notables of Congress and the diplomatic corps FF1E;
Synonyms: big, big boy, ||big bug, ||big cheese, ||big chief, ||biggie, big gun, ||big noise, big shot, big-timer, ||big wheel, bigwig, character, chief, dignitary, eminence, ||fat cat, great gun, heavy, heavyweight, high-muck-a-muck, leader, lion, luminary, muckamuck, mugwump, nabob, nawob, notability, personage, personality, pooh-bah, pot, somebody, VIP
Related Words: figure; baron, czar, king, magnate, mogul, prince; light, star; power
Idioms: big-time operator, his nibs, Mr. Big
Contrasted Words: cipher, nobody, nonentity; functionary, underling
2
Synonyms: CELEBRITY 2, big name, ||celeb, luminary, name, notability, somebody,