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Word forms: plural big names
countable noun
A big name is a person who is successful and famous because of their work.
...all the big names in rock and pop. [+ in]
Synonyms: celebrity, star, personality, superstar More Synonyms of big name

big name in British English

noun
informal
a. 
a famous person
b. 
(as modifier)
a big-name performer

Examples of 'big name' in a sentence
big name

They will have their big names back.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The best team does not always comprise the biggest names.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He has already restructured the youth department and says he will offload big names and high earners.
The Sun (2016)
 Big names have been and gone before.
The Sun (2016)
Where were the big names that could have made sure last year was a platform to great things?
The Sun (2016)
It will allow some of its biggest names to declare only a portion of their news and radio earnings.
The Sun (2017)
He's a big name so will be getting a decent amount.
The Sun (2016)
Instead of targeting local gigs, they sought deals with bigger names.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
During that time all the big names in electro-pop have featured in the column.
The Sun (2016)
Is he the right man to handle the big names at the club?
The Sun (2013)
Whether these big names will change mainstream opinion about short stories is doubtful.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He will be the big name on a list.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
There are players who come with a big name and are very expensive.
The Sun (2010)
The meeting organisers will now be doing all they can to sign up the biggest names.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Everybody wants to be a big name.
Smout, T.C. & Wood, Sydney Scottish Voices 1745-1960 (1990)
Some of the biggest names in pop have been queuing up to sing her praises and praise her singing.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Some of the biggest names in pop have been playing them on the quiet for more than a decade.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Our club needs a big name.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Who will bag the big names?
The Sun (2015)
We will be signing big names.
The Sun (2011)
So why does Cannes clean up when it comes to the biggest names in international cinema?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Big clubs want big names, who are going to deliver straight away.
The Sun (2016)
In England big names do come a cropper with some regularity.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The question is, where will the bigger names be going?
The Sun (2009)
Casting has yet to be confirmed, although it is thought big names will be involved.
The Sun (2011)
It can't be bad when your job involves working with big names and taking the mickey out of them.
The Sun (2010)
The corporation's willingness to push ahead without a big name comes amid scrutiny of the salaries paid to its highest stars.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He told me: 'I have been lucky enough to work with some big names.
The Sun (2007)
 Pop 's biggest names will pale into insignificance if U2 do end up taking the stage.
The Sun (2014)
Initially, it was shambolic as some of pop 's biggest names tried to squeeze into the studio.
The Sun (2014)
I didn't set out to work with big names, it all just kind of worked out.
The Sun (2012)

In other languages
big name

British English: big name NOUN
A big name is a person who is successful and famous because of their work.
...all the big names in rock and pop.
  • American English: big name
  • Brazilian Portuguese: grande nome
  • Chinese: 名人
  • European Spanish: renombrado
  • French: grand nom
  • German: Größe
  • Italian: grosso nome
  • Japanese: 有名人
  • Korean: 명사
  • European Portuguese: nome importante
  • Latin American Spanish: renombrado

(noun) 
Definition
a famous person
all the big names in rock and pop
Synonyms
celebrity
At the age of twelve, he was already a celebrity.
star
Not all football stars are ill-behaved louts.
personality
a radio and television personality
superstar
a Hollywood superstar
name
dignitary
He was a visiting dignitary of great importance.
luminary
the political opinions of such luminaries as Sartre and de Beauvoir
bigwig (informal)
a bigwig who heads the local parliament
celeb (informal)
face (informal)
big shot (informal)
personage
MPs, film stars and other important personages
megastar (informal)
lion
By the 1920s Kahlil Gibran was a social and literary lion.
V.I.P.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of bigwig
Definition
an important person
a bigwig who heads the local parliament
Synonyms
important person,
somebody,
celebrity,
heavyweight (informal),
notable,
big name,
mogul,
big gun (informal),
dignitary,
celeb (informal),
big shot (informal),
personage,
nob (slang),
big cheese (old-fashioned, slang),
big noise (informal),
big hitter (informal),
heavy hitter (informal),
panjandrum,
notability,
V.I.P.
in the sense of dignitary
Definition
a person of high official position or rank
He was a visiting dignitary of great importance.
Synonyms
public figure,
worthy,
notable,
high-up (informal),
bigwig (informal),
celeb (informal),
personage,
pillar of society,
pillar of the church,
notability,
pillar of the state,
V.I.P.
in the sense of lion
By the 1920s Kahlil Gibran was a social and literary lion.
Synonyms
celebrity,
star,
superstar,
idol,
wonder,
notable,
big name,
prodigy,
luminary,
celeb (informal),
megastar (informal),
V.I.P.

Nearby words of
big name

  • bidding
  • big
  • big fish
  • big name
  • big time
  • big-hearted
  • bighead

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