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单词 big cheese
释义

big cheese

noun

: boss, big gun

Synonyms

  • big
  • big boy
  • big gun
  • big leaguer
  • big shot
  • big wheel
  • big-timer
  • bigfoot
  • biggie
  • bigwig
  • fat cat
  • heavy
  • heavy hitter
  • heavyweight
  • high-muck-a-muck
  • high-muckety-muck
  • honcho
  • kahuna
  • kingfish
  • kingpin
  • major leaguer
  • muckety-muck
  • muck-a-muck
  • mucky-muck
  • nabob
  • nawab
  • nibs
  • nob [chiefly British]
  • pooh-bah
  • poo-bah
  • wheel
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Example Sentences

thinks he's a big cheese just because he's got a business card
Recent Examples on the Web Una Pizza Napoletana is truly the big cheese: Anthony Mangieri’s Lower East Side pizza joint was just named the best pizzeria in the United States by the 50 Top Pizza organization. Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 June 2022 Lin-Manuel Miranda is the big cheese of the pandemic movie musical. Michael Phillips, Star Tribune, 10 June 2021 The latest batch of earnings calls in October suggest the corporate big cheese are still in good cheer (or at least pretending to be when analysts and shareholders are on the line). John Detrixhe, Quartz, 23 Oct. 2020 What wrought the change was her relationship with the Joker, a big cheese in the stink of Gotham City. Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1912, in the meaning defined above

big cheese

noun

as in big
one of high position or importance within a group thinks he's a big cheese just because he's got a business card

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • big
  • heavyweight
  • heavy
  • big gun
  • big boy
  • big wheel
  • big leaguer
  • big shot
  • major leaguer
  • fat cat
  • heavy hitter
  • lion
  • king
  • queen
  • magnate
  • bigfoot
  • tycoon
  • big-timer
  • biggie
  • prince
  • wheel
  • poo-bah
  • baron
  • kingfish
  • nibs
  • nob
  • nabob
  • high-muckety-muck
  • kahuna
  • bigwig
  • princess
  • nawab
  • kingpin
  • muck-a-muck
  • honcho
  • mucky-muck
  • czar
  • high-muck-a-muck
  • muckety-muck
  • mogul
  • pooh-bah
  • tsar
  • VIP
  • tzar

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • nobody
  • shrimp
  • lightweight
  • nothing
  • zero
  • subordinate
  • whippersnapper
  • twerp
  • nonentity
  • inferior
  • obscurity
  • underling
  • zilch
  • mediocrity
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