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Synonyms for "big cheese" in English

Summary

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

English

Detailed Synonyms for big cheese in English

big cheese:

big cheese [the ~] nom

the big cheese

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

Alternate Synonyms for "big cheese":

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

Related Definitions for "big cheese":

an important influential person¹

Related Synonyms for big cheese

big
cheese

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University