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BIGWIG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bigwig mean?
• BIGWIG (noun)
The noun BIGWIG has 1 sense:
1. the most important person in a group or undertaking
Familiarity information: BIGWIG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The most important person in a group or undertaking
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
bigwig; kingpin; top banana
Hypernyms ("bigwig" is a kind of...):
important person; influential person; personage (a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events)
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