VERY IMPORTANT PERSON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does very important person mean? 

• VERY IMPORTANT PERSON (noun)
  The noun VERY IMPORTANT PERSON has 1 sense:

1. an important or influential (and often overbearing) person

  Familiarity information: VERY IMPORTANT PERSON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VERY IMPORTANT PERSON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An important or influential (and often overbearing) person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

dignitary; high-up; high muckamuck; panjandrum; very important person; VIP

Hypernyms ("very important person" is a kind of...):

important person; influential person; personage (a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events)