noun
Meaning 1
A person with a great deal of power or influence, especially a high-ranking person in an organization.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- She's a big wheel at IBM.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: big cheese, big enchilada, big kahuna, baron, big gun, big man, big name, big noise, big shot, bigwig, big wheel, boss, grand poobah, head honcho, heavy hitter, heavyweight, high muckamuck, high muckety-muck, king of all one surveys, king of the castle, king of the hill, kingpin, macher, mayor, muckamuck, muckety muck, mugwump, numero uno, panjandrum, poobah, rooster, somebody, top banana, top boy, top cat, top dog, top gun, very important person, VIP, wheel
Antonyms: none provided