BIG SHOT
Dictionary entry overview: What does big shot mean?
• BIG SHOT (noun)
The noun BIG SHOT has 1 sense:
1. an important influential person
Familiarity information: BIG SHOT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BIG SHOT (noun)
Meaning:
An important influential person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
big cheese; big deal; big enchilada; big fish; big gun; big shot; big wheel; head honcho
Context examples:
he thinks he's a big shot / she's a big deal in local politics / the Qaeda commander is a very big fish
Hypernyms ("big shot" is a kind of...):
important person; influential person; personage (a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "big shot"):
knocker ((Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person)
supremo (the most important person in an organization)
"A cobbler formed the shape of shoes on a wooden foot shaped last. If it lasted long he was happy" (English proverb)
"Walk lightly in the spring; Mother Earth is pregnant." (Native American proverb, Kiowa)
"The cure for fate is patience." (Arabic proverb)
"Have faith and God will provide." (Corsican proverb)
