big-time operator

NOUN

businessperson

Synonyms

STRONG

baron businessman businesswoman capitalist dealer employer entrepreneur executive financier industrialist manager merchandiser merchant operator storekeeper suit trafficker tycoon

WEAK

big wheel career person franchiser gray flannel suit organization person small potatoes the bacon tradesperson wheeler-dealer working woman

Antonyms

STRONG

customer

NOUN

notable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

celebrity dignitary luminary

STRONG

VIP chief eminence executive figure heavyweight high-up hot dog leader lion magnate mogul name notability personage personality pooh-bah power somebody star superstar worthy

WEAK

big name big shot big wheel

Antonyms

STRONG

commoner nobody

WEAK

lowlife unknown

NOUN

wheeler-dealer

Synonyms

STRONG

horse trader operator

WEAK

Yankee horse trader big shot gamesman strategist

Example Sentences

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big-time operator

"Miss Carr is a big-time operator with a flair for the spectacular," said a trustee last week.

From Time Magazine Archive

By the time he was 27, Bernie Baruch was a big-time operator himself.

From Time Magazine Archive

Krasnow is a big-time operator; I've always been, you might say, in the peanut end of the game.

From Back to Julie by Wilson, Richard