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big wheel

NOUN
very important person
Synonyms
WEAK
VIP big cat big cheese big fish big gun big man on campus big shot bigwig dignitary fat cat head honcho heavy-hitter high-muck-a-muck important person influential person mogul nabob notable somebody
ADJECTIVE
having influence
Synonyms
STRONG
effective forceful important influential powerful significant

Example Sentences

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Sajak will not be its hub forever, but the whole point of the big wheel is to spin and spin and spin while staying in place.

From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2023

Visitors also enjoyed fairground rides, a big wheel, and live music from DJs performing in Molly's Bar on the festival site.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2022

Paramedics loaded the injured hiker into a big wheel stretcher and safely got him down the rest of the trail.

From Washington Times • Feb. 7, 2021

Kives’s road to becoming a big wheel in the Democratic money machine began in June 2001, when he was an undergraduate at Stanford.

From The Guardian • Mar. 3, 2020

We huddle together and put our hands in the center so that we make a big wheel of bodies with arm spokes.

From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick