Big Deal (Noun)

Meaning ¹

An important influential person; "he thinks he's a big shot"; "she's a big deal in local politics"; "the Qaeda commander is a very big fish".

Classification

Nouns denoting people.

Usages

• Colloquialism

Synonyms

• Big Gun
• Big Enchilada
• Head Honcho
• Big Shot
• Big Wheel
• Big Cheese
• Big Fish

Hypernyms

• Important Person
• Personage
• Influential Person

Hyponyms

• Knocker
• Supremo

Meaning ²

Anything of great importance or consequence.

Classification

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.