Synonyms
- big
- big boy
- big cheese
- big leaguer
- big shot
- big wheel
- big-timer
- bigfoot
- biggie
- bigwig
- fat cat
- heavy
- heavy hitter
- heavyweight
- high-muck-a-muck
- high-muckety-muck
- honcho
- kahuna
- kingfish
- kingpin
- major leaguer
- muckety-muck
- muck-a-muck
- mucky-muck
- nabob
- nawab
- nibs
- nob [chiefly British]
- pooh-bah
- poo-bah
- wheel
Examples of big gun in a Sentence
for a high-profile case like this, the law firm uses only its big guns
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When Knight’s phone rings with a check-in from Parker, Arturo threatens them all with his big gun.
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Sara Netzley, EW.com, 28 Jan. 2025
Reports also suggest the Switch 2 will be a significant graphical step up from its aging 2017 predecessor, perhaps even getting close to the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. Of course, the most important thing is the games, and Nintendo has some big guns to roll out.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
Things are not that simple, not least because the 2015-16 season was unique in the sense that many of the usual big guns had a stuttering campaign.
—Paul Taylor, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
From there, this group take on up the stairs in search of The Front Man and his charges, with the episode turning into one big gun fight, centered largely around what appears to be a Barbie dream house if it was designed by M. C. Escher.
—Peter White, Deadline, 26 Dec. 2024
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Sara Netzley, EW.com, 28 Jan. 2025
Reports also suggest the Switch 2 will be a significant graphical step up from its aging 2017 predecessor, perhaps even getting close to the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. Of course, the most important thing is the games, and Nintendo has some big guns to roll out.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
Things are not that simple, not least because the 2015-16 season was unique in the sense that many of the usual big guns had a stuttering campaign.
—Paul Taylor, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
From there, this group take on up the stairs in search of The Front Man and his charges, with the episode turning into one big gun fight, centered largely around what appears to be a Barbie dream house if it was designed by M. C. Escher.
—Peter White, Deadline, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Big gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big%20gun. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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