bigwig
bigwig
Definition
big·wig (-wig′)
noun
Informal an important, influential person
Etymology: from the large wigs once worn by judges and others of distinction
bigwig
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- meet: Fourteen glasses A British diplomat once described how he went to the Caucasus to met some local bigwigs.
Adjective modifier
- local: Fourteen glasses A British diplomat once described how he went to the Caucasus to met some local bigwigs.
- other: Time day or orange city on about other bigwigs ride of.
- corporate: The Website was designed in-house with you in mind, not some corporate bigwig.
Noun used with modifier
- industry: Texprint offers a carefully selected group of graduates from all over the UK their first opportunity to meet press and industry bigwigs.
- TV: Fellow speaker Hamish Barbour of independent TV production bigwigs IWC had his own war stories to tell.
- medium: They beat off competition from media bigwigs led by Ginger's Chris Evans.
- ambulance: Since a power surge would potentially affect every station, this was cause for ambulance bigwigs to declare a major incident.
- university: Because the only activity you'll be taking part in is canoeing when the university bigwigs sell you down the river.
- oil: Fiona makes contact with an oil company bigwig and uses the knowledge of her extra-marital affair to blackmail her for information.
