noun
- an important or influential person, especially in business or politics
Usage: informal
Examples
- He thinks he’s a real bigshot now that he got promoted.
- The company bigshots met to discuss the merger.
- She’s become quite the bigshot in the tech industry.
- Don’t let success turn you into an arrogant bigshot.
- All the political bigshots attended the fundraising dinner.
- He acts like a bigshot but he’s really just middle management.