big deal

/bɪg dil/

/bɪg dil/

Other forms: big deals

Definitions of big deal

1. noun

   anything of great importance or consequence
   type of:

   importance

   the quality of being important and worthy of note
2. noun

   an important influential person
   “she's a big deal in local politics”

   synonyms: big cheese, big enchilada, big fish, big gun, big shot, big wheel, head honcho

   types:

   knocker

   (Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person

   supremo

   the most important person in an organization

   type of:

   important person, influential person, personage

   one whose whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events