big shot

/bɪg ʃɑt/

Other forms: big shots

Definitions of big shot

1. noun

   an important influential person
   “he thinks he's a big shot”

   synonyms: big cheese, big deal, big enchilada, big fish, big gun, 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