bigwig
bigwig is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A person of consequence; as, the bigwigs of society. [Jocose] In our youth we have heard him spoken of by the bigwigs with extreme condescension. Dickens.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- academician
- academist
- admirable
- age
- and
- antiquarian
- antiquary
- archaeologist
- authority
- bibliomaniac
- bibliophile
- bluestocking
- bookworm
- clerk
- connoisseur
- doctor
- doctrinaire
- don
- education
- emeritus
- esprit
- expert
- feet
- fellow
- fort
- genius
- glossographer
- good
- gownsman
- graduate
- grammarian
- illuminati
- intellectual
- learned
- learner
- learning
- lexicographer
- lexicologist
- light
- linguist
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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