Definition
A person with a great deal of power or influence, especially a high-ranking person in an organization.
Origins
(tricycle): Originally a brand name.
In Context
- "She's a big wheel at IBM."
Also Said As
- big cheese
- big enchilada
- big kahuna
- baron
- big cheese
- big enchilada
- big gun
- big kahuna
- big man
- big name
- big noise
- big shot
- bigwig
- big wheel
- boss
- grand poobah
- head honcho
- heavy hitter
- heavyweight
- high muckamuck
- high muckety-muck
- king of all one surveys
- king of the castle
- king of the hill
- kingpin
- macher
- mayor
- muckamuck
- muckety muck
- mugwump
- numero uno
- poobah
- rooster
- somebody
- top banana
- top boy
- top cat
- top dog
- top gun
- very important person
- VIP
- wheel