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VIPS
| Main Entry: |
VIP
 [vee-ahy-pee] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very important person |
| Synonyms: | big cheese, big enchilada, big kahuna, big name, celebrity, dignitary, famous person, heavyweight, high muckamuck, luminary, mogul, notable, personality, public figure, star, superstar, top banana, worthy |
| Antonyms: | nobody, nonentity |
| Main Entry: | big shot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very important person |
| Synonyms: | VIP, big cat, big cheese, big cheese, big fish, big gun, big gun, big man on campus, big wheel, big wheel, bigwig, bigwig, celebrity, dignitary, fat cat, head honcho, heavy-hitter, heavy-hitter, heavyweight, high man on the totem pole, high-muck-a-muck, important person, influential person, mogul, nabob, notable, personage, somebody |
| Main Entry: | celebrity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dignitary |
| Synonyms: | VIP, ace, big cheese, big deal, big gun, big name, big shot, big stuff, bigwig, celeb, cynosure, famous person, figure, heavyweight, hero, hotshot, immortal, lion*, luminary, magnate, mahatma, major leaguer, name, notable, personage, personality, somebody, someone, star, superstar, the cheese, worthy |
| Antonyms: | nobody |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dignitary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | high ranking person |
| Synonyms: | VIP, big gun, big kahuna, bigshot, bigwig, celebrity, luminary, official, person of influence, star, top cat |
| Main Entry: | executive |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who manages an organization |
| Synonyms: | CEO, CO, VIP, administration, administrator, big wheel, boss, brass, businessperson, chief, commander, director, directorate, entrepreneur, exec, government, governor, head, head honcho, head person, heavyweight, hierarchy, higher-up, industrialist, key player, leader, leadership, management, manager, officer, official, skipper, supervisor, top brass, tycoon |
| Main Entry: | luminary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very important person |
| Synonyms: | VIP, big name, celeb, celebrity, dignitary, eminence, leader, lion*, name, notability, notable, personage, personality, somebody, star, superstar, worthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | magnate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | important person, usually in business |
| Synonyms: | VIP, aristocrat, bigwig, businessperson, capitalist, captain of industry, chief, figure, financier, industrialist, leader, lion*, merchant, mogul, name, noble, notable, peer, personage, plutocrat, tycoon |
| Notes: | a magnate is a very wealthy, influential, or powerful person or businessperson, while a magnet is a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field |
| Antonyms: | lowly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mogul |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who has great power, many possessions |
| Synonyms: | VIP, executive, key player, king, magnate, notable, personage, potentate, prince, princess, queen, royalty, top brass, tycoon |
| Main Entry: | mover and shaker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who makes things happen |
| Synonyms: | VIP, achiever, affluential, catalyst, doer, enterprising person, entrepreneur, generator, go-getter, go-getter, heavy hitter, heavyweight, leader, lightning rod, man of influence, mover, palpable presence, pathfinder, player, player*, presence, producer, spark plug, spark plug, trailblazer, upstart, wheeler and dealer, wheeler and dealer, whip |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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