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big cheese
noun
Definition of BIG CHEESE
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First Known Use of BIG CHEESE
1912
Related to BIG CHEESE
- Synonyms
- big, big boy, big shot, bigfoot, biggie, big gun, big leaguer, big-timer, big wheel, bigwig, fat cat, heavy, heavy hitter, heavyweight, high-muck-a-muck (or high-muckety-muck), honcho, kahuna, kingfish, kingpin, major leaguer, muckety-muck (also muck-a-muck or mucky-muck), nabob, nawab, nibs, nob [chiefly British], pooh-bah (also poo-bah), wheel
- Antonyms
- lightweight, nobody, nonentity, nothing, shrimp, twerp, whippersnapper, zero, zilch
Rhymes with BIG CHEESE
Andes, appease, Aries, at ease, bee's knees, Belize, Bernese, blue cheese, brain freeze, Burmese, camise, Castries, cerise, chemise, Chinese, deep-freeze, degrease, disease, displease, disseise, en prise, fasces, fauces, Ganges, headcheese, heartsease, Hermes, jack cheese, Maltese, marquise, menses, nates, quick-freeze, Ramses, reprise, sea breeze, soubise, striptease, strong breeze, Swiss cheese, Thales, unease, unfreeze
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