Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun big_cheese

1 sense of big cheese

Sense 1
big shot, big gun, big wheel, big cheese, big deal, big enchilada, big fish, head honcho -- (an important influential person; "he thinks he's a big shot"; "she's a big deal in local politics"; "the Qaeda commander is a very big fish")
       => important person, influential person, personage -- (a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events)