big shot



VIP, big, big gun, big wheel, bigwig, character, dignitary, fat cat, mogul, name, notability, notable, personage, personality, pot,









   sage - Nestor, ace, acute, authority, broad-minded, deep, discerning, doctor, doyen, doyenne, elder, elder statesman, expert, genius, gnostic,

   tinted - coloured, deep, full, imbued, stained ,

   stream bed - aqueduct, bed, canal, culvert, flume, gully, race, runnel, sluice, spillway, swash, water carrier, water gate, watercourse, waterway,

   distrustful - agnostic, cagey, cautious, chary, cynical, disbelieving, doubtful, doubting, dubious, envious, green, green with jealousy, green-eyed, hesitant, hesitating,

   cross-questioning - grilling, inquisition, third degree ,

   flora - botany, greens, vegetable kingdom, vegetation, verdure ,

   venereal - amorous, aphrodisiac, arousing, carnal, erogenous, erotic, fleshly, genital, heterosexual, libidinal, nuptial, oversexed, potent, procreative, sensual,

   political hopeful - aspirant, candidate, dark horse, dud, hopeful, lame duck, running mate ,

   pacifist - conciliatory, dove, irenic, non-combatant, non-violent, pacific, pacifistic, peaceable, peaceful, peacemaker ,

   blue angel - Mickey Finn, Nembutal, alcohol, analgesic, anodyne, barb, barbiturate, blue, blue devil, blue velvet, codeine, depressant, dolly, downer, hard stuff,