| Main Entry: | big-time |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | big-league |
Synonyms: |
blue-chip, foremost, important, impressive, influential, large, leading, major, major-league, prominent, significant |
| Main Entry: | big |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | important |
Synonyms: |
big league, big-time, consequential, considerable, eminent, heavy-duty, heavyweight, influential, leading, main, major league, material, meaningful, momentous, paramount, popular, powerful, prime, principal, prominent, serious, significant, substantial, super, super colossal, valuable, weighty |
Antonyms: |
blah, bland, dull, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | big league |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | important |
Synonyms: |
big-time, chief, critical, crucial, exceptional, four-star, front-page, grave, great, heavy, high-power, major-league, playing hard ball, professional, serious, strictly business |
| Main Entry: | elevated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | highly moral or dignified |
Synonyms: |
animated, big-time, bright, elated, eloquent, eminent, ethical, exalted, exhilarated, formal, grand, grandiloquent, heavy, high, high-flown, high-minded, honorable, inflated, lofty, noble, righteous, stately, sublime, superb, upright, upstanding, virtuous |
Antonyms: |
base, immoral, lowly, undignified |
| Main Entry: | eminent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very important; famous |
Synonyms: |
VIP, august, big-gun, big-league, big-name, big-time, celeb, celebrated, celebrious, conspicuous, distinguished, dominant, elevated, esteemed, exalted, famed, grand, great, high, high-ranking, illustrious, leonine, lionlike, lofty, name, noble, notable, noted, noteworthy, of note, outstanding, page-oner, paramount, preeminent, prestigious, prominent, redoubted, renowned, star, superior, superstar, well-known |
| Notes: | if you mean 'famous' or 'superior,' you want eminent; if you mean 'impending, about to happen' that is imminent; and if you mean 'present, inherent,' your word is immanent |
Antonyms: |
disrespected, inferior, undistinguished, unimportant, unnotable |
| Main Entry: | important |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | eminent, influential, outstanding |
Synonyms: |
VIP, aristocratic, big-time, distinctive, distinguished, effective, esteemed, extraordinary, famous, first-class*, foremost, four-star, front-page, grand, heavy*, high profile, high-level, high-ranking, high-up, honored, illustrious, imposing, incomparable, leading, majestic, major-league, noble, notable, noted, noteworthy, of note, page-one, potent, powerful, preeminent, prominent, remarkable, seminal, signal, solid, superior, talented, top-drawer, top-notch*, upper-class, well-known |
Antonyms: |
insignificant, powerless, unimportant, unknown, worthless |
| Main Entry: | big time |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | major league |
Synonyms: |
big league, bigs, majors |
| Main Entry: | heavyweight |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | big-league |
Synonyms: |
big-time, blue-chip, chief, critical, crucial, exceptional, four-star, front-page, grave, great, heavy, high-power, major, major-league, playing hard ball, professional, serious, strictly business |
| Main Entry: | major-league |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | big-league |
Synonyms: |
big-time, blue-chip, chief, critical, crucial, exceptional, four-star, front-page, grave, great, heavy*, high-power, major, notable, playing hard ball, pre-eminent, professional, serious, strictly business |