as in heavyweight
one of high position or importance within a group
rose in the ranks to become a big wheel on Wall Street
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Recent Examples of big wheel
The Lyriq’s long nose and roof create a sporty profile that’s emphasized by big wheel openings with subtle fender flares and a steeply raked rear window.
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Mark Phelan, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
Two of the children, ages 9 and 11, were transported down the mountain in a big wheel basket.
—Hannah Dreyfus, AZCentral.com, 2 July 2025
There was a man riding a toddler’s big wheel with a 40-ounce malt liquor bottle in one hand, and a woman wearing just a torn T-shirt was cursing up a storm.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 26 May 2025
Off-road vehicles need to be boxy, tall and large with big wheels and specialized tires -- these are terrible for range.
—Morgan Korn, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2025
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Mark Phelan, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
Two of the children, ages 9 and 11, were transported down the mountain in a big wheel basket.
—Hannah Dreyfus, AZCentral.com, 2 July 2025
There was a man riding a toddler’s big wheel with a 40-ounce malt liquor bottle in one hand, and a woman wearing just a torn T-shirt was cursing up a storm.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 26 May 2025
Off-road vehicles need to be boxy, tall and large with big wheels and specialized tires -- these are terrible for range.
—Morgan Korn, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for big wheel
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The Actor award went to Amy Madigan, a lone nominee from a horror film who’s swimming against a prevailing current that favors Best Picture heavyweights.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2026
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The kingdom is the region’s heavyweight, and its decisions could shape whether others follow.—
Abbas Al Lawati,
CNN Money,
12 Mar. 2026
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How the Script Walks a Tonal Tightrope Radcliffe credited playwrights Macmillan and Donahoe with building a structure that lets the performer pivot rapidly between the heavy and the silly.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
13 Mar. 2026
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Unlike, say, Mexican or South Asian cuisines, American food is not particularly bean-heavy.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
12 Mar. 2026
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The Cowboys took advantage of those precious seconds when TCU’s bigs would rotate back to find open men cutting to the basket or shooters in the corner.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Mar. 2026
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Actually, most starting Big Ten bigs would leave Fielder in the dust.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
8 Mar. 2026
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The team needs that supporting cast clicking at the same time as big guns to create more sustained pressure.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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Anthopoulos wants a big gun Obviously, the Braves are shopping to augment their starting rotation.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
18 Feb. 2026
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Will the Niners spend like big boys and sign Hendrickson, Linderbaum and JFM?—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
9 Mar. 2026
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Only little boys are called big boys.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Jan. 2026
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The film was up against heavy hitters F1, Bugonia, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value, Sinners, and Train Dreams.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
15 Mar. 2026
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But outside of those heavy hitters, the South is home to thousands of destinations that get far less attention but are worthy of our time all the same.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
11 Mar. 2026
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Cohen is a star baseball player for Windward and Fullmer plays football for Harvard-Westlake and is the son of former major leaguer Brad Fullmer, one of the best players ever out of Montclair Prep.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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Former Yankees pitcher and the oldest living major leaguer Art Schallock died at age 100 on March 6.—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
5 Jan. 2026
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Around him was not a single big leaguer, minor leaguer, or anyone with a heater topping 90 miles per hour.—
Sam Blum,
New York Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Anthony becomes the 12th Red Sox big leaguer to commit to the WBC.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Big wheel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/big%20wheel. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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