- 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"
--1 is a kind of important person, influential person, personage
--1 has particulars: knocker; supremo - big deal - anything of great importance or consequence
--2 is a kind of importance