noun Informal. an important person, especially an official: senators and other political bigwigs.

Is bigwig a compound word?

The idiom bigwig is a closed compound word.

How do you use bigwig in a sentence?

Bigwig sentence example

The Website was designed in-house with you in mind, not some corporate bigwig . Fiona makes contact with an oil company bigwig and uses the knowledge of her extra-marital affair to blackmail her for information.