Words similar to big-shot

Example sentences for: big-shot

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USAT quotes big-shot economist Allen Sinai's prediction that the upcoming cut is but the first of many.
(He drives fast, regularly runs out of gas, forgets appointments, has lots of answering machines he ignores: Simpson's idea of big-shot oddity is not very odd.)