The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word NABOB , but the solution may also be TYCOON which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Bigwig crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NABOB | 33 % | 5 |
| VIP | 32 % | 3 |
| HONCHO | 8 % | 6 |
| MOGUL | 5 % | 5 |
| HIGHERUP | 3 % | 8 |
| WHEEL | 2 % | 5 |
| HIGHMUCKAMUCK | 2 % | 13 |
| POOHBAH | 2 % | 7 |
| KINGPIN | 2 % | 7 |
| POOBAH | 2 % | 6 |
| TYCOON | 2 % | 6 |
| EXEC | 1 % | 4 |
| COCKOFTHEWALK | 1 % | 13 |
| KAHUNA | 1 % | 6 |
| LION | 1 % | 4 |
| CZAR | 1 % | 4 |
Why may NABOB be the right solution?
"NABOB" is a term used to refer to a person of great wealth, importance, or influence, which fits the clue "Bigwig."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Bigwig
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- top banana
- kingpin
- vip
- nabob
- honcho
- honchos
- bigshot
- mogul
- execs
- tycoon
- exec
- bigshots
Crossword Answer definitions
NABOB noun- An Indian ruler within the Mogul empire.
- (by extension) Someone of great wealth or importance.
- (by extension) A person with a grandiose style or manner.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result NABOB
- Person of wealth and prominence
- Fat cat
- Big spender
- Wealthy one
- Millionaire
- Big wheel or fat cat
- Big cheese
- Big wheel
- Business bigwig
- Man of means
More clues leading to the result VIP
- Big shot
- Bigwig
- CEO, e.g.
- Kind of treatment
- High-muck-a-muck
- Person who gets to go to a special room at the club
- All-access pass holder
- Best of the best, briefly
- Cabot or Lodge, in Boston
- Bigwig (abbr.)
More clues leading to the result HONCHO
More clues leading to the result MOGUL
- Bigwig
- Bump in a ski run
- Skier's bump
- High muck-a-muck
- Snowboarder's bump
- Powerful person
- Challenge on the slopes
- Media biggie
- Skier's challenge
- High-muck-a-muck
More clues leading to the result HIGHERUP
More clues leading to the result WHEEL
- Cheese serving
- Turning point?
- Potter's device
- Turner on a game show
- Something spun
- Fortuna's prop
- Big-time operator
- Large chunk of cheese
- Roulette need
- Roulette spinner
More clues leading to the result HIGHMUCKAMUCK
More clues leading to the result POOHBAH
- VIP
- One running things
- High-muck-a-muck
- Bureaucratic bigwig
- Bigwig
- V. I. P. in "The Mikado."
- V.I.P.
- His title was "Lord High Everything Else"
- Bureaucracy V.I.P.
- Muckety-muck
More clues leading to the result KINGPIN
- Top dog
- Leader
- Cartel chief
- Man at the top
- Chief
- Big cheese
- Capo di tutti capi
- Bigwig
- Chief person in a group: Colloq.
- Top man.
More clues leading to the result POOBAH
- High-muck-a-muck
- Muckety-muck
- Authority
- Pompous authority
- Pompous official
- Bureaucratic bigwig
- Bigwig
- Big cheese
More clues leading to the result TYCOON
- Mogul
- Fitzgerald character
- Magnate
- Literally, "great prince"
- Bill Gates or Warren Buffett
- Business mogul
- Business big shot
- Business magnate
- Powerful businessperson
- Business bigwig
More clues leading to the result EXEC
- CEO is one
- Mahogany Row denizen
- Corp. bigwig
- Top dog
- Member of the brass
- Brass member
- High-level manager
- Board fig.
- Board member
- Board member, for short
More clues leading to the result COCKOFTHEWALK
More clues leading to the result KAHUNA
- Big ___ Burger (fictional chain of "Pulp Fiction")
- Moloka'i medicine man
- Preeminent one
- Big man on the beach
- Authority in the lei community?
- Hilo honcho
- Hawaiian priest
- Hawaiian VIP
- Big ___ (top dog)
- Big gun
More clues leading to the result LION
- Androcles' pal
- Columbia gridder
- Androcles' friend
- Bert Lahr role
- Simba, for one
- MGM symbol
- Cowardly creature
- Disney's Nala, for one
- Animal on Sri Lanka's flag
- Aslan of Narnia, e.g.