big wheel

Noun

1.

big wheel - 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" Synonyms: big cheese, big deal, big enchilada, big fish, big gun, big shot, head honcho

BMOC, Rasputin, Svengali, VIP, access, bad influence, big boy, big cheese, big gun, big noise, big shot, big-time operator, big-timer, bigwig, chief, court, eminence grise, five-percenter, friend at court, good influence, gray eminence, heavyweight, hidden hand, high-muck-a-muck, his nibs, influence, influence peddler, influencer, ingroup, key, kingmaker, lobby, lobbyist, lords of creation, man of influence, manipulator, open sesame, powers that be, pressure group, sinister influence, special interests, special-interest group, the Establishment, very important person, wheel, wheeler-dealer, wire-puller