Meanings
plural big hitters
- informalA powerful and influential person or organization.
It is easy to forget, given the lack of an impressive Transport Secretary since Patrick McLoughlin, that there have been several big hitters in the job.
2024 January 10, Christian Wolmar, “A time for change? ... just as it was back in issue 262”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 601 more example
De Bruyne and Haaland both suffered lengthy injury absences this season - in particular the Belgian, who required hamstring surgery after the first league game at Burnley - but if the big hitters needed assistance it was always there.
2024 May 19, Phil McNulty, “Guardiola turns Man City into PL's great untouchables”, in BBC Sport
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of biffer.
Cite this entry
big hitter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/big%20hitter
“big hitter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/big%20hitter. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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