Meanings
plural very important persons · plural very important people
- A person who is accorded special privileges due to their status or importance.
Synonyms: VIP
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who is accorded special privileges due to their status or importance.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan important or influential (and often overbearing) person
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
The term was coined around 1933.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 贵宾
- 贵宾 (guìbīn)person who is accorded special privileges due to his or her status or importance
Russian ва́жное лицо́, высокопоста́вленное лицо́
- ва́жное лицо́ (vážnoje licó)person who is accorded special privileges due to his or her status or importance
- высокопоста́вленное лицо́ (vysokopostávlennoje licó)person who is accorded special privileges due to his or her status or importance
- осо́бо ва́жная персо́на (osóbo vážnaja persóna)person who is accorded special privileges due to his or her status or importance
Cite this entry
very important person. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/very%20important%20person
“very important person.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/very%20important%20person. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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