nabob

The word “nabob” has 2 syllables: na-bob

It's pronounced as /ˈneɪ.bɒb/


What is synonym and antonym for nabob?

In the thesaurus, “nabob” has 49 synonyms and 14 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for nabob along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for nabob

  • VIP
  • baron
  • big
  • big boy
  • big cheese
  • big gun
  • big leaguer
  • big shot
  • big wheel
  • big-timer
  • bigfoot
  • biggie
  • bigwig
  • czar
  • deputy
  • dignitary
  • fat cat
  • governor
  • heavy
  • heavy hitter
  • heavyweight
  • high-muck-a-muck
  • high-muckety-muck
  • honcho
  • kahuna
  • king
  • kingfish
  • kingpin
  • lion
  • magnate
  • major leaguer
  • mogul
  • muck-a-muck
  • muckety-muck
  • mucky-muck
  • nawab
  • nibs
  • nob
  • notable
  • poo-bah
  • pooh-bah
  • prince
  • princess
  • queen
  • tsar
  • tycoon
  • tzar
  • viceroy
  • wheel

Antonyms for nabob

  • inferior
  • lightweight
  • mediocrity
  • nobody
  • nonentity
  • nothing
  • obscurity
  • shrimp
  • subordinate
  • twerp
  • underling
  • whippersnapper
  • zero
  • zilch

Meanings of nabob

  • noun
    1. An Indian ruler within the Mogul empire.
    2. (by extension) Someone of great wealth or importance.
    3. (by extension) A person with a grandiose style or manner.

Example Sentences

  • The opulent estate was owned by a wealthy nabob known for his lavish parties.
  • In the bustling marketplace, the shrewd nabob negotiated trade deals with merchants.
  • The charismatic nabob captivated the audience with tales of his exotic travels.
  • A renowned philanthropist, the generous nabob donated a substantial sum to local charities.
  • The influential nabob wielded considerable power in both political and economic circles.

On this page you'll find 63 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to nabob, such as: VIP, baron, big, big boy, big cheese, big gun, big leaguer.

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Related Words

big

  • Brobdingnagian
  • Bunyanesque
  • Himalayan
  • VIP
  • a whale of a
  • abundant
  • adult
  • all-important
  • altruistic
  • ample
  • appreciable
  • arch
  • arty
  • astronomic
  • astronomical
  • august
  • awash
  • baron
  • benevolent
  • big boy
  • big cheese
  • big gun
  • big leaguer
  • big shot
  • big time
  • big wheel
  • big-league
  • big-time
  • big-timer
  • bigfoot
  • biggie
  • biggish
  • bighearted
  • bigwig
  • boastful
  • boxcar
  • bragging
  • brimming
  • brooding
  • bulky
  • bumper
  • burly
  • capacious
  • capital
  • cardinal
  • caught
  • cavernous
  • celebrated
  • central
  • chief
  • childbearing
  • chivalrous
  • chock-full
  • colossal
  • commodious
  • conceited
  • conceiving
  • concentrated
  • consequential
  • considerable
  • considerate
  • copious
  • cosmic
  • cosmical
  • critical
  • crowd-pleasing
  • crowded
  • crucial
  • cyclopean
  • czar
  • decisive
  • desirable
  • distinctive
  • distinguished
  • dominant
  • du jour
  • earnest
  • earth-shattering
  • earthshaking
  • elder
  • elephantine
  • elevated
  • eminent
  • enceinte
  • ennobled
  • enormous
  • enriched
  • essential
  • establishment
  • eventful
  • exalted
  • exceptional
  • excessive
  • exorbitant
  • expectant
  • expecting
  • extensive
  • extravagant
  • extreme
  • fabled
  • fabulous
  • faddish
  • faddy
  • famed
  • famous
  • fashionable
  • fat
  • fat cat
  • fatal
  • fateful
  • favorite
  • first
  • flamboyant
  • foremost
  • fortified
  • free
  • full
  • full-bodied
  • full-grown
  • galactic
  • gallant
  • gargantuan
  • gestational
  • gigantic
  • glorified
  • gone
  • goodly
  • gracious
  • grand
  • grave
  • gravid
  • great
  • greatest
  • greathearted
  • gross
  • grown-up
  • handsome
  • happening
  • haughty
  • heady
  • heavy
  • heavy hitter
  • heavy-duty
  • heavyweight
  • hefty
  • hellacious
  • herculean
  • heroic
  • heroical
  • high
  • high-level
  • high-minded
  • high-muck-a-muck
  • high-muckety-muck
  • high-octane
  • high-sounding
  • high-test
  • highest
  • historic
  • honcho
  • honorable
  • hot
  • huge
  • hulking
  • humongous
  • humungous
  • husky
  • illustrious
  • immense
  • immoderate
  • imperious
  • important
  • imposing
  • impregnated
  • impressive
  • in
  • incomparable
  • inflated
  • influential
  • inordinate
  • inspiring
  • jumbo
  • kahuna
  • key
  • king
  • king-size
  • king-sized
  • kingfish
  • kingpin
  • knightly
  • large
  • largish
  • leading
  • legendary
  • leviathan
  • liberal
  • liked
  • lion
  • lofty
  • lordly
  • lusty
  • magnanimous
  • magnate
  • magnificent
  • main
  • majestic
  • major
  • major league
  • major leaguer
  • major-league
  • mammoth
  • massive
  • master
  • matchless
  • material
  • mature
  • meaningful
  • mighty
  • modish
  • mogul
  • momentous
  • mondo
  • monolithic
  • monster
  • monstrous
  • monumental
  • mountainous
  • moving
  • much
  • muck-a-muck
  • muckety-muck
  • mucky-muck
  • muscular
  • nabob
  • natural
  • nawab
  • nibs
  • nob
  • noble
  • notable
  • noted
  • noteworthy
  • notorious
  • number one
  • numero uno
  • numinous
  • old guard
  • outsize
  • outsized
  • outstanding
  • overbearing
  • overblown
  • overmastering
  • overriding
  • oversize
  • oversized
  • packed
  • paramount
  • parturient
  • pharaonic
  • pivotal
  • plentiful
  • plush
  • pompous
  • ponderous
  • poo-bah
  • pooh-bah
  • pop
  • popular
  • popularized
  • potent
  • powerful
  • predominant
  • preeminent
  • preferred
  • pregnant
  • premier
  • prenatal
  • prestigious
  • presumptuous
  • pretentious
  • primal
  • primary
  • prime
  • prince
  • princely
  • princess
  • principal
  • prior
  • prodigious
  • prominent
  • proud
  • queen
  • quick
  • red-hot
  • regal
  • remarkable
  • renowned
  • rich
  • robust
  • roomy
  • selected
  • seminal
  • semipopular
  • senior
  • serious
  • signal
  • significant
  • sincere
  • sizable
  • sizeable
  • sovereign
  • sovran
  • spacious
  • staggering
  • star
  • stellar
  • straight
  • strapping
  • strategic
  • strong
  • stuffed
  • stupendous
  • sublime
  • substantial
  • super
  • super-duper
  • supercolossal
  • superior
  • supersized
  • supreme
  • tall
  • tectonic
  • thick
  • thundering
  • tidy
  • titanic
  • top
  • tremendous
  • tsar
  • tycoon
  • tzar
  • undiluted
  • unequaled
  • unequalled
  • unmixed
  • unparalleled
  • unselfish
  • unsurpassed
  • uplifting
  • valiant
  • valuable
  • vast
  • vasty
  • venerable
  • vital
  • vogue
  • voguish
  • voluminous
  • walloping
  • wanted
  • weighty
  • well-known
  • whacking
  • wheel
  • whopper
  • whopping
  • with child
  • with young
  • worthwhile
  • worthy

earl

  • archduke
  • aristocrat
  • baron
  • baronet
  • bishop
  • blue blood
  • captain
  • cavalier
  • chevalier
  • commandant
  • commander
  • count
  • country gentleman
  • dad
  • don
  • duke
  • emperor
  • esquire
  • gentleman
  • governor
  • grandee
  • hidalgo
  • king
  • knight
  • leader
  • liege
  • lord
  • lordship
  • magnate
  • magnifico
  • man upstairs
  • marchese
  • margrave
  • marquess
  • marquis
  • master
  • milord
  • monarch
  • nabob
  • nawab
  • nobility
  • noble
  • nobleman
  • old man
  • overlord
  • parliamentarian
  • patrician
  • peer
  • potentate
  • prince
  • princelet
  • princeling
  • raja
  • royalty
  • ruler
  • seigneur
  • seignior
  • sheik
  • sheikh
  • sire
  • sovereign
  • squire
  • superior
  • valet
  • viscount

earls

  • baronets
  • barons
  • cavaliers
  • chevaliers
  • country gentlemen
  • counts
  • dons
  • dukes
  • esquires
  • gentlemen
  • grandees
  • hidalgos
  • knights
  • lords
  • lordships
  • marchesi
  • margraves
  • marquesses
  • marquis
  • marquises
  • masters
  • milords
  • nabobs
  • nawabs
  • noblemen
  • peers
  • princelets
  • princelings
  • princes
  • rajas
  • seigneurs
  • seigniors
  • sheikhs
  • sheiks
  • sires
  • squires
  • viscounts

gazillionaire

  • Croesus
  • billionaire
  • capitalist
  • deep pocket
  • fat cat
  • have
  • heir
  • heiress
  • jet-setter
  • magnate
  • millionaire
  • money
  • money-spinner
  • moneybags
  • moneymaker
  • multibillionaire
  • multimillionaire
  • nabob
  • plutocrat
  • silk stocking
  • tycoon
  • zillionaire

gazillionaires

  • Croesuses
  • billionaires
  • capitalists
  • deep pockets
  • fat cats
  • haves
  • heiresses
  • heirs
  • jet-setters
  • magnates
  • millionaires
  • money
  • money-spinners
  • moneybags
  • moneymakers
  • multi-millionaires
  • multibillionaires
  • multimillionaires
  • nabobs
  • plutocrats
  • silk stockings
  • tycoons
  • zillionaires

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