muckamucks
Those in charge
Muckamucks are important or self-important people, usually in the phrase high muckamucks or mucky-mucks.
The term carries a whiff of irreverence—those called muckamucks may take themselves more seriously than others take them: The high muckamucks from corporate are visiting tomorrow.
From Chinook Jargon for "plenty to eat," suggesting wealth or status.
Notable people, abbreviated
- dignitariesPersons of high rank
- bigwigsInfluential, powerful people
- big shotsInfluential, powerful people
- higher-upsThose with more authority
top brass · head honchos · kingpins · movers and shakers · power brokers · decision-makers · fat cats · big cheeses
Powerful business leaders
- magnatesWealthy, powerful industrialists
- mogulsBumps or bigwigs
- baronsTitled nobles, lowest rank
- oligarchsWealthy few who govern
plutocrats · industrialists · capitalists · millionaires · billionaires · robber barons · captains of industry · financiers
Managers or raised studs
- chiefsTop-ranking leaders
- executivesSenior corporate officers
- directorsThose who lead organizations
- administratorsPeople overseeing operations
managers · supervisors · superintendents · overseers · commanders · leaders · headmen · controllers
Those claiming superiority
- snobsCondescending, self-important people
- aristocratsHereditary ruling class
- bluebloodsHereditary upper class
- upper-crustSocial elite class
socialites · jet-setters · glitterati · patricians · gentry · pompous · self-important · pretentious
Hidden political influencers
- kingmakersThose who decide leadership
- insidersThose with special access
- well-connectedHaving influential contacts
- fixersThose who restore function
dealmakers · networkers · operators · wheeler-dealers · patronage · cronyism · old boys' network
VIPs
Notable people, abbreviated
- dignitariesPersons of high rank
- bigwigsInfluential, powerful people
- big shotsInfluential, powerful people
higher-ups · top brass · head honchos · kingpins · movers and shakers · power brokers · decision-makers · fat cats · big cheeses · big wheels
tycoons
Powerful business leaders
oligarchs · plutocrats · industrialists · capitalists · millionaires · billionaires · robber barons · captains of industry · financiers
bosses
Managers or raised studs
- chiefsTop-ranking leaders
- executivesSenior corporate officers
- directorsThose who lead organizations
administrators · managers · supervisors · superintendents · overseers · commanders · leaders · headmen · controllers · coordinators
elitists
Those claiming superiority
- snobsCondescending, self-important people
- aristocratsHereditary ruling class
- bluebloodsHereditary upper class
upper-crust · socialites · jet-setters · glitterati · patricians · gentry · pompous · self-important · pretentious · condescending
power brokers
Hidden political influencers
- kingmakersThose who decide leadership
- insidersThose with special access
- well-connectedHaving influential contacts
fixers · dealmakers · networkers · operators · wheeler-dealers · patronage · cronyism · old boys' network
muckamucksrank and file
Ordinary members collectively
nobodies · underlings · peons · minions · subordinates
muckamucksnobodies
Unimportant, unknown persons
nonentities · small potatoes · lightweights · zeroes · ciphers
- high muckamuckImportant, influential person