muckety-mucks
Those in charge
Muckety-mucks are important or self-important people, especially those with authority or influence: The muckety-mucks from corporate are visiting tomorrow.
The term is mildly dismissive, suggesting the speaker finds their status inflated or their presence unwelcome.
Also spelled muckety-muck or mucky-muck.
The related high muckety-muck emphasizes elevated rank.
Influential, powerful people
- VIPsNotable people, abbreviated
- honchosInformal term for leaders
- brassCopper-zinc metal mixture
- eliteSuperior select group
executives · officials · decision-makers · kingpins · moguls · magnates · tycoons · bosses
Elected government representatives
- officialsThose holding formal power
- bureaucratsAdministrative government employees
- diplomatsForeign government representatives
- dignitariesPersons of high rank
senators · governors · ministers · ambassadors · appointees · insiders · lobbyists · party bosses
Highest corporate officers
- board membersGoverning body participants
- executivesSenior corporate officers
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- suitsFormal business clothing
corner office · shareholders · stakeholders · C-suite · directors · chairmen · presidents · vice presidents
Condescendingly self-important
- uppityArrogantly self-important
- self-importantExaggerating one's own significance
- pompousAffectedly grand in manner
- arrogantExcessively high self-regard
snobbish · haughty · pretentious · condescending · superior · lofty · privileged · exclusive
bigwigs
Influential, powerful people
elite · executives · officials · decision-makers · kingpins · moguls · magnates · tycoons · bosses · chiefs
politicians
Elected government representatives
- officialsThose holding formal power
- bureaucratsAdministrative government employees
- diplomatsForeign government representatives
dignitaries · senators · governors · ministers · ambassadors · appointees · insiders · lobbyists · party bosses · committee chairs
CEOs
Highest corporate officers
- board membersGoverning body participants
- executivesSenior corporate officers
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
suits · corner office · shareholders · stakeholders · C-suite · directors · chairmen · presidents · vice presidents · senior leadership
high-and-mighty
Condescendingly self-important
- uppityArrogantly self-important
- self-importantExaggerating one's own significance
- pompousAffectedly grand in manner
arrogant · snobbish · haughty · pretentious · condescending · superior · lofty · privileged · exclusive · posh
muckety-mucksrank and file
Ordinary members collectively
nobodies · little people · peons · underlings · minions
muckety-mucksnobodies
Unimportant, unknown persons
nonentities · small potatoes · zeroes · ciphers · lightweights