mucky-mucks
Those in charge
Mucky-mucks are important or self-important people, especially those in positions of authority: The high mucky-mucks from corporate are visiting tomorrow.
Usually appears as high mucky-mucks or muckety-mucks.
The term carries a mildly dismissive tone, suggesting the speaker finds such figures pompous or out of touch with ordinary people.
Influential, powerful people
- VIPsNotable people, abbreviated
- honchosInformal term for leaders
- brassCopper-zinc metal mixture
- executivesSenior corporate officers
dignitaries · power brokers · higher-ups · top dogs · big shots · fat cats · kingpins · magnates
Superior select group
- aristocratsHereditary ruling class
- socialitesPeople famous for attending events
- bluebloodsHereditary upper class
- glitteratiFashionable wealthy celebrities
jet-setters · high society · upper crust · swells · patricians · gentry · establishment · old money
Those holding formal power
- administratorsPeople overseeing operations
- functionariesPeople holding formal positions
- committee membersAppointed group participants
- board membersGoverning body participants
department heads · chairpersons · directors · commissioners · superintendents · managers · supervisors · politicians
bigwigs
Influential, powerful people
executives · dignitaries · power brokers · higher-ups · top dogs · big shots · fat cats · kingpins · magnates · moguls
elite
Superior select group
- aristocratsHereditary ruling class
- socialitesPeople famous for attending events
- bluebloodsHereditary upper class
glitterati · jet-setters · high society · upper crust · swells · patricians · gentry · establishment · old money · tastemakers
officials
Those holding formal power
- administratorsPeople overseeing operations
- functionariesPeople holding formal positions
- committee membersAppointed group participants
board members · department heads · chairpersons · directors · commissioners · superintendents · managers · supervisors · politicians · appointees
mucky-muckslittle people
Mythical diminutive beings
nobodies · commoners · ordinary people · common folk · rank and file
mucky-mucksnobodies
Unimportant, unknown persons
nonentities · small potatoes · bit players · also-rans · second-stringers
mucky-mucksunderlings
Lower-ranked employees
subordinates · grunts · minions · flunkies · bottom-feeders
muck, mucky, mucking, mucks, mucked, muckiest, muckier, mucker, muckiness