very important person
Someone who matters
A very important person is someone whose status, influence, or celebrity entitles them to special treatment or access.
The phrase usually appears as the abbreviation VIP: VIP lounge, VIP passes, They rolled out the red carpet for the VIPs.
The full phrase sounds slightly ironic or emphatic: He thinks he's a very important person.
- panjandrumPompous, self-important official
- notableWorthy of attention
- magnateWealthy business leader
- VIPNotable, for short
- big cheeseSlang for important person
celebrity · red carpet treatment · high-up · heavyweight · mover and shaker · tycoon · luminary · bigwig · head honcho · top brass · mogul · aristocrat · Nobel laureate · grandee · monarch · high muckamuck · statesman · figurehead
very important personnobody
Inconsequential person
nonentity · average Joe · everyman · commoner · ordinary citizen
very important personbottom-feeder
Creature eating from below
lackey · subordinate · flunky · grunt · expendable
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