high-up

1. 1.

   an important or influential (and often overbearing) person

   Synonymsvery important personVIPdignitarypanjandrumhigh muckamuck

   Broaderimportant person

Questions about high-up

What does high-up mean?

high-up means "an important or influential (and often overbearing) person".

How many syllables are in high-up?

high-up has 2 syllables: hig-h-up. The stress falls on "hig".

What is another word for high-up?

Close synonyms include very important person, VIP, dignitary, panjandrum, high muckamuck. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is high-up a common word?

high-up is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.