mover and shaker

1. 1.

   a person who wields power and influence

   “a shaker of traditional beliefs”

   “movers and shakers in the business world”

   Synonymsshaker

   Broaderperson

Questions about mover and shaker

What does mover and shaker mean?

mover and shaker means "a person who wields power and influence".

What is another word for mover and shaker?

Close synonyms include shaker. 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 mover and shaker a common word?

mover and shaker 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.