Definition for Dignitary:

• One who holds a position of dignity or honor; a high church official; as, an archbishop is a dignitary.

Synonyms for Dignitary:

• n.

  •
  • character,
  • important,
  • prime mover,
  • a force to be reckoned with,
  • magnate,
  • authority figure,
  • mover and shaker,
  • big shot,
  • eminence,
  • someone,
  • leading light,
  • mogul,
  • heavyweight.
  •VIP (noun)
  • High Muckamuck,
  • famous people,
  • big kahuna,
  • big enchilada,
  • famous person.
  •big shot (noun)
  • high-muck-a-muck,
  • big gun,
  • heavy-hitter,
  • big cats,
  • Big Man on Campus,
  • big cat,
  • big-shot,
  • head honcho,
  • important person,
  • high man on the totem pole,
  • big fish,
  • big guns,
  • influential person.
  •big wheel (noun)
  • big-wheel.
  •dean (noun)
  • pro fessors,
  • pro-fessor,
  • pro fessor,
  • pro-fessors.
  •dignitary (noun)
  • very important person.
  •high ranking person (noun)
  • star,
  • top cat,
  • person of influence,
  • bigshot,
  • luminary.
  •person (noun)
  • dignitary.
  •personage/personality (noun)
  • cynosures,
  • in dividual,
  • distinguished people,
  • hot shots,
  • in-dividual,
  • public figures,
  • distinguished persons.
  •somebody (noun)
  • so-and-so,
  • household name,
  • Ones,
  • some person,
  • person of note,
  • so and so,
  • Whoever.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • bigwig,
  • big-timer,
  • big wheel,
  • muckamuck.
  •
  • celebrity.
  •VIP
  • vip.

Antonyms for Dignitary:

• n.

  • high ranking person
    nobody, nonentity.

Dignitary Sentence Examples:

• Cook looked at housemaid, and slightly raised her hands, while the offended dignitary sipped and muttered, and muttered and sipped, and his audience waited, not daring to speak, lest they should miss the rest of the expected treat.

• A pajoeng is borne above the head of a Javanese dignitary whenever he goes abroad.

Homophones for Dignitary:

• dekameter, designated hitter, Dissymmetry, dosemeter, decametre, disinter, descender, dead center, dosimetry, disseminator, discounter, dicentra, dysentery, dekametre, documentary, duck hunter, decameter, decimeter, dosimeter, dissenter, dichondra, decanter, Dead Centre, dasymeter, decimetre.

Hyponym for Dignitary:

• n.

  • person
    influential person, personage, important person.