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mover and shaker

mov·er and shak·er
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [moo-ver and shey-ker]
    • /ˈmu vər ænd ˈʃeɪ kər/
    • /ˈmuː.vər ənd ˈʃeɪ.kər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [moo-ver and shey-ker]
    • /ˈmu vər ænd ˈʃeɪ kər/

Definition of mover and shaker words

  • noun mover and shaker a person who has power and influence, esp., a member of a group having power and influence 0

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Parts of speech for Mover and shaker

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

mover and shaker popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

Synonyms for mover and shaker

noun mover and shaker

  • vip — A VIP is someone who is given better treatment than ordinary people because they are famous, influential, or important. VIP is an abbreviation for 'very important person'.
  • catalyst — You can describe a person or thing that causes a change or event to happen as a catalyst.
  • doer — a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
  • generator — a machine that converts one form of energy into another, especially mechanical energy into electrical energy, as a dynamo, or electrical energy into sound, as an acoustic generator.
  • leader — a person or thing that leads.

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