wheeler dealer

wheeler dealer
Synonyms and related words:
Machiavellian, Rasputin, Svengali, VIP, access, activist, bad influence, ball of fire, beaver, behind-the-scenes operator, big wheel, big-time operator, bustler, busy bee, court, doer, eager beaver, eminence grise, enthusiast, finagler, five-percenter, friend at court, gamesman, go-getter, good influence, gray eminence, heavyweight, hidden hand, human dynamo, hustler, influence, influence peddler, influencer, ingroup, key, kingmaker, live wire, lobby, lobbyist, logroller, lords of creation, machinator, man of action, man of deeds, man of influence, manipulator, militant, new broom, open sesame, operator, political activist, pork-barrel politician, powerhouse, powers that be, pressure group, sinister influence, special interests, special-interest group, strategist, take-charge guy, the Establishment, very important person, winner, wire-puller

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  • wheeler-dealer — wheeler dealers N COUNT (disapproval) If you refer to someone, especially in business or politics, as a wheeler dealer, you disapprove of the way that they try to succeed or to get what they want, often by dishonest or unfair methods …   English dictionary

  • wheeler-dealer — n someone who does a lot of complicated, often dishonest deals, especially in business or politics …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • wheeler-dealer — ☆ wheeler dealer [hwē′lər dē′lər, wē′lər dēl′ər ] n. Slang a person who wheels and deals: see WHEEL AND DEAL: (at WHEEL) …   English World dictionary

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  • wheeler-dealer — dealing deal‧ing [ˈdiːlɪŋ] noun 1. [uncountable] FINANCE the job or activity of buying and selling stocks, shares, foreign currencies etc on a financial market; = TRADING AmE: • After the first hour of dealing, the FTSE had slipped 10.1 to 3025.3 …   Financial and business terms

  • wheeler-dealer — a person who is good at making sales and deals, a wheeler dealer    Cliff is a wheeler dealer in the energy industry. He brings buyers and sellers together …   English idioms

  • wheeler-dealer — n. someone who bargains aggressively. (See also wheel and deal.) □ She has turned into a real wheeler dealer. □ Who’s the wheeler dealer who set up this deal? …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • wheeler-dealer — noun A shrewd and often unscrupulous person who advances his own interests by scheming; a hustler. Seated at separate tables to underscore their differing levels of involvement with indicted savings and loan wheeler dealer Charles Keating, the… …   Wiktionary

  • wheeler-dealer — n. phr. slang A person with power and control. The biggest wheeler dealer in the state has many friends in high places in business and government and is a rich man himself …   Словарь американских идиом

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