Synonyms for heavyweight
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : hev-ee-weyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛv iˌweɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for heavyweight Other synonyms for the word heavyweight
- abundant
- ample
- awkward
- beefy
- big
- big gun
- big kahuna
- big-time
- bigshot
- blue-chip
- built
- bulky
- burdensome
- chunky
- considerable
- copious
- corpulent
- critical
- crucial
- cumbersome
- cumbrous
- elephantine
- enceinte
- exceptional
- excessive
- expectant
- fleshy
- four-star
- front-page
- gravid
- heavy
- hefty
- high-power
- huge
- l
- laden
- large
- lead-footed
- leader
- lion
- loaded
- major
- major-league
- nabob
- notability
- notable
- official
- person of influence
- personage
- playing hard ball
- professional
- serious
- star
- strictly business
- top cat
- VIP
Définition of heavyweight
Origin :- noun and adj., 1857 of horses; 1877 of fighters; from heavy + weight. Figuratively, of importance, from 1928.
- adj heavy
- adj big-league
- noun dignitary
- Is this the lady that's entered for the heavyweight Juliet championship?
- Extract from : « Torchy » by Sewell Ford
- Better put two more on you, Buster, because youre a heavyweight, you know.
- Extract from : « Motor Boat Boys Down the Danube » by Louis Arundel
- The heavyweight pursuer could not get nearer than half a dozen paces.
- Extract from : « Average Jones » by Samuel Hopkins Adams
- He had received a bit the worst of it in the heavyweight bout.
- Extract from : « The A.E.F. » by Heywood Broun
- He has not worn an overcoat or heavyweight flannels for six years.
- Extract from : « Rosemary and Rue » by Amber
- There was something purposeful in the way the heavyweight moved.
- Extract from : « Steve Yeager » by William MacLeod Raine
- He ain't no heavyweight for brains as you can see, an' years ago he married a wife feather-headed as himself.
- Extract from : « Flood Tide » by Sara Ware Bassett
- The heavyweight had been tempted to reach for his weapon by the certainty that he had come to the end of the passage.
- Extract from : « Steve Yeager » by William MacLeod Raine
- "It would be real mean if they didn't," volunteered the heavyweight lady of the committee.
- Extract from : « A Pirate of Parts » by Richard Neville
- Maybe you remember about Mr. Robert's heavyweight young sister that wanted to play Juliet once?
- Extract from : « Torchy » by Sewell Ford
Antonyms for heavyweight
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