'heavyweight' definitions:
Definition of 'heavyweight'
From: WordNet
noun
An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 201 pounds
noun
A wrestler who weighs more than 214 pounds
noun
A professional boxer who weighs more than 190 pounds
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Definition of 'heavyweight'
From: GCIDE
- heavyweight \heavyweight\ adj. heaviest in a category; as, a heavyweight boxer. [WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'heavyweight'
From: GCIDE
- heavyweight \heavyweight\ n.
- 1. a wrestler who weighs more than 214 pounds. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. a boxer who weighs more than 195 pounds. [WordNet 1.5]
- 3. a very large person.
- Syn: giant, hulk. [WordNet 1.5]
- 4. a person of exceptional importance and reputation.
- Syn: colossus, behemoth, giant, titan. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'heavyweight'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- access,
- bad influence,
- bantamweight,
- big,
- big boy,
- big cheese,
- big wheel,
- big-league,
- big-name,
- big-time,
- big-timer,
- bigwig,
- bigwigged,
- black belt,
- blimp,
- boxer,
- brown belt,
- bruiser,
- catchweight,
- chief,
- Chinese boxer,
- consequential,
- considerable,
- court,
- double-barreled,
- earthshaking,
- eminence grise,
- fat,
- fat cat,
- fatty,
- featherweight,
- fighter,
- fisticuffer,
- five-percenter,
- flyweight,
- friend at court,
- good influence,
- grand,
- gray eminence,
- great,
- heavy,
- hefty,
- hidden hand,
- high-powered,
- hippo,
- important,
- influence,
- influence peddler,
- influencer,
- ingroup,
- karate expert,
- key,
- kingmaker,
- leaden,
- leader,
- light heavyweight,
- lightweight,
- lion,
- lobby,
- lobbyist,
- lords of creation,
- lump,
- major,
- man of influence,
- manipulator,
- massive,
- massy,
- material,
- middleweight,
- momentous,
- name,
- open sesame,
- overweight,
- palooka,
- ponderous,
- potbelly,
- powers that be,
- pressure group,
- prizefighter,
- pug,
- pugilist,
- Rasputin,
- roly-poly,
- savate expert,
- self-important,
- significant,
- sinister influence,
- sparrer,
- special interests,
- special-interest group,
- substantial,
- superior,
- Svengali,
- swagbelly,
- the Establishment,
- tub,
- tub of lard,
- tun,
- very important person,
- VIP,
- weighty,
- welterweight,
- wheeler-dealer,
- wire-puller,
- world-shaking