heavyweight Definition
heavy·weight (hev′ē wāt′)
noun
- a person or animal weighing much more than average
- an athlete, in any of various sports, who is in the heaviest weight division or classification; specif., a boxer in the heaviest weight classification, typically weighing over 195 pounds (88.45 kg)
- ☆ Informal a very intelligent, influential, or important person
adjective
- heavy in weight
- of heavyweights
heavyweight Usage Examples
Converse of object
include: Of the preliminary one couple brought and included an editorial heavyweights rich.
Adjective modifier
- editorial: Wages for the daughter home from editorial heavyweights rich deck quotes also.
- literary: Directed by Barry Levinson Running time 133 mins Certificate 12 What an amazing week for adaptations of works by literary heavyweights.
- political: Council leader Donald Anderson said: " Jim Gilchrist was one of the real political heavyweights in Scottish local government.
- such: He will be up against such heavyweights as Michael Parkinson and Des O'Connor.
- great: Sports writers were rating him one of the great heavyweights of all time.
- other: If he just wanted to show off he wouldn't employ four other heavyweights of the contemporary jazz scene to play his music.
Modifies a noun
- boxer: Williams is a fairly talented heavyweight boxer - he is arguably of the pugilist mold.
- champ: Read on to see what the heavyweight champ 's attorney has to say.
- champion: With World War II looming, was a German heavyweight champion warned by Adolf Hitler to beat Joe Louis or else?
- contender: Verdict A true heavyweight contender for the ultimate DVD player accolade.
- bout: Who was the first man to use oxygen in his corner during a heavyweight championship bout?
- monster: There are fairly few traps; instead the fights rely on the the placement of the heavyweight monsters to do damage.
Modifying Another Word
- fairly: Warning: the license agreement is a fairly heavyweight legal document.
- too: Entertaining, but don't expect anything too heavyweight.
- pretty: This makes it a great resource, the only problem being it's pretty heavyweight to sing from.
Noun used with modifier
- editorial: Editorial heavyweights rich the typical nr wages for the eastern standard time.
- industry: It promises to be a fascinating look at the future of British broadcasting, from one of the industry heavyweights.
- tech: Other tech heavyweights, including Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, Google and Yahoo, have plans to hire employees in India.
- medium: By contrast, the other early evening event provided a platform for three media heavyweights to offer an irreverent view of the year.
Browse dictionary entries near heavyweight
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