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heavyweight
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heavyweight
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun heavyweight has 5 senses
- heavyweight(n = noun.person) Array - an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 201 pounds; Array is a kind of boxer, pugilist
- heavyweight(n = noun.person) Array - a wrestler who weighs more than 214 pounds; Array is a kind of grappler, matman, wrestler
- heavyweight(n = noun.person) Array - a professional boxer who weighs more than 190 pounds; Array is a kind of gladiator, prizefighter
- heavyweight(n = noun.person) giant, hulk, whale - a very large person; impressive in size or qualities; Array is a kind of large person
- heavyweight(n = noun.person) behemoth, colossus, giant, titan - a person of exceptional importance and reputation; Array is a kind of important person, influential person, personage
CIDE DICTIONARY
heavyweight, adj.
heaviest in a category; as, a heavyweight boxer. [WordNet 1.5]
heavyweight, n.
- a wrestler who weighs more than 214 pounds. [WordNet 1.5]
- a boxer who weighs more than 195 pounds. [WordNet 1.5]
- a very large person. [WordNet 1.5]
- a person of exceptional importance and reputation. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
heavyweight, n.
1 a a weight in certain sports, in the amateur boxing scale over 81 kg but differing for professional boxers, wrestlers, and weightlifters. b a sportsman of this weight.
2 a person, animal, or thing of above average weight.
3 colloq. a person of influence or importance.
1 a a weight in certain sports, in the amateur boxing scale over 81 kg but differing for professional boxers, wrestlers, and weightlifters. b a sportsman of this weight.
2 a person, animal, or thing of above average weight.
3 colloq. a person of influence or importance.
Idiom
light heavyweight
1 the weight in some sports between middleweight and heavyweight, in the amateur boxing scale 75-81 kg: also called CRUISERWEIGHT.
2 a sportsman of this weight.
1 the weight in some sports between middleweight and heavyweight, in the amateur boxing scale 75-81 kg: also called CRUISERWEIGHT.
2 a sportsman of this weight.
THESAURUS
heavyweight
Chinese boxer, Rasputin, Svengali, VIP, 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, 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, roly-poly, savate expert, self-important, significant, sinister influence, sparrer, special interests, special-interest group, substantial, superior, swagbelly, the Establishment, tub, tub of lard, tun, very important person, weighty, welterweight, wheeler-dealer, wire-puller, world-shaking
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