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Synonyms for heavyweight

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

2. Hulk

hulk, whale

3. Big wheel

big name, big wheel, big wig, big cheese dated

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A very large, heavy, or impressive person.

    an intellectual heavyweight

  2. n. 2

    The professional boxing weight class for boxers weighing more than 190 pounds; a boxer in that division.

  3. n. 3

    A similar division and contestant in other sports.

Related words

Phrases
super heavyweight

Forms

Plural
heavyweights → giants, behemoths, titans, colossuses…

Example sentences

  • giant Is Algeria, the sleeping giant, finally awakening?
  • titan Chach is vacationing on Titan, a moon of Saturn.
  • colossus The United States is a colossus with feet of clay.
  • behemoth China transformed from a poor country into an industrial behemoth.
  • whale The whale shark is the largest shark in the world.
  • hulk The cement hardened and restricted Hulk’s movements.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
heavyweightrising
giantrising
titanrising
colossussteady
behemothrising
whalesteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
hulk1
5 letters
giant2, whale1, titan2
7 letters
mugwump
8 letters
colossus3, behemoth3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (giant2 = 2 syllables).