HEAVYWEIGHTS Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

heavyweights

noun

plural of heavyweight

as in heavies

one of high position or importance within a group a heavyweight in the U.S. Senate, he has a lot of clout in judicial confirmations

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Recent Examples of heavyweights Representatives from Mubadala, Space42, Majid Al Futtaim Group, ADNOC Group, Databricks, and Snowflake were all present, among many other global heavyweights. — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026 Nvidia, Google, Microsoft, and other tech heavyweights have collaborated to sketch a new electrical architecture for them, with a different kind of transformer facing the grid, and a small industry has formed to build it. — Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 He’s held mitts for world champions, for Olympic heavyweights, and for too many professionals to count in 30-something years of boxing. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 14 Oct. 2026 Forecasting the Field The typical Grammy heavyweights (Taylor, Harry, and Bruno) all released work over the past year, so expect them to be nominated in at least the Record or Song of the Year categories. — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2026 In Asia, South Korea's Kospi fell over 6%, dragged by technology heavyweights SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics. — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026 Fashion Is Really, Really Under the Influence People of the internet and of internet influence are front row heavyweights. — Joan Kennedy, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2026 Another game to enjoy today is between two heavyweights in the NFC. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026 Prime Day Deals below—including a few heavyweights like Villeroy & Boch and Dyson. — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Mehring’s characters include petty criminals, unscrupulous lawyers, Galician Jews, Freikorps heavies, local and international businessmen, Prussian generals, and the everyday citizens inhabiting the streets of Berlin’s old and rather dingy center.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026
The album also features cameos by heavies from Gojira, Lamb of God, Queens of the Stone Age, and Clutch.

— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of heavies

Noun

When Ott was in Cleveland, the system often had just one shooting outlet on most plays, relying on the guards’ floater games and the bigs’ vertical spacing over the top.

— Jared Weiss, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026
That is a remarkable incentive, if not catnip, to send Condon to the bigs.

— Troy Renck, Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of bigs

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French jewelry maison Boucheron was founded in 1858 and built a legacy of adorning royals, stars and magnates in jewelry that combines precious, rare gems with equally ingenious designs.

— Tanya Dukes, Robb Report, 12 Oct. 2026
The verdict cleared a legal cloud hanging over OpenAI's restructuring right as both magnates were steering their companies toward the public market.

— Alicia Park, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

Definition of magnates

Noun

Those stoppers bite on 22-inch aluminum-alloy wheels dressed with, at least in our car’s case, Pirelli Trofeo RS rubber.

— Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2026
View gallery - 7 images This tiny house takes the look of a traditional mountain lodge and puts it on wheels.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of wheels

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Its mix of escapist fantasy and emotional substance has never felt more dialed in, nor the political relevance of staggering income inequality and meddlesome tycoons more pronounced.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026
Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP The Journal also reported this weekend that Guilfoyle boasted in audio recordings about Greek businessmen who paid for her travel, and reportedly encouraged foreign governments to do business with one of the tycoons.

— Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of tycoons

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To the average investor, the bond markets may seem like a concern better left to Wall Street bigwigs.

— Personal Finance, TheWeek, 30 Sep. 2026
The idea, according to officials, would bring $500 million to the city’s coffers annually, paid primarily by bigwigs who get to enjoy city life but don’t pay city income taxes.

— Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of bigwigs

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