What is "heavyweight" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does heavyweight mean in English? Meaning of heavyweight definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "heavyweight" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "heavyweight": an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 201 pounds

Noun

  • Meaning: an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 201 pounds
  • Synonyms: heavyweight
  • Hypernyms: boxer pugilist
  • Meaning of "heavyweight": a wrestler who weighs more than 214 pounds

    Noun

  • Meaning: a wrestler who weighs more than 214 pounds
  • Synonyms: heavyweight
  • Hypernyms: grappler matman wrestler
  • Meaning of "heavyweight": a professional boxer who weighs more than 190 pounds

    Noun

  • Meaning: a professional boxer who weighs more than 190 pounds
  • Synonyms: heavyweight
  • Hypernyms: gladiator prizefighter
  • Meaning of "heavyweight": a very large person; impressive in size or qualities

    Noun

  • Meaning: a very large person; impressive in size or qualities
  • Synonyms: giant heavyweight hulk whale
  • Hypernyms: large person
  • Meaning of "heavyweight": a person of exceptional importance and reputation

    Noun

  • Meaning: a person of exceptional importance and reputation
  • Synonyms: behemoth colossus giant heavyweight titan
  • Hypernyms: important person influential person personage
  • Adjective: A very large, heavy, or impressive person. an intellectual heavyweightThe professional boxing weight division for boxers weighing more than 190 pounds; a boxer in that division.A similar division and contestant in other sports.
  • Synonyms:

    large, gross, fat, abundant, ample, awkward, beefy, big, built, bulky, burdensome, chunky, considerable, copious, corpulent, cumbersome, cumbrous, elephantine, enceinte, excessive, expectant, fleshy, gravid, hefty, huge, laden, loaded, l, lead-footed, heavy, great, major, chief, professional, grave, big-time, blue-chip, critical, crucial, exceptional, major-league, serious, four-star, front-page, high-power, playing hard ball, strictly business, celebrity, luminary, bigwig, leader, star, notable, official, character, VIP, personage, lion, nabob, eminence, notability, big gun, big kahuna, bigshot, person of influence, top cat,

    Antonyms:

    skinny, slender, thin, inconsequential, insignificant, trivial, unimportant, unskilled, minor, little, small, happy, nobody,

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    heavyweight in English: heavyweight
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