Antonyms for heavyweight


Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : hev-ee-weyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛv iˌweɪt


Definition of heavyweight

Origin :
  • noun and adj., 1857 of horses; 1877 of fighters; from heavy + weight. Figuratively, of importance, from 1928.
  • adj heavy
  • adj big-league
  • noun dignitary
Example sentences :
  • Is this the lady that's entered for the heavyweight Juliet championship?
  • Extract from : « Torchy » by Sewell Ford
  • Better put two more on you, Buster, because youre a heavyweight, you know.
  • Extract from : « Motor Boat Boys Down the Danube » by Louis Arundel
  • The heavyweight pursuer could not get nearer than half a dozen paces.
  • Extract from : « Average Jones » by Samuel Hopkins Adams
  • He had received a bit the worst of it in the heavyweight bout.
  • Extract from : « The A.E.F. » by Heywood Broun
  • He has not worn an overcoat or heavyweight flannels for six years.
  • Extract from : « Rosemary and Rue » by Amber
  • There was something purposeful in the way the heavyweight moved.
  • Extract from : « Steve Yeager » by William MacLeod Raine
  • He ain't no heavyweight for brains as you can see, an' years ago he married a wife feather-headed as himself.
  • Extract from : « Flood Tide » by Sara Ware Bassett
  • The heavyweight had been tempted to reach for his weapon by the certainty that he had come to the end of the passage.
  • Extract from : « Steve Yeager » by William MacLeod Raine
  • "It would be real mean if they didn't," volunteered the heavyweight lady of the committee.
  • Extract from : « A Pirate of Parts » by Richard Neville
  • Maybe you remember about Mr. Robert's heavyweight young sister that wanted to play Juliet once?
  • Extract from : « Torchy » by Sewell Ford

Synonyms for heavyweight

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