heavy hitter

noun

: big shot, heavy

a political heavy hitter

Synonyms of heavy hitter

• heavy
• heavyweight
• big
• big gun
• big boy
• big wheel
• major leaguer
• big leaguer

Examples of heavy hitter in a Sentence

She spoke to a room full of political heavy hitters.

Their company is one of the industry's heavy hitters.

Recent Examples on the Web

While Malone headlined the show, a few additional heavy hitters joined the pregame festivities, including Tom Cruise, who made an appearance ahead of the release of his latest movie, Digger, set for fall 2026. — Malik Davis, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2026

This year’s heavy hitters include Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos, OpenAI’s chief executive officer Sam Altman, Reel Genius founder Victoria Grazer and Anthropic’s CEO Dario Amodei. — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 10 July 2026

The Odyssey cast is stacked with heavy hitters, but only one actor evoked the type of reaction that Christopher Nolan hadn’t seen since Heath Ledger and The Dark Knight. — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026

That is not surprising; bartender and co-owner Nick Chaivarlis worked at cocktail heavy hitters like the Lawrence and Ration & Dram. — Blair Crosby, AJC.com, 5 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for heavy hitter

• babysitter
• bitter
• critter
• fitter
• fritter
• glitter
• jitter
• knitter
• litter
• quitter
• ritter
• splitter