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

These folks don’t know about the other Tom Cruise, the actor who sought out arthouse heavy hitters and auteurs, and gave himself over to their visions. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2026

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Ahead of this year’s festival, Lim spoke to Variety about lining up so many heavy hitters and whether festivalgoers should be prepared for any surprises. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026

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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