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

Despite this evening’s setback, Marty Supreme remains a heavy hitter at next month’s Oscars, with nine nominations, including Best Film, Director, and Actor. —Zac Ntim, Deadline, 22 Feb. 2026

To get Gwyn off the ground, Paltrow tapped fashion-industry heavy hitter Sofía Menassé, who cut her teeth at Alexander Wang, Maison Margiela, and The Row. —Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 18 Feb. 2026

That’s saying a lot; every casino has a steakhouse and heavy hitters such as Jose Andres, Jean George Vongerichten, Emeril Lagasse and Wolfgang Puck all have steakhouses there. —Rachel E. Stassen-Berger, Des Moines Register, 12 Feb. 2026

Neon acquired the bulk of this year’s global heavy hitters at Cannes and is proving increasingly dominant in this brave new world that Netflix helped usher in. —David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 10 Feb. 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