BIG-TIMERS Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

big-timers

noun

plural of big-timer

as in heavyweights

one of high position or importance within a group a field in which one can go from being a big-timer to a small-timer in practically no time at all

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Noun

Defense must carry the load and let Mateer direct his offense to score enough points to compete with the heavyweights.

— Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
The rift greatly complicated any chance Washington may have had of lining up the region’s heavyweights behind its campaign to defeat Iran.

— MARC LYNCH, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

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In any year, in any culture, there are no antagonists (save for Nazis) better suited as action cinema heavies; rooting against child trafficking lowlifes is moral, easy, and best of all, a completely guiltless pleasure.

— Andy Crump, IndieWire, 15 June 2026
However, on season 2 of Twin Peaks, the actress played Miss Jones, the right-hand woman for one of the series' heavies, Thomas Eckhardt (the late David Warner).

— Drew Mackie, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026

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