heavyweights

noun

plural of heavyweight
as in heavies
one of high position or importance within a group a heavyweight in the U.S. Senate, he has a lot of clout in judicial confirmations

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Recent Examples of heavyweights 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 Kospi heavyweights Samsung and SK Hynix was down over 7% and over 5%, respectively. — Sean Conlon,justina Lee,sarah Min, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026 The art is from the private collection of Paolo and Antonella De Santis, Valentina's parents, and is mostly from the 1960s, '70s, and '80s, with pieces by heavyweights like Anselm Kiefer. — Ondine Cohane, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2026 Houthi attacks have effectively halted subsea cable construction in the Red Sea since 2024, including from tech heavyweights Google and Meta. — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026 Lawrence clocked early on that Williams had the chops to hold her own against heavyweights like Harrison Ford. — Maureen Lee Lenker, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026 There is no denying Kosmera aims to challenge hypercar heavyweights like Rimac and Koenigsegg, as well as its main domestic rival, BYD. — New Atlas, 7 Aug. 2026 Others hit by the stampede out of software included heavyweights such as ServiceNow, Applovin and Salesforce. — David Bloom, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 The upbeat results lifted global tech stocks, including major gains for Asian heavyweights. — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 31 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heavyweights
  1. heavies
  2. bigs
  3. magnates
  4. wheels
  5. kings
  6. tycoons
  7. lions
  8. bigwigs
Noun
  • 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
Definition of heavies
Noun
  • That is a remarkable incentive, if not catnip, to send Condon to the bigs.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Pick-and-rolls at the top of the floor with bigs, pick-and-rolls with smalls.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of bigs
Noun
  • The verdict cleared a legal cloud hanging over OpenAI's restructuring right as both magnates were steering their companies toward the public market.
    — Alicia Park, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • Newspapers fell into the hands of magnates who advanced their own interests.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Definition of magnates
Noun
  • This turns in the opposite direction to the front wheels at low speeds for tighter city maneuvering but stabilizes handling during high-speed lane changes or corners by turning with the front.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Hopefully all of the drifting is turning the wheels in his brain for ideas for the next great theme park attraction.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of wheels
Noun
  • James topping the list by a significant margin when the likes of Mickey Mantle and Michael Jordan have long been seen as the kings of the sports card world may raise some eyebrows, but his priciest card to date does include Jordan on it.
    — Larry Holder, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Anthony Hopkins has played villains and popes, presidents and dictators, titans of literature and comic book kings.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of kings
Noun
  • The entrepreneur’s efforts secured him a place on the list of the Philippines’ 50 richest in a challenging year when a weaker peso took a toll on the total wealth of the country’s tycoons, which shrank 8% to $79 billion.
    — Naazneen Karmali, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • That has created mounting public resistance as tech companies concentrate historic levels of wealth in the hands of a select group of tycoons.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
Definition of tycoons
Noun
  • Sometimes lions will range into the area from their primary turf along the Skeleton Coast, causing much excitement amongst humans and animals alike.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Similar urinary compounds were also found in lions, leopards, tigers, lynxes, jaguars, and other feline species.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of lions
Noun
  • The idea, according to officials, would bring $500 million to the city’s coffers annually, paid primarily by bigwigs who get to enjoy city life but don’t pay city income taxes.
    — Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Stevens boasts the support of a growing list of establishment bigwigs—including Michigan’s governor, Gretchen Whitmer, and the state’s outgoing senator, Gary Peters—who clearly view her as more electable.
    — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of bigwigs

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