HEAVYWEIGHTS Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

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 Executives at Oracle have already signed several deals with Silicon Valley heavyweights to bring their business closer to that objective, Ives added. —

Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026 Ne-Yo, who has been collaborating with Nashville heavyweights like Luke Laird, Rhett Akins, and Charles Kelley of Lady A, has been slowly releasing some of the music he’s recorded in Nashville. —

Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2026 The ceremony drew a roster of Hollywood heavyweights who have crossed paths with Murphy across his nearly 50-year career. —

Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2026 The crowd — filled with a who’s who of comedy heavyweights, studio heads, Oscar winners, filmmakers, actors and fans — laughed at the quip. —

Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 19 Apr. 2026 The series starred Keegan-Michael Key and Cecily Strong, as well as a sea of Broadway heavyweights like Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming, Ariana DeBose, Jane Krakowski and Aaron Tveit (among others). —

Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026 But a growing number of Hollywood heavyweights have continued to raise concerns over the ramifications of the deal for the industry at large. —

Rebecca Keegan, NBC news, 16 Apr. 2026 The movie was made even stranger by then-Hollywood heavyweights like Jackie Chan, Whoopi Goldberg, and Robert Evans playing heightened versions of themselves — not to mention an unsettling performance by Harvey Weinstein as a private detective that has, to put it mildly, not aged well. —

Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 15 Apr. 2026 Cooking for heavyweights such as Joseph Parker, who introduced him to Fury, is one challenge, but helping American former world welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr, who had to battle to make 147lbs, was a different project. —

Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026

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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
Specifically, Alioto sought to reimagine the magazine as a many-pronged vehicle for promising tastes—like those of regular contributors and critical heavies, Grace Byron and Greta Rainbow.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026