From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
heavyweight \heavyweight\ n.
1. a wrestler who weighs more than 214 pounds. [WordNet 1.5]
2. a boxer who weighs more than 195 pounds. [WordNet 1.5]
Syn: giant, hulk. [WordNet 1.5]
4. a person of exceptional importance and reputation.
Syn: colossus, behemoth, giant, titan. [WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
heavyweight \heavyweight\ adjective heaviest in a category; as, a heavyweight boxer. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: heaviest in a category or of a heavyweight category (more than 190 pounds for prizefighters); "a heavyweight boxer"
noun
1: an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 201 pounds
2: a wrestler who weighs more than 214 pounds
3: a professional boxer who weighs more than 190 pounds
4: a very large person; impressive in size or qualities [syn: {giant}, {hulk}, {whale}]
5: a person of exceptional importance and reputation [syn: {colossus}, {behemoth}, {giant}, {titan}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
105 Moby Thesaurus words for "heavyweight": Chinese boxer, Rasputin, Svengali, VIP, access, bad influence, bantamweight, big, big boy, big cheese, big wheel, big-league, big-name, big-time, big-timer, bigwig, bigwigged, black belt, blimp, boxer, brown belt, bruiser, catchweight, chief, consequential, considerable, court, double-barreled, earthshaking, eminence grise, fat, fat cat, fatty, featherweight, fighter, fisticuffer, five-percenter, flyweight, friend at court, good influence, grand, gray eminence, great, heavy, hefty, hidden hand, high-powered, hippo, important, influence, influence peddler, influencer, ingroup, karate expert, key, kingmaker, leaden, leader, light heavyweight, lightweight, lion, lobby, lobbyist, lords of creation, lump, major, man of influence, manipulator, massive, massy, material, middleweight, momentous, name, open sesame, overweight, palooka, ponderous, potbelly, powers that be, pressure group, prizefighter, pug, pugilist, roly-poly, savate expert, self-important, significant, sinister influence, sparrer, special interests, special-interest group, substantial, superior, swagbelly, the Establishment, tub, tub of lard, tun, very important person, weighty, welterweight, wheeler-dealer, wire-puller, world-shaking
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:
heavyweight adjective [common] High-overhead; {baroque}; code-intensive; featureful, but costly. Esp. used of communication protocols, language designs, and any sort of implementation in which maximum generality and/or ease of implementation has been pushed at the expense of mundane considerations such as speed, memory utilization, and startup time. {EMACS} is a heavyweight editor; {X} is an _extremely_ heavyweight window system. This term isn't pejorative, but one hacker's heavyweight is another's {elephantine} and a third's {monstrosity}. Oppose 'lightweight'. Usage: now borders on techspeak, especially in the compound 'heavyweight process'.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
heavyweight High-overhead; {baroque}; code-intensive; featureful, but costly. Especially used of communication protocols, language designs, and any sort of implementation in which maximum generality and/or ease of implementation has been pushed at the expense of mundane considerations such as speed, memory use and startup time. {Emacs} is a heavyweight editor; {X} is an *extremely* heavyweight window system. This term isn't pejorative, but one hacker's heavyweight is another's {elephantine} and a third's monstrosity. Opposite: "lightweight". Usage: now borders on technical especially in the compound "heavyweight process". (1994-12-22)
Define.com is a registered nonprofit corporation dedicated solely to the global public interest and the advancement of humanity. It belongs to all of us who have a desire to promote electronic democracy, science, creativity, imagination, reason, critical thinking, peace, race and gender equality, civil rights, equal access to education, personal liberty, free speech, animal rights, compassionate and nonviolent parenting, social and economic justice, global monetary reform, Secular Humanism, cognitive liberty and a permanent cessation of The War on Drugs.
Let's see what we can do if we put our heads together.
0