heavyweight \heavyweight\ adj.
heaviest in a category; as, a heavyweight boxer.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
3. a very large person.
Syn: giant, hulk.
[WordNet 1.5]
4. a person of exceptional importance and reputation.
Syn: colossus, behemoth, giant, titan.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
heavyweight
adj : heaviest in a category or of a heavyweight category (more
than 190 pounds for prizefighters); "a heavyweight
boxer"
n 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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
heavyweight adj. [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'.
Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)
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)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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