heavy hitter

noun

: big shot, heavy

Synonyms

• big
• big boy
• big cheese
• big gun
• big leaguer
• big shot
• big wheel
• big-timer
• bigfoot
• biggie
• bigwig
• fat cat
• heavy
• heavyweight
• high-muck-a-muck
• high-muckety-muck
• honcho
• kahuna
• kingfish
• kingpin
• major leaguer
• muckety-muck
• muck-a-muck
• mucky-muck
• nabob
• nawab
• nibs
• nob [chiefly British]
• pooh-bah
• poo-bah
• wheel

Examples of heavy hitter in a Sentence

She spoke to a room full of political heavy hitters.

Their company is one of the industry's heavy hitters.

Recent Examples on the Web

Amazon is known to be a heavy hitter in Black Friday sales. —Pia Singh, CNBC, 27 Nov. 2024

But he’s quickly established himself as a heavy hitter in the industry, filming for brands like U.S. Ski & Snowboard, Red Bull, Burton, Oakley, Ikon Pass, Columbia, Woodward, Anon Optics and more. —Michelle Bruton, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024

Korean content has proven to be an all-around heavy hitter for the platform globally. —Nicole Fell, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024

In a Detroit gospel world packed with heavy hitters, Clark is a standout who helped invent the modern sound — a multifaceted and influential musician, singer and songwriter responsible for some of the genre’s most notable work in the past half-century. —Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined above