Meanings
- not comparableboxingOf or pertaining to the weight class for boxers exceeding 91 kilograms in body weight.
Near-synonym: superheavy
Synonyms: superheavy
plural superheavyweights
- A boxer of the superheavyweight class.
- Someone or something that is extremely heavy or hefty.
All around him was a human traffic jam, but this superheavyweight, so massive (get a load of that head!) and so easy to adore, was surrounded by a bunch of smitten fans reaching out to pet him, to touch his enormous paws and to receive his sloppy licks.
2008 February 13, Richard Sandomir, “Beagle, a Breed Long Unsung, Wins Best in Show”, in New York TimesSynonyms: superheavy
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf or pertaining to the weight class for boxers exceeding 91 kilograms in body weight.
nounSomeone or something that is extremely heavy or hefty.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Italic*super
- Latinsuper
- Latinsuper-
- Englishsuper-
- Proto-Indo-European*kap-
- Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
- Proto-Germanic*habjaną
- Proto-West Germanic*habbjan
- Old Englishhebban
- Middle Englishheven
- Englishheave
- Englishheavy
- Englishweight
- Englishheavyweight
- Englishsuperheavyweight
From super- + heavyweight.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
superheavyweight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superheavyweight
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