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🧪 Very large atom 🤼 A top weight athlete 🏋️ Extremely heavy 🥊 Above heavyweight
superheavy

superheavy

1 7.1
An athlete who competes in the heaviest weight class above heavyweight
  • noun
  • /ˌsuːpərˈhɛvi/
translation icon : superpesado

Examples

  • It would be possible for us to see them, I think, or at least to see very clear proof that they exist if we had some stable superheavy elements.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • The champion boxer fought in the superheavy class, competing against some of the strongest athletes in the sport.

  • At the wrestling championship, he was the only competitor in the superheavy division, showcasing his exceptional strength.

  • To qualify as a superheavy competitor, you must weigh over 265 pounds in the official weigh-in.

Synonyms

super heavyweight
vssuperheavy
  • Specialized
1 4.0

A class in sports like boxing for fighters who weigh more than a set limit, for example over 201 pounds

refers to an individual who competes in that weight category

Antonyms

lightweight
1 2.8

A fighter who competes in the weight class between featherweight and welterweight

How Heavy

superheavy
1 7.1
heavyweight
118 2.8
middleweight
24 4.6
lightweight
1 2.8
featherweight
  • Specialized
4 5.8
flyweight
  • Specialized
3 6.8

Surface Forms

superheavy singular
superheavies plural

Morphology

superheavy = superheavyweight (semi-transparent) = super + heavy

This is a clipping of the compositional sports term 'superheavyweight'; the class meaning is recoverable if that source term is known, but the shortened noun is specialized and not fully predictable from 'super' + 'heavy' alone.

Etymology

Superheavy names a competitor in the class above heavyweight and comes from super- 'above' plus heavy 'weighing a lot'. So a superheavy is literally someone who is 'above heavy' in weight and competes in that highest weight group.