light heavyweight
The phrase “light heavyweight” has 3 syllables: light heavy-weight
It's pronounced as /ˌlaɪt ˈhev.iˌweɪt/
What is synonym and antonym for light heavyweight?
In the thesaurus, “light heavyweight” has 18 synonyms and 10 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for light heavyweight along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for light heavyweight
- bantamweight
- boxer
- cruiserweight
- featherweight
- fighter
- flyweight
- gladiator
- heavyweight
- lightweight
- middleweight
- palooka
- prizefighter
- pug
- pugilist
- slugger
- stumblebum
- superheavyweight
- welterweight
Antonyms for light heavyweight
- bantamweight
- featherweight
- flyweight
- heavyweight
- lightweight
- middleweight
- minimumweight
- super heavyweight
- ultra heavyweight
- welterweight
Meanings of light heavyweight
- noun
- A weight class in sports such as boxing, wrestling, and mixed martial arts for competitors who are heavier than middleweights but lighter than heavyweights.
Example Sentences
- He moved up to the light heavyweight division after gaining strength.
- The champion defended his light heavyweight title successfully.
- She follows every major light heavyweight match each season.
- The coach believed he had the ideal build for a light heavyweight competitor.
- The tournament featured several talented light heavyweight athletes.
On this page you'll find 28 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to light heavyweight, such as: bantamweight, boxer, cruiserweight, featherweight, fighter, flyweight, gladiator.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
bantamweight
- boxer
- cruiserweight
- featherweight
- fighter
- flyweight
- gladiator
- heavyweight
- light heavyweight
- lightweight
- middleweight
- palooka
- prizefighter
- pug
- pugilist
- slugger
- stumblebum
- superheavyweight
- welterweight
featherweight
- agile
- airy
- all skin and bones
- angular
- atmospheric
- attenuate
- attenuated
- baby
- bantamweight
- beanpole
- beanstalk
- bony
- boxer
- buoyant
- cadaverous
- chicken
- chickenheart
- coward
- cream puff
- cruiserweight
- crumbly
- crybaby
- dainty
- delicate
- downy
- easy
- effervescent
- emaciated
- ethereal
- feathery
- fighter
- filmy
- fleshless
- flimsy
- floatable
- floating
- fluffy
- flyweight
- foolish
- fragile
- fraidy-cat
- friable
- frothy
- gangling
- gangly
- gaunt
- gladiator
- gossamery
- graceful
- haggard
- heavyweight
- imponderous
- incompetent
- inconsequential
- insignificant
- insubstantial
- jellyfish
- lank
- lanky
- lean
- light as a feather
- light heavyweight
- light-footed
- lightweight
- lily liver
- lithe
- little
- loose
- loser
- meager
- middleweight
- milksop
- namby-pamby
- narrow
- nimble
- of no account
- palooka
- paltry
- pansy
- pantywaist
- peaked
- petty
- pinched
- pole
- porous
- portable
- prizefighter
- pug
- pugilist
- puny
- pushover
- rangy
- rarefied
- rawboned
- reedy
- rickety
- sandy
- scaredy-cat
- schlemiel
- scraggy
- scrawny
- shadow
- sheer
- shriveled
- sissy
- skeletal
- skinny
- slender
- slight
- slim
- slinky
- slugger
- small
- spare
- spindly
- spongy
- sprightly
- stalky
- starved
- stick
- stilt
- stumblebum
- subtle
- superheavyweight
- sylphlike
- thin
- thin as a rail
- threadlike
- tissuelike
- trifling
- trivial
- twiggy
- twiglike
- undernourished
- underweight
- unheavy
- unimportant
- unsubstantial
- wan
- wasted
- weedy
- weightless
- welterweight
- wizened
- worthless
- wuss
- wussy
- yellowbelly
welterweight
- bantamweight
- boxer
- cruiserweight
- featherweight
- fighter
- flyweight
- gladiator
- heavyweight
- light heavyweight
- lightweight
- middleweight
- palooka
- prizefighter
- pug
- pugilist
- slugger
- stumblebum
- superheavyweight
fighter
- Confederate
- Continental
- Federal
- GI
- advocate
- aggressor
- antagonist
- archer
- arguer
- argufier
- artilleryman
- assailant
- bantamweight
- battler
- belligerent
- bickerer
- boxer
- brawler
- bruiser
- bully
- cannoneer
- carabineer
- cavalier
- cavalryman
- challenger
- champion
- codefendant
- combatant
- commando
- competitor
- conscript
- contender
- contestant
- counterguerrilla
- crossbowman
- cruiserweight
- cuirassier
- debater
- defendant
- digger
- disputant
- disputer
- dogface
- doughboy
- draftee
- dragoon
- duelist
- enrollee
- featherweight
- flyweight
- foot soldier
- footman
- fusser
- gallowglass
- gendarme
- gladiator
- grunt
- guardsman
- guerrilla
- gunner
- heavy
- heavyweight
- infantryman
- irregular
- jarhead
- jouster
- knight
- lancer
- legionary
- legionnaire
- lifer
- light heavyweight
- lightweight
- man-at-arms
- marine
- mercenary
- middleweight
- militant
- militiaman
- minuteman
- mortarman
- musketeer
- nitpicker
- noncombatant
- opponent
- palooka
- paramilitary
- partisan
- person-at-arms
- pettifogger
- pikeman
- plaintiff
- pleader
- prizefighter
- pug
- pugilist
- punching bag
- quarreler
- quibbler
- raider
- ranger
- recruit
- regular
- reservist
- rifleman
- rival
- scrapper
- serviceman
- serviceperson
- servicewoman
- skirmisher
- slugger
- soldier
- spearman
- squabbler
- stumblebum
- superheavyweight
- tanker
- trooper
- veteran
- warhorse
- warlord
- warrior
- welterweight
- wildcat
- wrangler
gladiator
- bantamweight
- boxer
- contender
- cruiserweight
- featherweight
- fighter
- flyweight
- heavyweight
- light heavyweight
- lightweight
- middleweight
- palooka
- prizefighter
- pug
- pugilist
- slugger
- stumblebum
- superheavyweight
- welterweight