heavies

noun

plural of heavy
1
as in villains
a mean, evil, or unprincipled person he played the heavy in film after film until being cast against type as the romantic lead in a comedy

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as in heavyweights
one of high position or importance within a group in the field of secondary education, she definitely ranks as one of the heavies

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Recent Examples of heavies Mehring’s characters include petty criminals, unscrupulous lawyers, Galician Jews, Freikorps heavies, local and international businessmen, Prussian generals, and the everyday citizens inhabiting the streets of Berlin’s old and rather dingy center. — Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026 The album also features cameos by heavies from Gojira, Lamb of God, Queens of the Stone Age, and Clutch. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026 In any year, in any culture, there are no antagonists (save for Nazis) better suited as action cinema heavies; rooting against child trafficking lowlifes is moral, easy, and best of all, a completely guiltless pleasure. — Andy Crump, IndieWire, 15 June 2026 However, on season 2 of Twin Peaks, the actress played Miss Jones, the right-hand woman for one of the series' heavies, Thomas Eckhardt (the late David Warner). — Drew MacKie, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026 The Paramount executive also became president of the American Motion Picture Association (precursor to the MPA) in 1925, beating out the likes of Marcus Loew, Lasky, William Fox, Hays, Sam Rothafel, Sam Katz, Carl Laemmle, Joseph Schenck, and other Hollywood heavies. — Chris Yogerst, HollywoodReporter, 16 Jan. 2026 Kier’s American career centered around playing heavies. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025 In February, Mayor Harrell, at the behest of local heavies such as Amazon and Microsoft, led the opposition to a referendum on another tax on those companies which would help pay for public, mixed-income housing in a city that desperately needs it. — Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025 Well, there’s essentially two groups within the rare element family, lights and heavies. — IEEE Spectrum, 7 Dec. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heavies
  1. villains
  2. heavyweights
  3. brutes
  4. bigs
  5. monsters
  6. wheels
  7. criminals
  8. offenders
Noun
  • Rival fans were quick to jump all over this fact, given that both the Panthers and the Tkachuk brothers were seen as polarizing villains throughout the NHL.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • There are no villains or scary scenes in this gentle story about a young witch finding her way in the world.
    — Anna Earl, Parents, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of villains
Noun
  • Fashion Is Really, Really Under the Influence People of the internet and of internet influence are front row heavyweights.
    — Joan Kennedy, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Another game to enjoy today is between two heavyweights in the NFC.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of heavyweights
Noun
  • These brutes commonly exceed 50 pounds.
    — Keith Sutton, Outdoor Life, 18 June 2026
  • In Raspail’s tale, hordes of impoverished and dark-​skinned brutes from India descend onto French shores by way of rafts, the first wave of an invasion of the civilized West by the brown-​skinned developing world.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
Definition of brutes
Noun
  • The belief in Green Bay is the veteran bigs will give Love more time to throw.
    — Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • That is a remarkable incentive, if not catnip, to send Condon to the bigs.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of bigs
Noun
  • Yet the greatest of these monsters is Poseidon himself, the great disruptor, the earth-shaker and master of the stormy seas.
    — Jeff DeGraff, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
  • First, as medical courier Bryan Hodukavich in Resident Evil, he was forced to contend with an onslaught of mutant zombie monsters.
    — Megan McCluskey, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of monsters
Noun
  • The vehicle then rotated in midair and landed back on its wheels.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Other times, a bike maker can slap on a new paint job, a different set of wheels and a cushier seat, and somehow end up with a bike that sells like hotcakes.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of wheels
Noun
  • That same month, criminals nabbed a $4 million diamond necklace from Vienna’s Museum of Applied Arts (MAK).
    — Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026
  • For decades, Hollywood actor Danny Trejo’s bread and butter was playing gangsters, prison inmates and other assorted criminals.
    — Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of criminals
Noun
  • Research on offenders with mental disorders suggests that recidivism depends more on criminal history than on diagnosis.
    — Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • At the root of the crisis is inadequate laws to punish offenders and a poor judicial system, activists say.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of offenders

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