THESAURUS
heavyweight
Chinese boxer, Rasputin, Svengali, VIP, access, bad influence, bantamweight, big, big boy, big cheese, big wheel, big-league, big-name, big-time, big-timer, bigwig, bigwigged, black belt, blimp, boxer, brown belt, bruiser, catchweight, chief, consequential, considerable, court, double-barreled, earthshaking, eminence grise, fat, fat cat, fatty, featherweight, fighter, fisticuffer, five-percenter, flyweight, friend at court, good influence, grand, gray eminence, great, heavy, hefty, hidden hand, high-powered, hippo, important, influence, influence peddler, influencer, ingroup, karate expert, key, kingmaker, leaden, leader, light
heavyweight, lightweight, lion, lobby, lobbyist, lords of creation, lump, major, man of influence, manipulator, massive, massy, material, middleweight, momentous, name, open sesame, overweight, palooka, ponderous, potbelly, powers that be, pressure group, prizefighter, pug, pugilist, roly-poly, savate expert, self-important, significant, sinister influence, sparrer, special interests, special-interest group, substantial, superior, swagbelly, the Establishment, tub, tub of lard, tun, very important person, weighty, welterweight, wheeler-dealer, wire-puller, world-shaking