featherweights

Lightest boxing division

Featherweights is the plural of featherweight—a boxing weight class for fighters up to 126 pounds, or more broadly, anyone or anything notably light or insignificant.

In figurative use, featherweights lack power or influence: The committee was stacked with political featherweights.

The term can describe objects as well as people: These laptops are featherweights compared to older models.

boxing

pugilists

Professional fist fighters

ring · gloves · bout · sparring · rounds · knockout · jab · hook · uppercut · champion

lightness

airy

Light and well-ventilated

ethereal · floaty · downy · fluffy · frail · dainty · insubstantial · negligible · trifling · slight

nimble

agile

Limber and quick-moving

fleet · dexterous · graceful · svelte · lithe · wiry · athletic · acrobatic · sprightly · swift

Categories
Opposites
weight class/size

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Dominant figures in domain

cruiserweights · heavy hitters · big guys · giants · behemoths

importance/influence

featherweightsheavyweights

Dominant figures in domain

powerhouses · giants · titans · heavy hitters · big guns

physical mass (literal)

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Dominant figures in domain

behemoths · mammoths · whales · elephants · leviathans

Family

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