Synonyms for Heavy
30 senses across 3 parts of speech, powered by WordNet 3.0.
Words related to "Heavy" (adjective) include dense, doughy, soggy, heavier-than-air, hefty.
Adjective
of comparatively great physical weight or density
"a heavy load" "lead is a heavy metal" "heavy mahogany furniture"
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densedoughysoggyheavier-than-airheftymassivenon-buoyantponderous
unusually great in degree or quantity or number
"heavy taxes" "a heavy fine" "heavy casualties" "heavy losses" "heavy rain" "heavy traffic"
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harsh
of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment
"heavy artillery" "heavy infantry" "a heavy cruiser" "heavy guns" "heavy industry involves large-scale production of basic products (such as steel) used by other industries"
marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
"a heavy heart" "a heavy schedule" "heavy news" "a heavy silence" "heavy eyelids"
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burdensomeoneroustaxingdistressingdistressfuldisturbingperturbingtroublingworrisomeworryingleadenweightedoppressiveweighty
usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
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fleshyoverweight
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fat
(used of soil) compact and fine-grained
"the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"
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clayeycloggy
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compact
darkened by clouds
"a heavy sky"
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loweringsullenthreatening
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cloudy
of great intensity or power or force
"a heavy blow" "the fighting was heavy" "heavy seas"
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big
(physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
"heavy hydrogen" "heavy water"
(of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
"Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'"
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wicked
permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
"dense smoke" "heavy fog" "impenetrable gloom"
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denseimpenetrable
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thick
of relatively large extent and density
"a heavy line"
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thick
made of fabric having considerable thickness
"a heavy coat"
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thick
prodigious
"big spender" "big eater" "heavy investor"
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big
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intemperate
full and loud and deep
"heavy sounds" "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice"
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sonorous
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full
given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
"a hard drinker"
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intemperatehard
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indulgent
of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
"grave responsibilities" "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis" "a grievous fault" "heavy matters of state" "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference"
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gravegrievousweighty
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importantof import
slow and laborious because of weight
"the heavy tread of tired troops" "moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot" "ponderous prehistoric beasts" "a ponderous yawn"
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lumberingponderous
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heavy-footed
large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
"a heavy truck" "heavy machinery"
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heavy-duty
dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
"a heavy pudding"
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indigestible
sharply inclined
"a heavy grade"
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steep
full of; bearing great weight
"trees heavy with fruit" "vines weighed down with grapes"
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weighed down
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full
requiring or showing effort
"heavy breathing" "the subject made for labored reading"
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laboredlaboured
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effortful
characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
"worked their arduous way up the mining valley" "a grueling campaign" "hard labor" "heavy work" "heavy going" "spent many laborious hours on the project" "set a punishing pace"
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arduousbackbreakinggruelinggruellinghardlaboriousoperosepunishingtoilsome
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effortful
lacking lightness or liveliness
"heavy humor" "a leaden conversation"
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leaden
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dull
(of sleep) deep and complete
"a heavy sleep" "fell into a profound sleep" "a sound sleeper" "deep wakeless sleep"
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profoundsoundwakeless
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deep
in an advanced stage of pregnancy
"was big with child" "was great with child"
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bigenceinteexpectantgravidgreatlargewith child
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pregnant
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light
Noun
an actor who plays villainous roles
Broader
actor
a serious (or tragic) role in a play
Broader
character
Adverb
slowly as if burdened by much weight
"time hung heavy on their hands"
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heavily
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