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heavy
adj.
1. Having relatively great weight: a heavy load.
2. Having relatively high density; having a high specific gravity.
3.
a. Large, as in number or quantity: a heavy turnout; heavy casualties.
b. Large in yield or output: heavy rainfall.
4. Of great intensity: heavy activity; heavy fighting.
5.
a. Having great power or force: a heavy punch.
b. Violent; rough: heavy seas.
6.
a. Equipped with massive armaments and weapons: a heavy cruiser; heavy infantry.
b. Large enough to fire powerful shells: heavy guns.
7.
a. Indulging to a great degree: a heavy drinker.
b. Involved or participating on a large scale: a heavy investor.
8. Of great import or seriousness; grave: heavy matters of state.
9.
a. Having considerable thickness: a heavy coat.
b. Broad or coarse: drew the face with heavy lines.
10.
a. Dense; thick: a heavy fog.
b. Slow to dissipate; strong: "There was a heavy fragrance of flowers and lemon trees" (Mario Puzo).
c. Too dense or rich to digest easily: a heavy dessert.
d. Insufficiently leavened: heavy bread.
e. Full of clay and readily saturated: heavy soil.
11.
a. Weighed down; burdened: trees heavy with plums.
b. Emotionally weighed down; despondent: a heavy heart.
c. Marked by or exhibiting weariness: heavy lids.
d. Sad or painful: heavy news.
12.
a. Hard to do or accomplish; arduous: heavy going; heavy reading.
b. Not easily borne; oppressive: heavy taxes.
13. Lacking vitality; deficient in vivacity or grace: a heavy gait; heavy humor.
14. Sharply inclined; steep: a heavy grade.
15. Having a large capacity or designed for rough work: a heavy truck.
16. Of, relating to, or involving the large-scale production of basic products, such as steel: heavy industry.
17. Of or relating to a serious dramatic role.
18. Physics Of or relating to an isotope with an atomic mass greater than the average mass of that element.
19. Loud; sonorous: a heavy sound; heavy breathing.
20. Linguistics Of, relating to, or being a syllable ending in a long vowel or in a vowel plus two consonants.
21. Slang
a. Of great significance or profundity.
b. Very popular or important: a rock star who is really heavy.
adv. heav·i·er, heav·i·est
Heavily: The snow is falling heavier tonight than last night.
n. pl. heav·ies
1.
a. A serious or tragic role in a play.
b. An actor playing such a role.
2. Slang A villain in a story or play.
3. Slang A mobster.
4. Slang One that is very important or influential: a media heavy.
[Middle English hevi, from Old English hefig; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]
heavi·ness n.
Synonyms: heavy, weighty, hefty, massive, ponderous, cumbersome
These adjectives mean having a relatively great weight. Heavy refers to what has great physical weight (a heavy boulder) and figuratively to what is burdensome or oppressive to the spirit (heavy responsibilities). Weighty literally denotes having considerable weight (a weighty package); figuratively, it describes what is onerous, serious, or important (a weighty decision). Hefty refers principally to physical heaviness or brawniness: a hefty book; a tall, hefty wrestler.
Massive describes what is bulky, heavy, solid, and strong: massive marble columns.
Ponderous refers to what has great mass and weight and usually implies unwieldiness: ponderous prehistoric beasts.
Figuratively it describes what is complicated, involved, or lacking in grace: a book with a ponderous plot.
Something cumbersome is difficult to move, handle, or deal with because it is heavy, bulky, or clumsy: cumbersome luggage.
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heavy
Adjective
[heavier, heaviest]
1. of comparatively great weight
2. with a relatively high density: lead is a heavy metal
3. great in degree or amount: heavy traffic
4. considerable: heavy emphasis
5. hard to fulfil: an exceptionally heavy demand for this issue
6. using or consuming a lot of something quickly: a heavy drinker
7. deep and loud: heavy breathing
8. clumsy and slow: a heavy lumbering trot
9. (of a movement or action) with great downward force or pressure: a heavy blow with a club
10. solid or fat: mountain animals acquire a heavy layer of fat
11. not easily digestible: a heavy meal
12. (of cakes or bread) insufficiently raised
13. (of soil) with a high clay content
14. sad or dejected: you feel heavy or sad afterwards
15. (of facial features) looking sad and tired
16. (of a situation) serious and causing anxiety or sadness
17. cloudy or overcast: heavy clouds obscured the sun
18. (of an industry) engaged in the large-scale manufacture of large objects or extraction of raw materials
19. Mil (of guns, etc.) large and powerful
20. dull and uninteresting: Helen finds his friends very heavy going
21. (of music, literature, etc.) difficult to understand or not immediately appealing
22. Slang (of rock music) loud and having a powerful beat
23. Slang using, or prepared to use, violence or brutality
Noun
pl heavies
1. Slang a large strong man hired to threaten violence or deter others by his presence
2.
a. a villainous role
b. an actor who plays such a part
3. the heavies Informal serious newspapers
Adverb
heavily: time hung heavy [Old English hefig]
heavily adv
heaviness n
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ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun 1. heavy - an actor who plays villainous roles
actor, histrion, thespian, role player, player - a theatrical performer
2. heavy - a serious (or tragic) role in a play
persona, theatrical role, role, character, part - an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona"
Adj. 1. heavy - of comparatively great physical weight or density; "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogany furniture"
light - of comparatively little physical weight or density; "a light load"; "magnesium is a light metal--having a specific gravity of 1.74 at 20 degrees C"
2. heavy - unusually great in degree or quantity or number; "heavy taxes"; "a heavy fine"; "heavy casualties"; "heavy losses"; "heavy rain"; "heavy traffic"
light - not great in degree or quantity or number; "a light sentence"; "a light accent"; "casualties were light"; "light snow was falling"; "light misty rain"; "light smoke from the chimney"
3. heavy - 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"
light - of the military or industry; using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment; "light infantry"; "light cavalry"; "light industry"; "light weapons"
4. heavy - 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"
light - psychologically light; especially free from sadness or troubles; "a light heart"
5. heavy - usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
fleshy, overweight
fat - having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was"
6. heavy - (used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"
cloggy, clayey
compact - closely and firmly united or packed together; "compact soil"; "compact clusters of flowers"
7. heavy - darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky"
lowering, sullen, threatening
cloudy - full of or covered with clouds; "cloudy skies"
8. heavy - of great intensity or power or force; "a heavy blow"; "the fighting was heavy"; "heavy seas"
light - of little intensity or power or force; "the light touch of her fingers"; "a light breeze"
9. heavy - (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight; "heavy hydrogen"; "heavy water"
chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
light - (physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average; "light water is ordinary water"
10. heavy - (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain; "Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'"
wicked - morally bad in principle or practice
11. heavy - permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"
dense, impenetrable
thick - relatively dense in consistency; "thick cream"; "thick soup"; "thick smoke"; "thick fog"
12. heavy - of relatively large extent and density; "a heavy line"
thick - not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions; "an inch thick"; "a thick board"; "a thick sandwich"; "spread a thick layer of butter"; "thick coating of dust"; "thick warm blankets"
13. heavy - made of fabric having considerable thickness; "a heavy coat"
thick - not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions; "an inch thick"; "a thick board"; "a thick sandwich"; "spread a thick layer of butter"; "thick coating of dust"; "thick warm blankets"
14. heavy - prodigious; "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor"
big
intemperate - excessive in behavior; "intemperate rage"
15. heavy - full and loud and deep; "heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice"
sonorous
full - (of sound) having marked deepness and body; "full tones"; "a full voice"
16. heavy - given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors; "a hard drinker"
intemperate, hard
indulgent - characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone ; "indulgent grandparents"
17. heavyheavy - 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"
grave, grievous, weighty
important, of import - of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day"
18. heavy - 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"
lumbering, ponderous
heavy-footed - (of movement) lacking ease or lightness; "his tired heavy-footed walk"
19. heavy - large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work; "a heavy truck"; "heavy machinery"
heavy-duty - designed for heavy work; "a heavy-duty detergent"; "heavy-duty gloves"
20. heavy - dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal; "a heavy pudding"
indigestible - digested with difficulty
21. heavy - sharply inclined; "a heavy grade"
steep - having a sharp inclination; "the steep attic stairs"; "steep cliffs"
22. heavy - full of; bearing great weight; "trees heavy with fruit"; "vines weighed down with grapes"
weighed down
full - containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; "a full glass"; "a sky full of stars"; "a full life"; "the auditorium was full to overflowing"
23. heavy - requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading"
labored, laboured
effortful - requiring great physical effort
24. heavy - 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"
arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, laborious, operose, toilsome, punishing, hard
effortful - requiring great physical effort
25. heavy - lacking lightness or liveliness; "heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation"
leaden
dull - lacking in liveliness or animation; "he was so dull at parties"; "a dull political campaign"; "a large dull impassive man"; "dull days with nothing to do"; "how dull and dreary the world is"; "fell back into one of her dull moods"
26. heavyheavy - (of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"
wakeless, profound, sound
deep - relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply; "a deep breath"; "a deep sigh"; "deep concentration"; "deep emotion"; "a deep trance"; "in a deep sleep"
27. heavyheavy - in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child"
enceinte, gravid, with child, expectant, great, large, big
pregnant - carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life
Adv. 1. heavy - slowly as if burdened by much weight; "time hung heavy on their hands"
heavily
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heavy
adjective 1. weighty, large, massive, hefty, bulky, ponderous << OPPOSITE light
adjective 2. intensive, severe, serious, concentrated, fierce, excessive, relentless
adjective 3. considerable, large, huge, substantial, abundant, copious, profuse << OPPOSITE slight
adjective 4. onerous, hard, difficult, severe, harsh, tedious, intolerable, oppressive, grievous, burdensome, wearisome, vexatious << OPPOSITE easy
adjective 5. sluggish, slow, dull, wooden, stupid, inactive, inert, apathetic, drowsy, listless, indolent, torpid << OPPOSITE alert
adjective 6. hard, demanding, difficult, physical, strenuous, laborious
adjective 7. overcast, dull, gloomy, cloudy, leaden, louring or lowering
adjective 8. sad, depressed, gloomy, grieving, melancholy, dejected, despondent, downcast, sorrowful, disconsolate, crestfallen << OPPOSITE happy
adjective 9. serious, grave, solemn, difficult, deep, complex, profound, weighty << OPPOSITE trivial
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