English word
Heavy
Definitions
adjective
- having great weight
- involving strenuous physical effort
- characterized by mass or weightalso
- slow or dull from loss of vitality or resiliency : sluggish
- lacking sparkle or vivacity : drab
- lacking mirth or gaiety : cheerless
- characterized by declining prices
- dulled with weariness : drowsy
- greater in quantity or quality than the average of its kind or class: such as
- of unusually large size or amount
- of great force
- great in effect or degree
- having a high specific gravity : having great weight in proportion to bulk
- threatening to rain or snow
- impeding motion
- full of clay and inclined to hold water
- coming as if from a depth : loud
- thick, dense
- oppressive, overwhelming
- steep, acute
- laborious, difficult
- immoderate
- more powerful than usual for its kind
- having or being atoms of greater than normal mass for that elementof an isotope
- of large capacity or output
- very rich and hard to digest
- not properly raised or leavened
- producing goods (such as coal, steel, or chemicals) used in the production of other goods
- having stress (see stress entry 1 sense 4a)
- being the strongest degree of stress in speech
- relating to theatrical parts of a grave or somber nature
- possessing a high degree or a great deal of something specified : long
- important, prominent
- very noticeableof an accent
- containing heavy isotopesof a chemical compound
- difficult to bear
- causing or characterized by severe pain or sufferingspecifically
- of weighty import : serious
- of special romantic importancespecifically
- characterized by depth or intensity : profound
- borne down by something oppressive : burdened
- pregnant
- approaching parturitionespecially
Synonyms for heavy
Closest evidence-backed alternatives.
- massive
- overweight
- weighing a ton
- lumbersome
Synonyms by context
(of a physical object) Possessing great weight
adjective
- weighty
- hefty
- ponderous
- dense
- leaden
- burdensome
- cumbersome
- cumbrous
- heavyweight
(of people or animals) Overweight or fat
adjective
- large
- bulky
- rotund
- stout
- stocky
- portly
- plump
- chubby
- paunchy
A villain or bad guy
noun
- villain
- baddie
- baddy
- fiend
- meanie
- meany
- rascal
- rogue
- brute
- evildoer
A person of high status or importance
noun
- big shot
- big-timer
- heavy hitter
- kingpin
- bigwig
- fat cat
- major leaguer
- biggie
- kahuna
To harass, bother or persecute, especially relentlessly
verb
- hound
- harass
- bother
- pester
- torment
- annoy
- hassle
- badger
- harry
- trouble
To bother or cause inconvenience to
verb
- inconvenience
- disturb
- discommode
- disoblige
- burden
- incommode
- disrupt
Antonyms for heavy
- lightweight
- weightless
- featherweight
- featherlike
- feathery
- ethereal
(of a physical object) Opposite of possessing great weight
- light
- lightweight
- weightless
- featherweight
- airy
- buoyant
- featherlike
- feathery
- ethereal
- floaty
(of people or animals) Opposite of overweight or fat
Opposite of a person of high status or importance
- nobody
- nonentity
- nothing
- unknown
- upstart
- wannabe
- shrimp
- zilch
- zero
Opposite of an unkind, evil or unscrupulous person
- angel
- gentleman
- humanitarian
- saint
- hero
- altruist
- philanthropist
- philanthrope
- helper
- good samaritan
Opposite of an unprincipled or immoral person
- goody-goody
Phrases
- weighing a ton