English adjective: heavy | |||
1. | heavy of comparatively great physical weight or density | ||
Samples | A heavy load. Lead is a heavy metal. Heavy mahogany furniture. | ||
Similar | dense, doughy, heavier-than-air, hefty, massive, non-buoyant, ponderous, soggy | ||
Attribute | weight | ||
Antonyms | light | ||
2. | heavy unusually great in degree or quantity or number | ||
Samples | Heavy taxes. A heavy fine. Heavy casualties. Heavy losses. Heavy rain. Heavy traffic. | ||
Similar | harsh | ||
Antonyms | light | ||
3. | heavy of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Antonyms | light | ||
4. | heavy marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness | ||
Samples | A heavy heart. A heavy schedule. Heavy news. A heavy silence. Heavy eyelids. | ||
Similar | burdensome, distressful, distressing, disturbing, leaden, onerous, oppressive, perturbing, taxing, troubling, weighted, weighty, worrisome, worrying | ||
Antonyms | light | ||
5. | heavy usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it | ||
Synonyms | fleshy, overweight | ||
Similar | fat | ||
Antonyms | lean, thin | ||
6. | heavy (used of soil) compact and fine-grained | ||
Samples | The clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated. | ||
Synonyms | clayey, cloggy | ||
Similar | compact | ||
Antonyms | loose | ||
7. | heavy darkened by clouds | ||
Samples | A heavy sky. | ||
Synonyms | lowering, sullen, threatening | ||
Similar | cloudy | ||
Antonyms | clear | ||
8. | heavy of great intensity or power or force | ||
Samples | A heavy blow. The fighting was heavy. Heavy seas. | ||
Similar | big | ||
Antonyms | light | ||
9. | heavy (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight | ||
Samples | Heavy hydrogen. Heavy water. | ||
Domain category | chemical science, chemistry | ||
Antonyms | light | ||
10. | heavy (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain | ||
Samples | Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'. | ||
Similar | wicked | ||
Antonyms | virtuous | ||
11. | heavy permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter | ||
Samples | Dense smoke. Heavy fog. Impenetrable gloom. | ||
Synonyms | dense, impenetrable | ||
Similar | thick | ||
Antonyms | thin | ||
12. | heavy of relatively large extent and density | ||
Samples | A heavy line. | ||
Similar | thick | ||
Antonyms | thin | ||
13. | heavy made of fabric having considerable thickness | ||
Samples | A heavy coat. | ||
Similar | thick | ||
Antonyms | thin | ||
14. | heavy prodigious | ||
Samples | Big spender. Big eater. Heavy investor. | ||
Synonyms | big | ||
Similar | intemperate | ||
Antonyms | temperate | ||
15. | heavy full and loud and deep | ||
Samples | Heavy sounds. A herald chosen for his sonorous voice. | ||
Synonyms | sonorous | ||
Similar | full | ||
Antonyms | thin | ||
16. | heavy given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors | ||
Samples | A hard drinker. | ||
Synonyms | hard, intemperate | ||
Similar | indulgent | ||
Antonyms | nonindulgent, strict | ||
17. | heavy of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Synonyms | grave, grievous, weighty | ||
Similar | important, of import | ||
Antonyms | unimportant | ||
18. | heavy slow and laborious because of weight | ||
Samples | The heavy tread of tired troops. Moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot. Ponderous prehistoric beasts. A ponderous yawn. | ||
Synonyms | lumbering, ponderous | ||
Similar | heavy-footed | ||
Antonyms | light-footed | ||
19. | heavy large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work | ||
Samples | A heavy truck. Heavy machinery. | ||
Similar | heavy-duty | ||
Antonyms | light-duty | ||
20. | heavy dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal | ||
Samples | A heavy pudding. | ||
Similar | indigestible | ||
Antonyms | digestible | ||
21. | heavy sharply inclined | ||
Samples | A heavy grade. | ||
Similar | steep | ||
Antonyms | gradual | ||
22. | heavy full of; bearing great weight | ||
Samples | Trees heavy with fruit. Vines weighed down with grapes. | ||
Synonyms | weighed down | ||
Similar | full | ||
Antonyms | empty | ||
23. | heavy requiring or showing effort | ||
Samples | Heavy breathing. The subject made for labored reading. | ||
Synonyms | labored, laboured | ||
Similar | effortful | ||
Antonyms | effortless | ||
24. | heavy characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Synonyms | arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome | ||
Similar | effortful | ||
Antonyms | effortless | ||
25. | heavy lacking lightness or liveliness | ||
Samples | Heavy humor. A leaden conversation. | ||
Synonyms | leaden | ||
Similar | dull | ||
Antonyms | lively | ||
26. | heavy (of sleep) deep and complete | ||
Samples | A heavy sleep. Fell into a profound sleep. A sound sleeper. Deep wakeless sleep. | ||
Synonyms | profound, sound, wakeless | ||
Similar | deep | ||
Antonyms | shallow | ||
27. | heavy in an advanced stage of pregnancy | ||
Samples | Was big with child. Was great with child. | ||
Synonyms | big, enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, large, with child | ||
Similar | pregnant | ||
Antonyms | nonpregnant | ||
English noun: heavy | |||
1. | heavy (person) an actor who plays villainous roles | ||
Broader (hypernym) | actor, histrion, player, role player, thespian | ||
2. | heavy (cognition) a serious (or tragic) role in a play | ||
Broader (hypernym) | character, part, persona, role, theatrical role | ||
English adverb: heavy | |||
1. | heavy slowly as if burdened by much weight | ||
Samples | Time hung heavy on their hands. | ||
Synonyms | heavily | ||