heavy: words & expression meanings, synonyms, definition, antonyms, examples of usage, similar terms from the free dictionary www.dictometer.com/heavy

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HEAVY

(heavy, abrupto, pesado, alvorlig, bratt, hard, plutselig, tung, vanskelig, vektig)

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2 senses for heavy as a Noun:

Synonyms:
- Heavy
Definitions:
- an actor who plays villainous roles
Synonyms:
- Heavy
Definitions:
- a serious (or tragic) role in a play

Noun related (for heavy)
heavy cream
heavy hitter
heavy hydrogen
heavy lifting
heavy metal
heavy metal music
heavy particle
heavy spar
heavy swell
heavy water
heavy weapon
heavy whipping cream
heavyheartedness
heavyweight

27 senses for heavy as an Adjective:

Synonyms:
- Heavy
Definitions:
- of comparatively great physical weight or density
Examples:
- A heavy load
- Lead is a heavy metal
- Heavy mahogany furniture
Antonyms:
- LIGHT
- lightweight
- airy
- buoyant, floaty
- lighter-than-air
- low-density(predicate)
Synonyms:
- Heavy
Definitions:
- unusually great in degree or quantity or number
Examples:
- Heavy taxes
- A heavy fine
- Heavy casualties
- Heavy losses
- Heavy rain
- Heavy traffic
Antonyms:
- LIGHT
Synonyms:
- Heavy
Definitions:
- of the military or industry
- using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment
Examples:
- 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
- light-armed, lightly-armed
Synonyms:
- Heavy
Definitions:
- marked by great psychological weight
- weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
Examples:
- A heavy heart
- A heavy schedule
- Heavy news
- A heavy silence
- Heavy eyelids
Antonyms:
- LIGHT
- fooling, casual
Synonyms:
- Fleshy
- Heavy
- Overweight
Definitions:
- usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
Antonyms:
- Thin
- Lean
Synonyms:
- Clayey
- Cloggy
- Heavy
Definitions:
- (used of soil) compact and fine-grained
Examples:
- The clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated
Antonyms:
- Loose
Synonyms:
- Heavy
- Lowering
- Sullen
- Threatening
Definitions:
- darkened by clouds
Examples:
- A heavy sky
Antonyms:
- Clear
Synonyms:
- Heavy
Definitions:
- of great intensity or power or force
Examples:
- A heavy blow
- The fighting was heavy
- Heavy seas
Antonyms:
- LIGHT
- easy, gentle, soft
Synonyms:
- Heavy
Definitions:
- (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
Examples:
- Heavy hydrogen
- Heavy water
Antonyms:
- LIGHT
Synonyms:
- Heavy
Definitions:
- (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
Examples:
- Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'
Antonyms:
- Virtuous
Synonyms:
- Dense
- Heavy
- Impenetrable
Definitions:
- permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
Examples:
- Dense smoke
- Heavy fog
- Impenetrable gloom
Antonyms:
- Thin
Synonyms:
- Heavy
Definitions:
- of relatively large extent and density
Examples:
- A heavy line
Antonyms:
- Thin
Synonyms:
- Heavy
Definitions:
- made of fabric having considerable thickness
Examples:
- A heavy coat
Antonyms:
- Thin
Synonyms:
- Big
- Heavy
Definitions:
- prodigious
Examples:
- Big spender
- Big eater
- Heavy investor
Antonyms:
- Temperate
Synonyms:
- Heavy
- Sonorous
Definitions:
- full and loud and deep
Examples:
- Heavy sounds
- A herald chosen for his sonorous voice
Antonyms:
- Thin
Synonyms:
- Intemperate
- Hard
- Heavy
Definitions:
- given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
Examples:
- A hard drinker
Antonyms:
- Nonindulgent
- Strict
Synonyms:
- Grave
- Grievous
- Heavy
- Weighty
Definitions:
- of great gravity or crucial import
- requiring serious thought
Examples:
- 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
Antonyms:
- Unimportant
Synonyms:
- Heavy
- Lumbering
- Ponderous
Definitions:
- slow and laborious because of weight
Examples:
- The heavy tread of tired troops
- Moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot
- Ponderous prehistoric beasts
- A ponderous yawn
Antonyms:
- Light-footed
Synonyms:
- Heavy
Definitions:
- large and powerful
- especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
Examples:
- A heavy truck
- Heavy machinery
Antonyms:
- Light-duty
Synonyms:
- Heavy
Definitions:
- dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
Examples:
- A heavy pudding
Antonyms:
- Digestible
Synonyms:
- Heavy
Definitions:
- sharply inclined
Examples:
- A heavy grade
Antonyms:
- Gradual
Synonyms:
- Heavy
- Weighed down
Definitions:
- full of
- bearing great weight
Examples:
- Trees heavy with fruit
- Vines weighed down with grapes
Antonyms:
- Empty
Synonyms:
- Heavy
- Labored
- Laboured
Definitions:
- requiring or showing effort
Examples:
- Heavy breathing
- The subject made for labored reading
Antonyms:
- Effortless
Synonyms:
- Arduous
- Backbreaking
- Grueling
- Gruelling
- Hard
- Heavy
- Laborious
- Operose
- Punishing
- Toilsome
Definitions:
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
- especially physical effort
Examples:
- 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
Antonyms:
- Effortless
Synonyms:
- Heavy
- Leaden
Definitions:
- lacking lightness or liveliness
Examples:
- Heavy humor
- A leaden conversation
Antonyms:
- Lively
Synonyms:
- Heavy
- Profound
- Sound
- Wakeless
Definitions:
- (of sleep) deep and complete
Examples:
- A heavy sleep
- Fell into a profound sleep
- A sound sleeper
- Deep wakeless sleep
Antonyms:
- Shallow
Synonyms:
- Big
- Enceinte
- Expectant
- Gravid
- Great
- Large
- Heavy
- With child
Definitions:
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
Examples:
- Was big with child
- Was great with child
Antonyms:
- Nonpregnant

Adjective related (for heavy)
heavy-armed
heavy-coated
heavy-duty
heavy-footed
heavy-handed
heavy-laden
heavy-limbed
heavyhearted
heavyset
top-heavy

1 sense for heavy as an Adverb:

Synonyms:
- Heavy
- Heavily
Definitions:
- slowly as if burdened by much weight
Examples:
- Time hung heavy on their hands

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