| heavy | | |
| n. (person) | 1. heavy | an actor who plays villainous roles. |
| ~ actor, histrion, thespian, role player, player | a theatrical performer. |
| n. (cognition) | 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. | 3. heavy | of comparatively great physical weight or density.; "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogany furniture" |
| ~ dense | having high relative density or specific gravity.; "dense as lead" |
| ~ doughy, soggy | having the consistency of dough because of insufficient leavening or improper cooking.; "the cake fell; it's a doughy mess" |
| ~ heavier-than-air | relating to an aircraft heavier than the air it displaces. |
| ~ hefty | of considerable weight and size.; "a hefty dictionary" |
| ~ massive | consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter.; "Earth is the most massive of the terrestrial planets" |
| ~ non-buoyant | tending to sink in a liquid or fall in air. |
| ~ ponderous | having great mass and weight and unwieldiness.; "a ponderous stone"; "a ponderous burden"; "ponderous weapons" |
| adj. | 4. heavy | unusually great in degree or quantity or number.; "heavy taxes"; "a heavy fine"; "heavy casualties"; "heavy losses"; "heavy rain"; "heavy traffic" |
| ~ harsh | severe.; "a harsh penalty" |
| adj. | 5. 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" |
| adj. | 6. 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" |
| ~ burdensome, onerous, taxing | not easily borne; wearing.; "the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return"; "my duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests"; "a taxing schedule" |
| ~ distressful, distressing, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrying, worrisome | causing distress or worry or anxiety.; "distressing (or disturbing) news"; "lived in heroic if something distressful isolation"; "a disturbing amount of crime"; "a revelation that was most perturbing"; "a new and troubling thought"; "in a particularly worrisome predicament"; "a worrying situation"; "a worrying time" |
| ~ weighted, leaden | made heavy or weighted down with weariness.; "his leaden arms"; "weighted eyelids" |
| ~ oppressive | weighing heavily on the senses or spirit.; "the atmosphere was oppressive"; "oppressive sorrows" |
| ~ weighty | weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry.; "weighty problems" |
| adj. | 7. fleshy, heavy, overweight | usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it. |
| ~ fat | having an (over)abundance of flesh.; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was" |
| adj. | 8. clayey, cloggy, heavy | (used of soil) compact and fine-grained.; "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated" |
| ~ compact | closely and firmly united or packed together.; "compact soil"; "compact clusters of flowers" |
| adj. | 9. heavy, lowering, sullen, threatening | darkened by clouds.; "a heavy sky" |
| ~ cloudy | full of or covered with clouds.; "cloudy skies" |
| adj. | 10. heavy | of great intensity or power or force.; "a heavy blow"; "the fighting was heavy"; "heavy seas" |
| ~ big | marked by intense physical force.; "a big wind" |
| adj. | 11. 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. |
| adj. | 12. 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. |
| adj. | 13. dense, heavy, impenetrable | permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter.; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom" |
| ~ thick | relatively dense in consistency.; "thick cream"; "thick soup"; "thick smoke"; "thick fog" |
| adj. | 14. 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" |
| adj. | 15. 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" |
| adj. | 16. big, heavy | prodigious.; "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor" |
| ~ intemperate | excessive in behavior.; "intemperate rage" |
| adj. | 17. heavy, sonorous | full and loud and deep.; "heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice" |
| ~ full | (of sound) having marked deepness and body.; "full tones"; "a full voice" |
| adj. | 18. hard, heavy, intemperate | given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors.; "a hard drinker" |
| ~ indulgent | characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone.; "indulgent grandparents" |
| adj. | 19. grave, grievous, heavy, weighty | 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" |
| ~ important, of import | of great significance or value.; "important people"; "the important questions of the day" |
| adj. | 20. heavy, lumbering, ponderous | 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" |
| ~ heavy-footed | (of movement) lacking ease or lightness.; "his tired heavy-footed walk" |
| adj. | 21. 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" |
| adj. | 22. heavy | dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal.; "a heavy pudding" |
| ~ indigestible | digested with difficulty. |
| adj. | 23. heavy | sharply inclined.; "a heavy grade" |
| ~ steep | having a sharp inclination.; "the steep attic stairs"; "steep cliffs" |
| adj. | 24. heavy, weighed down | full of; bearing great weight.; "trees heavy with fruit"; "vines weighed down with grapes" |
| ~ 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" |
| adj. | 25. heavy, labored, laboured | requiring or showing effort.; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading" |
| ~ effortful | requiring great physical effort. |
| adj. | 26. arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome | 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" |
| ~ effortful | requiring great physical effort. |
| adj. | 27. heavy, leaden | lacking lightness or liveliness.; "heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation" |
| ~ 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" |
| adj. | 28. heavy, profound, sound, wakeless | (of sleep) deep and complete.; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep" |
| ~ 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" |
| adj. | 29. big, enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, heavy, large, with child | in an advanced stage of pregnancy.; "was big with child"; "was great with child" |
| ~ pregnant | carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life. |
| adv. | 30. heavily, heavy | slowly as if burdened by much weight.; "time hung heavy on their hands" |
| ponderous | | |
| adj. | 1. ponderous | having great mass and weight and unwieldiness.; "a ponderous stone"; "a ponderous burden"; "ponderous weapons" |
| ~ heavy | of comparatively great physical weight or density.; "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogany furniture" |
| adj. | 2. ponderous | labored and dull.; "a ponderous speech" |
| ~ uninteresting | arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement.; "a very uninteresting account of her trip" |
| weighty | | |
| adj. | 1. weighty | having relatively great weight; heavy.; "a weighty load"; "a weighty package" |
| adj. | 2. cogent, telling, weighty | powerfully persuasive.; "a cogent argument"; "a telling presentation"; "a weighty argument" |
| ~ persuasive | intended or having the power to induce action or belief.; "persuasive eloquence"; "a most persuasive speaker"; "a persuasive argument" |
| adj. | 3. weighty | weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry.; "weighty problems" |
| ~ 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" |
| adj. | 4. corpulent, obese, rotund, weighty | excessively fat.; "a weighty man" |
| ~ fat | having an (over)abundance of flesh.; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was" |
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