| Main Entry: |
heavy |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
having great weight |
Synonyms: |
abundant,
ample,
awkward, beefy,
big,
built,
bulky,
burdensome, chunky,
considerable,
copious,
corpulent,
cumbersome, cumbrous, elephantine, enceinte,
excessive, expectant,
fat, fleshy, gravid,
gross*,
hefty,
huge,
laden,
large, lead-footed,
loaded, lumbering,
massive,
obese,
oppressed, overweight, parturient,
ponderous, porcine, portly,
pregnant,
stout,
substantial, top-heavy, two-ton, unmanageable, unwieldy, weighted, weighty, zaftig
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Antonyms: |
airy, light, lightweight, little, slight, small
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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