heavy, adj.
(heavier, heaviest)
freq. cnt. 52
(heavier, heaviest)
freq. cnt. 52
of comparatively great physical weight or density
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 32 freq. cnt.: 32
heavy
sample sentences
"a heavy load""lead is a heavy metal"
"heavy mahogany furniture"
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unusually great in degree or quantity or number
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 10
heavy
sample sentences
"heavy taxes""a heavy fine"
"heavy casualties"
"heavy losses"
"heavy rain"
"heavy traffic"
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of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5
heavy
sample sentences
"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"
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antonym
marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
heavy
sample sentences
"a heavy heart""a heavy schedule"
"heavy news"
"a heavy silence"
"heavy eyelids"
darkened by clouds
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
heavy lowering sullen threatening
sample sentences
"a heavy sky"
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(used of soil) compact and fine-grained
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
clayey cloggy heavy
sample sentences
"the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"
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usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
fleshy heavy overweight
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in an advanced stage of pregnancy
<adj.all> (p) (p) (p) (p) (p) freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
big enceinte expectant gravid great heavy large with child
sample sentences
"was big with child""was great with child"
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(of sleep) deep and complete
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heavy profound sound wakeless
sample sentences
"a heavy sleep""fell into a profound sleep"
"a sound sleeper"
"deep wakeless sleep"
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lacking lightness or liveliness
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heavy leaden
sample sentences
"heavy humor""a leaden conversation"
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characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1
arduous backbreaking grueling gruelling hard heavy laborious operose punishing toilsome
sample sentences
"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"
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requiring or showing effort
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heavy labored laboured
sample sentences
"heavy breathing""the subject made for labored reading"
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full of; bearing great weight
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heavy weighed down
sample sentences
"trees heavy with fruit""vines weighed down with grapes"
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sharply inclined
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heavy
dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
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heavy
large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
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heavy
(physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
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heavy
sample sentences
"heavy hydrogen""heavy water"
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domain of synset (topic)
of great intensity or power or force
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heavy
sample sentences
"a heavy blow""the fighting was heavy"
"heavy seas"
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slow and laborious because of weight
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
heavy lumbering ponderous
sample sentences
"the heavy tread of tired troops""moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot"
"ponderous prehistoric beasts"
"a ponderous yawn"
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of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
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grave grievous heavy weighty
sample sentences
"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"
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given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
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hard heavy intemperate
sample sentences
"a hard drinker"
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full and loud and deep
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
heavy sonorous
sample sentences
"heavy sounds""a herald chosen for his sonorous voice"
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prodigious
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big heavy
sample sentences
"big spender""big eater"
"heavy investor"
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made of fabric having considerable thickness
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heavy
of relatively large extent and density
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heavy
sample sentences
"a heavy line"
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permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4
dense heavy impenetrable
sample sentences
"dense smoke""heavy fog"
"impenetrable gloom"
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(of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
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heavy