HEAVY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a serious (or tragic) role in a play
   Hypernyms(s) heavy is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • character (what does character mean?)
   • role (what does role mean?)
   • theatrical role (what does theatrical role mean?)
   • part (what does part mean?)
   • persona (what does persona mean?)
2. Meaning
   • an actor who plays villainous roles
   Hypernyms(s) heavy is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • actor (what does actor mean?)
   • histrion (what does histrion mean?)
   • player (what does player mean?)
   • thespian (what does thespian mean?)
   • role player (what does role player mean?)

HEAVY as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • darkened by clouds
   Synonym(s)
   • lowering (what does lowering mean?)
   • sullen (what does sullen mean?)
   • threatening (what does threatening mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a heavy sky
   Similar To
   • cloudy (what does cloudy mean?)
2. Meaning
   • (used of soil) compact and fine-grained
   Synonym(s)
   • clayey (what does clayey mean?)
   • cloggy (what does cloggy mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated
   Similar To
   • compact (what does compact mean?)
3. Meaning
   • (of sleep) deep and complete
   Synonym(s)
   • profound (what does profound mean?)
   • sound (what does sound mean?)
   • wakeless (what does wakeless mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a heavy sleep
   • fell into a profound sleep
   • a sound sleeper
   • deep wakeless sleep
   Similar To
   • deep (what does deep mean?)
4. Meaning
   • lacking lightness or liveliness
   Synonym(s)
   • leaden (what does leaden mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • heavy humor
   • a leaden conversation
   Similar To
   • dull (what does dull mean?)
5. Meaning
   • characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion
   • especially physical effort
   Synonym(s)
   • arduous (what does arduous mean?)
   • backbreaking (what does backbreaking mean?)
   • grueling (what does grueling mean?)
   • gruelling (what does gruelling mean?)
   • hard (what does hard mean?)
   • laborious (what does laborious mean?)
   • punishing (what does punishing mean?)
   • toilsome (what does toilsome mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Similar To
   • effortful (what does effortful mean?)
6. Meaning
   • requiring or showing effort
   Synonym(s)
   • labored (what does labored mean?)
   • laboured (what does laboured mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • heavy breathing
   • the subject made for labored reading
   Similar To
   • effortful (what does effortful mean?)
7. Meaning
   • usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
   Synonym(s)
   • fleshy (what does fleshy mean?)
   • overweight (what does overweight mean?)
   Similar To
   • fat (what does fat mean?)
8. Meaning
   • full of
   • bearing great weight
   Synonym(s)
   • weighed down (what does weighed down mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • trees heavy with fruit
   • vines weighed down with grapes
   Similar To
   • full (what does full mean?)
9. Meaning
   • sharply inclined
   Usage Example(s)
   • a heavy grade
   Similar To
   • steep (what does steep mean?)
10. Meaning
    • dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
    Usage Example(s)
    • a heavy pudding
    Similar To
    • indigestible (what does indigestible mean?)
11. Meaning
    • of comparatively great physical weight or density
    Usage Example(s)
    • a heavy load
    • lead is a heavy metal
    • heavy mahogony furniture
    Antonym(s)
    • light (what does light mean?)
    Similar To
    • dense (what does dense mean?)
    • doughy (what does doughy mean?)
    • soggy (what does soggy mean?)
    • heavyweight (what does heavyweight mean?)
    • hefty (what does hefty mean?)
    • heavier-than-air (what does heavier-than-air mean?)
    • massive (what does massive mean?)
    • middleweight (what does middleweight mean?)
    • ponderous (what does ponderous mean?)
    Attribute(s)
    • weight (what does weight mean?)
12. Meaning
    • large and powerful
    • especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
    Usage Example(s)
    • a heavy truck
    • heavy machinery
    Similar To
    • heavy-duty (what does heavy-duty mean?)
13. Meaning
    • marked by great psychological weight
    • weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
    Usage Example(s)
    • a heavy heart
    • a heavy schedule
    • heavy news
    • a heavy silence
    • heavy eyelids
    Antonym(s)
    • light (what does light mean?)
    Similar To
    • burdensome (what does burdensome mean?)
    • onerous (what does onerous mean?)
    • taxing (what does taxing mean?)
    • distressing (what does distressing mean?)
    • distressful (what does distressful mean?)
    • disturbing (what does disturbing mean?)
    • perturbing (what does perturbing mean?)
    • troubling (what does troubling mean?)
    • worrisome (what does worrisome mean?)
    • worrying (what does worrying mean?)
    • leaden (what does leaden mean?)
    • weighted (what does weighted mean?)
    • oppressive (what does oppressive mean?)
    • weighty (what does weighty mean?)
14. Meaning
    • unusually great in degree or quantity or number
    Usage Example(s)
    • heavy taxes
    • a heavy fine
    • heavy casualties
    • heavy losses
    • heavy rain
    • heavy traffic
    Antonym(s)
    • light (what does light mean?)
    Similar To
    • harsh (what does harsh mean?)
    • thick (what does thick mean?)
15. Meaning
    • (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
    Usage Example(s)
    • heavy hydrogen
    • heavy water
    Antonym(s)
    • light (what does light mean?)
16. Meaning
    • of great intensity or power or force
    Usage Example(s)
    • a heavy blow
    • the fighting was heavy
    • heavy seas
    Antonym(s)
    • light (what does light mean?)
    Similar To
    • big (what does big mean?)
17. Meaning
    • slow and laborious because of weight
    Synonym(s)
    • lumbering (what does lumbering mean?)
    • ponderous (what does ponderous mean?)
    Usage Example(s)
    • the heavy tread of tired troops
    • moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot
    • ponderous prehistoric beasts
    • a ponderous yawn
    Similar To
    • heavy-footed (what does heavy-footed mean?)
18. Meaning
    • of the military or industry
    • using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment
    Usage Example(s)
    • heavy artillery
    • heavy infantry
    • a heavy cruiser
    • heavy guns
    • heavy industry involves large-scale production of basic products (such a
    Antonym(s)
    • light (what does light mean?)
19. Meaning
    • of great gravity or crucial import
    • requiring serious thought
    Synonym(s)
    • grave (what does grave mean?)
    • grievous (what does grievous mean?)
    • weighty (what does weighty mean?)
    Usage Example(s)
    • 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
    Similar To
    • important (what does important mean?)
    • of import (what does of import mean?)
20. Meaning
    • full and loud and deep
    Synonym(s)
    • sonorous (what does sonorous mean?)
    Usage Example(s)
    • heavy sounds
    • a herald chosen for his sonorous voice
    Similar To
    • full (what does full mean?)
21. Meaning
    • used of syllables or musical beats
    Synonym(s)
    • accented (what does accented mean?)
    • strong (what does strong mean?)
    Similar To
    • stressed (what does stressed mean?)
22. Meaning
    • of a drinker or drinking
    • indulging intemperately
    Synonym(s)
    • hard(a) (what does hard(a) mean?)
    Usage Example(s)
    • does a lot of hard drinking
    • a heavy drinker
    Similar To
    • intemperate (what does intemperate mean?)
23. Meaning
    • made of fabric having considerable thickness
    Usage Example(s)
    • a heavy coat
    Similar To
    • thick (what does thick mean?)
24. Meaning
    • permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
    Synonym(s)
    • dense (what does dense mean?)
    • impenetrable (what does impenetrable mean?)
    Usage Example(s)
    • dense smoke
    • heavy fog
    • impenetrable gloom
    Similar To
    • thick (what does thick mean?)
25. Meaning
    • having or suggesting a viscous consistency
    Usage Example(s)
    • heavy cream
    Similar To
    • thick (what does thick mean?)
26. Meaning
    • (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
    Usage Example(s)
    • Iago is the heavy role in `Othello”
    Similar To
    • wicked (what does wicked mean?)
27. Meaning
    • wide from side to side
    Synonym(s)
    • thick (what does thick mean?)
    Usage Example(s)
    • a heavy black mark
    Similar To
    • wide (what does wide mean?)
    • broad (what does broad mean?)

HEAVY as ADVERB

1. Meaning
   • slowly as if burdened by much weight
   Synonym(s)
   • heavily (what does heavily mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • time hung heavy on their hands
   Pertainym(s)
   • heavy (what does heavy mean?)