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Definitions for Heavy

[1] of great weight; hard to lift or carry: a heavy load.
[2] of great amount, quantity, or size; extremely large; massive: a heavy vote; a heavy snowfall.
[3] of great force, intensity, turbulence, etc.: a heavy sea.
[4] of more than the usual or average weight: a heavy person; heavy freight.
[5] having much weight in proportion to bulk; being of high specific gravity: a heavy metal.
[6] of major import; grave; serious: a heavy offense.
[7] deep or intense; profound: a heavy thinker; heavy slumber.
[8] Military . thickly armed or equipped with guns of large size. Compare heavy cruiser. (of guns) of the more powerful sizes: heavy weapons. Compare heavy artillery.
[9] hard to bear; burdensome; harsh; oppressive: heavy taxes.
[10] hard to cope with; trying; difficult: a heavy task.
[11] being as indicated to an unusually great degree: a heavy buyer.
[12] broad, thick, or coarse; not delicate: heavy lines drawn in charcoal.
[13] weighted or laden: air heavy with moisture.
[14] fraught; loaded; charged: words heavy with meaning.
[15] depressed with trouble or sorrow; showing sorrow; sad: a heavy heart.
[16] without vivacity or interest; ponderous; dull: a heavy style.
[17] slow in movement or action; clumsy: a heavy walk.
[18] loud and deep; sonorous: a heavy sound.
[19] (of the sky) overcast or cloudy.
[20] exceptionally dense in substance; insufficiently raised or leavened; thick: heavy doughnuts.
[21] (of food) not easily digested.
[22] being in a state of advanced pregnancy; nearing childbirth: heavy with child; heavy with young.
[23] having a large capacity, capable of doing rough work, or having a large output: a heavy truck.
[24] producing or refining basic materials, as steel or coal, used in manufacturing: heavy industry.
[25] sober, serious, or somber: a heavy part in a drama.
[26] Chemistry . of or relating to an isotope of greater than normal atomic weight, as heavy hydrogen or heavy oxygen, or to a compound containing such an element, as heavy water.
[27] Slang . very good; excellent. very serious or important: a really heavy relationship.
[28] Phonetics . (of a syllable) stressed(def 12) . long1(def 22) .
[29] a somber or ennobled theatrical role or character: Iago is the heavy in Othello.
[30] the theatrical role of a villain.
[31] an actor who plays a theatrical heavy.
[32] Military . a gun of great weight or large caliber.
[33] Slang . a very important or influential person: a reception for government heavies.
[34] heavily.
[35] of comparatively great weight a heavy stone
[36] having a relatively high density lead is a heavy metal
[37] great in yield, quality, or quantity heavy rain ; heavy traffic
[38] great or considerable heavy emphasis
[39] hard to bear, accomplish, or fulfil heavy demands
[40] sad or dejected in spirit or mood heavy at heart
[41] coarse or broad a heavy line ; heavy features
[42] (of soil) having a high clay content; cloggy
[43] solid or fat heavy legs
[44] (of an industry) engaged in the large-scale complex manufacture of capital goods or extraction of raw materials Compare light 2 (def. 19)
[45] serious; grave
[46] military armed or equipped with large weapons, armour, etc (of guns, etc) of a large and powerful type
[47] (of a syllable) having stress or accentuation Compare light 2 (def. 24)
[48] dull and uninteresting a heavy style
[49] prodigious a heavy drinker
[50] (of cakes, bread, etc) insufficiently leavened
[51] deep and loud a heavy thud
[52] (of music, literature, etc) dramatic and powerful; grandiose not immediately comprehensible or appealing
[53] slang unpleasant or tedious wonderful (of rock music) having a powerful beat; hard
[54] weighted; burdened heavy with child
[55] clumsy and slow heavy going
[56] permeating a heavy smell
[57] cloudy or overcast, esp threatening rain heavy skies
[58] not easily digestible a heavy meal
[59] (of an element or compound) being or containing an isotope with greater atomic weight than that of the naturally occurring element heavy hydrogen ; heavy water
[60] horse racing (of the going on a racecourse) soft and muddy
[61] slang using, or prepared to use, violence or brutality the heavy mob
[62] heavy on informal using large quantities of this car is heavy on petrol
[63] a villainous role an actor who plays such a part
[64] military a large fleet unit, esp an aircraft carrier or battleship a large calibre or weighty piece of artillery
[65] the heavies (usually plural) informal a serious newspaper the Sunday heavies
[66] informal a heavyweight boxer, wrestler, etc
[67] slang a man hired to threaten violence or deter others by his presence
[68] Scot strong bitter beer
[69] in a heavy manner; heavily time hangs heavy (in combination ) heavy-laden

Words related to Heavy

bulky, huge, excessive, awkward, unwieldy, big, fat, large, burdensome, substantial, massive, hefty, cumbersome, abundant, considerable, weighty, tedious, onerous, tough, harsh

Words nearby Heavy

heavier-than-air, heavily, heaviside, heaviside layer, heaviside unit function, heavy, heavy artillery, heavy bomber, heavy breather, heavy chain, heavy chain disease

Origin of Heavy

before 900; Middle English hevi, Old English hefig, equivalent to hef(e ) weight (akin to heave) + -ig -y1

Other words from Heavy

heav·i·ness , noun
o·ver·heav·i·ness , noun
o·ver·heav·y , adjective
ul·tra·heav·y , adjective
un·heav·i·ness , noun
un·heav·y , adjective

Word origin for Heavy

Old English hefig; related to hebban to heave , Old High German hebīg

Synonyms for Heavy

abundant, awkward, big, bulky, burdensome, considerable, cumbersome, excessive, fat, hefty, huge, large, massive, substantial, unwieldy, weighty, gross, lumbering, overweight, stout, ample, beefy, built, chunky, copious, corpulent, cumbrous, elephantine, enceinte, expectant, fleshy, gravid, laden, lead-footed, loaded, obese, oppressed, parturient, ponderous, porcine, portly, pregnant, top-heavy, two-ton, unmanageable, weighted, zaftig