heavy

Adjective
  1. Of comparatively great physical weight or density (synset 301188475)
    "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogany furniture"
    tells us about: weight - the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
    similar to:
    • dense - having high relative density or specific gravity
    • doughy, soggy - having the consistency of dough because of insufficient leavening or improper cooking
    • heavier-than-air - relating to an aircraft heavier than the air it displaces
    • hefty - of considerable weight and size
    • massive - consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter
    • non-buoyant - tending to sink in a liquid or fall in air
    • ponderous - having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
  2. Unusually great in degree or quantity or number (synset 301194226)
    "heavy taxes"; "a heavy fine"; "heavy casualties"; "heavy losses"; "heavy rain"; "heavy traffic"
    similar to: harsh - severe
  3. Of the military or industry;
    Using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment (synset 301196916)
    "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"
  4. Marked by great psychological weight;
    Weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness (synset 301192305)
    "a heavy heart"; "a heavy schedule"; "heavy news"; "a heavy silence"; "heavy eyelids"
    similar to:
  5. Usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it (synset 300990957)
    similar to: fat - having an (over)abundance of flesh
    same as: fleshy, overweight
  6. (used of soil) compact and fine-grained (synset 300504399)
    "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"
    similar to: compact - closely and firmly united or packed together
    same as: clayey, cloggy
  7. Darkened by clouds (synset 300464442)
    "a heavy sky"
    similar to: cloudy - full of or covered with clouds
    same as: lowering, sullen, threatening
  8. Of great intensity or power or force (synset 301195161)
    "a heavy blow"; "the fighting was heavy"; "heavy seas"
    similar to: big - marked by intense physical force
  9. (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight (synset 301194770)
    "heavy hydrogen"; "heavy water"
    referred to in: chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
  10. (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain (synset 302524297)
    "Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'"
    similar to: wicked - morally bad in principle or practice
  11. Permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter (synset 302425186)
    "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"
    similar to: thick - relatively dense in consistency
    same as: dense, impenetrable
  12. Of relatively large extent and density (synset 302420355)
    "a heavy line"
    similar to: 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
  13. Made of fabric having considerable thickness (synset 302420243)
    "a heavy coat"
    similar to: 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
  14. Prodigious (synset 302411163)
    "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor"
    similar to: intemperate - excessive in behavior
    same as: big
  15. Full and loud and deep (synset 301460500)
    "heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice"
    similar to: full - (of sound) having marked deepness and body
    same as: sonorous
  16. Given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors (synset 301302121)
    "a hard drinker"
    similar to: indulgent - characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone
    same as: hard, intemperate
  17. Of great gravity or crucial import;
    Requiring serious thought (synset 301281533)
    "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, of import - of great significance or value
    same as: grave, grievous, weighty
  18. Slow and laborious because of weight (synset 301196329)
    "the heavy tread of tired troops"; "moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot"; "ponderous prehistoric beasts"; "a ponderous yawn"
    similar to: heavy-footed - (of movement) lacking ease or lightness
    same as: lumbering, ponderous
  19. Large and powerful;
    Especially designed for heavy loads or rough work (synset 301192034)
    "a heavy truck"; "heavy machinery"
    similar to: heavy-duty - designed for heavy work
  20. Dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal (synset 301186658)
    "a heavy pudding"
    similar to: indigestible - digested with difficulty
  21. Sharply inclined (synset 301149124)
    "a heavy grade"
    similar to: steep - having a sharp inclination
  22. Full of;
    Bearing great weight (synset 301088956)
    "trees heavy with fruit"; "vines weighed down with grapes"
    similar to: full - containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
    same as: weighed down
  23. Requiring or showing effort (synset 300840954)
    "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading"
    similar to: effortful - requiring great physical effort
    same as: labored, laboured
  24. Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion;
    Especially physical effort (synset 300840083)
    "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"
    similar to: effortful - requiring great physical effort
    same as: arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome
  25. Lacking lightness or liveliness (synset 300811237)
    "heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation"
    similar to: dull - lacking in liveliness or animation
    same as: leaden
  26. (of sleep) deep and complete (synset 300696469)
    "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"
    similar to: deep - relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
    same as: profound, sound, wakeless
  27. In an advanced stage of pregnancy (synset 300174652)
    "was big with child"; "was great with child"
    similar to: pregnant - carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life
    same as: big, enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, large, with child
Noun
  1. An actor who plays villainous roles (synset 110186954)
    is a type of: actor, histrion, player, role player, thespian - a theatrical performer
  2. A serious (or tragic) role in a play (synset 105938368)
    is a type of: character, part, persona, role, theatrical role - an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
Adverb
  1. Slowly as if burdened by much weight (synset 400357411)
    "time hung heavy on their hands"
    same as: heavily

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