| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| Sounds | hheh'viy |
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| Rhymes | anchovy, bevy, chevy, and 25 more rhymes in viy at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Of comparatively great physical weight or density. |
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| Examples | "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogony furniture" |
| Attribute of | weight |
| Similar | dense; doughy, soggy; heavier-than-air; heavyweight; hefty; massive; middleweight; ponderous |
| Contrary | light |
| Meaning | Unusually great in degree or quantity or number. |
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| Examples | "heavy taxes"; "a heavy fine"; "heavy casualties"; "heavy losses"; "heavy rain"; "heavy traffic" |
| Similar | harsh; thick |
| Contrary | light |
| Adverbs | heavily |
| Meaning | Of the military or industry. Using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment. |
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| Examples | "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" |
| Contrary | light |
| Meaning | Having or suggesting a viscous consistency. |
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| Examples | "heavy cream" |
| Similar to | thick |
| Meaning | Wide from side to side. |
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| Examples | "a heavy black mark" |
| Synonyms | thick |
| Similar to | wide, broad |
| Meaning | Marked by great psychological weight. Weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness. |
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| Examples | "a heavy heart"; "a heavy schedule"; "heavy news"; "a heavy silence"; "heavy eyelids" |
| Similar | burdensome, onerous, taxing; distressing, distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying; leaden, weighted; oppressive; weighty |
| Contrary | light |
| Adverbs | heavily |
| Meaning | Usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it. |
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| Synonyms | fleshy, overweight |
| Similar to | fat |
| Meaning | (used of soil) compact and fine-grained. |
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| Examples | "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated" |
| Synonyms | clayey, cloggy |
| Similar to | compact |
| Meaning | Darkened by clouds. |
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| Examples | "a heavy sky" |
| Synonyms | lowering, sullen, threatening |
| Similar to | cloudy |
| Meaning | Of great intensity or power or force. |
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| Examples | "a heavy blow"; "the fighting was heavy"; "heavy seas" |
| Similar | big |
| Contrary | light |
| Adverbs | heavily |
| Meaning | (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight. |
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| Examples | "heavy hydrogen"; "heavy water" |
| Category | chemistry, chemical science |
| Contrary | light |
| Meaning | (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain. |
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| Examples | "Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'" |
| Similar to | wicked |
| Meaning | Permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter. |
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| Examples | "heavy fog" |
| Synonyms | dense, impenetrable |
| Similar to | thick |
| Meaning | Made of fabric having considerable thickness. |
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| Examples | "a heavy coat" |
| Similar to | thick |
| Meaning | Of a drinker or drinking. Indulging intemperately. |
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| Examples | "a heavy drinker" |
| Synonyms | hard |
| Similar to | intemperate |
| Adverbs | heavily |
| Meaning | Prodigious. |
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| Examples | "heavy investor" |
| Synonyms | big |
| Similar to | intemperate |
| Meaning | Used of syllables or musical beats. |
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| Synonyms | accented, strong |
| Similar to | stressed |
| Meaning | Full and loud and deep. |
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| Examples | "heavy sounds" |
| Synonyms | sonorous |
| Similar to | full |
| Meaning | Of great gravity or crucial import. Requiring serious thought. |
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| Examples | "heavy matters of state" |
| Synonyms | grave, grievous, weighty |
| Similar to | important, of import |
| Meaning | Slow and laborious because of weight. |
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| Examples | "the heavy tread of tired troops" |
| Synonyms | lumbering, ponderous |
| Similar to | heavy-footed |
| Adverbs | heavily |
| Meaning | Large and powerful. Especially designed for heavy loads or rough work. |
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| Examples | "a heavy truck"; "heavy machinery" |
| Similar to | heavy-duty |
| Meaning | Dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal. |
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| Examples | "a heavy pudding" |
| Similar to | indigestible |
| Meaning | Sharply inclined. |
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| Examples | "a heavy grade" |
| Similar to | steep |
| Meaning | Full of. Bearing great weight. |
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| Examples | "trees heavy with fruit" |
| Synonyms | weighed down |
| Similar to | full |
| Meaning | Requiring or showing effort. |
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| Examples | "heavy breathing" |
| Synonyms | labored, laboured |
| Similar to | effortful |
| Meaning | Characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion. Especially physical effort. |
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| Examples | "heavy work"; "heavy going" |
| Synonyms | arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, laborious, punishing, toilsome |
| Similar to | effortful |
| Meaning | Lacking lightness or liveliness. |
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| Examples | "heavy humor" |
| Synonyms | leaden |
| Similar to | dull |
| Meaning | (of sleep) deep and complete. |
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| Examples | "a heavy sleep" |
| Synonyms | profound, sound, wakeless |
| Similar to | deep |
| Meaning | In an advanced stage of pregnancy. |
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| Synonyms | big, enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, large, with child |
| Similar to | pregnant |
| Meaning | An actor who plays villainous roles. |
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| Broader | actor, histrion, player, thespian, role player |
| Meaning | A serious (or tragic) role in a play. |
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| Broader | character, role, theatrical role, part, persona |
| Meaning | Slowly as if burdened by much weight. |
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| Examples | "time hung heavy on their hands" |
| Synonyms | heavily |