heavy

• "time hung heavy on their hands"

Synonyms

• heavilyto a considerable degree; in a heavy-footed manner; with great force; in a manner designed for heavy duty; slowly as if burdened by much weight; in a labored manner; indulging excessively

• "a heavy load"
• "lead is a heavy metal"
• "heavy mahogany furniture"

• "heavy taxes"
• "a heavy fine"
• "heavy casualties"
• "heavy losses"
• "heavy rain"
• "heavy traffic"

• "using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment"
• "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"

• "weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness"
• "a heavy heart"
• "a heavy schedule"
• "heavy news"
• "a heavy silence"
• "heavy eyelids"

Synonyms

• fleshyusually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it ; of or relating to or resembling flesh
• overweightusually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it ; the property of excessive fatness

• "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"

Synonyms

• clayeyresembling or containing clay; (used of soil) compact and fine-grained
• cloggy(used of soil) compact and fine-grained

• "a heavy sky"

Synonyms

• loweringdarkened by clouds; the act of causing to become less ; the act of causing something to move to a lower level
• sullenshowing a brooding ill humor; darkened by clouds
• threateningthreatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; darkened by clouds

• "a heavy blow"
• "the fighting was heavy"
• "heavy seas"

• "heavy hydrogen"
• "heavy water"

• "Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'"

• "dense smoke"
• "heavy fog"
• "impenetrable gloom"

Synonyms

• densepermitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; hard to pass through because of dense growth; having high relative density or specific gravity; slow to learn or understand
• impenetrablenot admitting of penetration or passage into or through; permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; impossible to understand

• "a heavy line"

• "a heavy coat"

• "big spender"
• "big eater"
• "heavy investor"

Synonyms

• big(a)
• heavy(a)

• "heavy sounds"
• "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice"

Synonyms

• sonorousfull and loud and deep

• "a hard drinker"

Synonyms

• intemperate(of weather or climate) not mild; excessive in behavior; given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
• hardwith effort or force or vigor; with firmness; earnestly or intently; causing great damage or hardship; slowly and with difficulty; indulging excessively; into a solid condition; very near or close in space or time; with pain or distress or bitterness; to the full extent possible; not easy; dispassionate; resisting weight or pressure ; very strong or vigorous; characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; produced without vibration of the vocal cords; (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source ; (of speech sounds); given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors; being distilled rather than fermented; unfortunate or hard to bear; dried out

• "requiring serious thought"
• "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"

Synonyms

• graveshape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it; carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; death of a person; a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone); a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation ; dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises; causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; of great gravity or crucial import
• grievouscausing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; causing or marked by grief or anguish; of great gravity or crucial import; shockingly brutal or cruel
• weightyhaving relatively great weight; powerfully persuasive; of great gravity or crucial import; weighing heavily on the spirit; excessively fat

• "the heavy tread of tired troops"
• "moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot"
• "ponderous prehistoric beasts"
• "a ponderous yawn"

Synonyms

• lumberingslow and laborious because of weight; the trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber
• ponderousslow and laborious because of weight; having great mass and weight and unwieldiness; labored and dull

• "especially designed for heavy loads or rough work"
• "a heavy truck"
• "heavy machinery"

• "a heavy pudding"

• "a heavy grade"

• "bearing great weight"
• "trees heavy with fruit"
• "vines weighed down with grapes"

Synonyms

• weighed downfull of; heavily burdened with work or cares

• "heavy breathing"
• "the subject made for labored reading"

Synonyms

• laboredlacking natural ease; requiring or showing effort
• labouredlacking natural ease; requiring or showing effort

• "especially physical effort"
• "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"

Synonyms

• arduouscharacterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; taxing to the utmost; difficult to accomplish
• backbreakingcharacterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
• gruelingcharacterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
• gruellingcharacterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
• hardwith effort or force or vigor; with firmness; earnestly or intently; causing great damage or hardship; slowly and with difficulty; indulging excessively; into a solid condition; very near or close in space or time; with pain or distress or bitterness; to the full extent possible; not easy; dispassionate; resisting weight or pressure ; very strong or vigorous; characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; produced without vibration of the vocal cords; (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source ; (of speech sounds); given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors; being distilled rather than fermented; unfortunate or hard to bear; dried out
• laboriouscharacterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
• operosecharacterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
• punishingresulting in punishment; characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
• toilsomecharacterized by effort to the point of exhaustion

• "heavy humor"
• "a leaden conversation"

Synonyms

• leadendarkened with overcast; made heavy or weighted down with weariness; made of lead; (of movement) slow and laborious; lacking lightness or liveliness

• "a heavy sleep"
• "fell into a profound sleep"
• "a sound sleeper"
• "deep wakeless sleep"

Synonyms

• profoundshowing intellectual penetration or emotional depth; of the greatest intensity; far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something; coming from deep within one; (of sleep) deep and complete; situated at or extending to great depth
• soundappear in a certain way; make a certain noise or sound; give off a certain sound or sounds; announce by means of a sound; utter with vibrating vocal chords ; cause to sound; measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line ; the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause; the subjective sensation of hearing something; mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium; the sudden occurrence of an audible event; the audible part of a transmitted signal; (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language ; a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water ; a large ocean inlet or deep bay; financially secure and safe; exercising or showing good judgment; in good condition; in excellent physical condition; logically valid; having legal efficacy or force; vigorous or severe; free from moral defect; (of sleep) deep and complete; complete
• wakeless(of sleep) deep and complete

• "was big with child"
• "was great with child"

Synonyms

• big(p)
• enceintein an advanced stage of pregnancy
• expectantmarked by eager anticipation; in an advanced stage of pregnancy
• gravidin an advanced stage of pregnancy
• great(p)
• large(p)
• heavy(p)
• with child(p)