What does heavy mean in English? Meaning of heavy definition and abbreviation with examples.
Meaning of "heavy": an actor who plays villainous roles
Noun
Meaning: an actor who plays villainous rolesSynonyms: heavyHypernyms: actor
histrion
player
role player
thespianMeaning of "heavy": of comparatively great physical weight or density
Adjective
Meaning: of comparatively great physical weight or densityExample: a heavy load
lead is a heavy metal
heavy mahogany furnitureSynonyms: heavyAntonyms: lightSimilar: dense
doughy
heavier-than-air
hefty
massive
non-buoyant
ponderous
soggyMeaning of "heavy": slowly as if burdened by much weight
Adverb
Meaning: slowly as if burdened by much weightExample: time hung heavy on their handsSynonyms: heavily
heavyMeaning of "heavy": a serious (or tragic) role in a play
Noun
Meaning: a serious (or tragic) role in a playSynonyms: heavyHypernyms: character
part
persona
role
theatrical roleMeaning of "heavy": unusually great in degree or quantity or number
Adjective
Meaning: unusually great in degree or quantity or numberExample: heavy taxes
a heavy fine
heavy casualties
heavy losses
heavy rain
heavy trafficSynonyms: heavyAntonyms: lightSimilar: harshMeaning of "heavy": of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment
Adjective
Meaning: of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipmentExample: heavy artillery
heavy infantry
a heavy cruiser
heavy guns
heavy industry involves large-scale production of basic products (such as steel) used by other industriesSynonyms: heavyAntonyms: lightMeaning of "heavy": marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
Adjective
Meaning: marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or wearinessExample: a heavy heart
a heavy schedule
heavy news
a heavy silence
heavy eyelidsSynonyms: heavyAntonyms: lightSimilar: burdensome
distressful
distressing
disturbing
leaden
onerous
oppressive
perturbing
taxing
troubling
weighted
weighty
worrisome
worryingMeaning of "heavy": usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
Adjective
Meaning: usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry itSynonyms: fleshy
heavy
overweightSimilar: fatMeaning of "heavy": (used of soil) compact and fine-grained
Adjective
Meaning: (used of soil) compact and fine-grainedExample: the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturatedSynonyms: clayey
cloggy
heavySimilar: compactMeaning of "heavy": darkened by clouds
Adjective
Meaning: darkened by cloudsExample: a heavy skySynonyms: heavy
lowering
sullen
threateningSimilar: cloudyMeaning of "heavy": of great intensity or power or force
Adjective
Meaning: of great intensity or power or forceExample: a heavy blow
the fighting was heavy
heavy seasSynonyms: heavyAntonyms: lightSimilar: bigMeaning of "heavy": (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
Adjective
Meaning: (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weightExample: heavy hydrogen
heavy waterSynonyms: heavyAntonyms: lightMeaning of "heavy": (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
Adjective
Meaning: (of an actor or role) being or playing the villainExample: Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'Synonyms: heavySimilar: wickedMeaning of "heavy": permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
Adjective
Meaning: permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matterExample: dense smoke
heavy fog
impenetrable gloomSynonyms: dense
heavy
impenetrableSimilar: thickMeaning of "heavy": of relatively large extent and density
Adjective
Meaning: of relatively large extent and densityExample: a heavy lineSynonyms: heavySimilar: thickMeaning of "heavy": made of fabric having considerable thickness
Adjective
Meaning: made of fabric having considerable thicknessExample: a heavy coatSynonyms: heavySimilar: thickMeaning of "heavy": prodigious
Adjective
Meaning: prodigiousExample: big spender
big eater
heavy investorSynonyms: big
heavySimilar: intemperateMeaning of "heavy": full and loud and deep
Adjective
Meaning: full and loud and deepExample: heavy sounds
a herald chosen for his sonorous voiceSynonyms: heavy
sonorousSimilar: fullMeaning of "heavy": given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
Adjective
Meaning: given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquorsExample: a hard drinkerSynonyms: hard
heavy
intemperateSimilar: indulgentMeaning of "heavy": of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
Adjective
Meaning: of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thoughtExample: 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 conferenceSynonyms: grave
grievous
heavy
weightySimilar: important
of importMeaning of "heavy": slow and laborious because of weight
Adjective
Meaning: slow and laborious because of weightExample: the heavy tread of tired troops
moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot
ponderous prehistoric beasts
a ponderous yawnSynonyms: heavy
lumbering
ponderousSimilar: heavy-footedMeaning of "heavy": large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
Adjective
Meaning: large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough workExample: a heavy truck
heavy machinerySynonyms: heavySimilar: heavy-dutyMeaning of "heavy": dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
Adjective
Meaning: dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canalExample: a heavy puddingSynonyms: heavySimilar: indigestibleMeaning of "heavy": sharply inclined
Adjective
Meaning: sharply inclinedExample: a heavy gradeSynonyms: heavySimilar: steepMeaning of "heavy": full of; bearing great weight
Adjective
Meaning: full of; bearing great weightExample: trees heavy with fruit
vines weighed down with grapesSynonyms: heavy
weighed downSimilar: fullMeaning of "heavy": requiring or showing effort
Adjective
Meaning: requiring or showing effortExample: heavy breathing
the subject made for labored readingSynonyms: heavy
labored
labouredSimilar: effortfulMeaning of "heavy": characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
Adjective
Meaning: characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effortExample: 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 paceSynonyms: arduous
backbreaking
grueling
gruelling
hard
heavy
laborious
operose
punishing
toilsomeSimilar: effortfulMeaning of "heavy": lacking lightness or liveliness
Adjective
Meaning: lacking lightness or livelinessExample: heavy humor
a leaden conversationSynonyms: heavy
leadenSimilar: dullMeaning of "heavy": (of sleep) deep and complete
Adjective
Meaning: (of sleep) deep and completeExample: a heavy sleep
fell into a profound sleep
a sound sleeper
deep wakeless sleepSynonyms: heavy
profound
sound
wakelessSimilar: deepMeaning of "heavy": in an advanced stage of pregnancy
Adjective
Meaning: in an advanced stage of pregnancyExample: was big with child
was great with childSynonyms: big
enceinte
expectant
gravid
great
heavy
large
with childSimilar: pregnantAdjective: (of a physical object) Having great weight. 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 2, The Celebrity: Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. […] A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 2, The Celebrity: Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. […] A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.(of a topic) Serious, somber.Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive. heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc. Bible, 1 Sam. v. 6 The hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod. Shakespeare The king himself hath a heavy reckoning to make. Wordsworth Sent hither to impart the heavy news.Bible, 1 Sam. v. 6 The hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod.Shakespeare The king himself hath a heavy reckoning to make.Wordsworth Sent hither to impart the heavy news.(UK, slang, dated) Good. This film is heavy.(dated, late 1960s, 1970s, US) Profound. The Moody Blues are, like, heavy.(of a rate of flow) High, great.(slang) Armed. Come heavy, or not at all.(music) Louder, more distorted. Metal is heavier than swing.(of weather) Hot and humid.(of a person) Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people. He was a heavy sleeper, a heavy eater and a heavy smoker - certainly not an ideal husband.(of food) High in fat or protein; difficult to digest. Cheese-stuffed sausage is too heavy to eat before exercising.Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense. 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV The surf was not heavy, and there was no undertow, so we made shore easily, effecting an equally easy landing. 2013 July 20, “Out of the gloom”, The Economist, volume 408, number 8845: [Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look for specks of light in the villages. it was a heavy storm; a heavy slumber in bed; a heavy punch1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV The surf was not heavy, and there was no undertow, so we made shore easily, effecting an equally easy landing.2013 July 20, “Out of the gloom”, The Economist, volume 408, number 8845: [Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look for specks of light in the villages.Laden to a great extent. his eyes were heavy with sleep; she was heavy with childLaden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with grief, pain, disappointment, etc. Chapman The heavy [sorrowing] nobles all in council were. Shakespeare A light wife doth make a heavy husband. William Browne Seating himselfe within a darkesome cave, / (Such places heavy Saturnists doe crave,) / Where yet the gladsome day was never seene […]Chapman The heavy [sorrowing] nobles all in council were.Shakespeare A light wife doth make a heavy husband.William Browne Seating himselfe within a darkesome cave, / (Such places heavy Saturnists doe crave,) / Where yet the gladsome day was never seene […]Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid. a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, etc. a heavy writer or book Shakespeare whilst the heavy ploughman snores Dryden a heavy, dull, degenerate mind Bible, Is. lix. 1 Neither [is] his ear heavy, that it cannot hear.Shakespeare whilst the heavy ploughman snoresDryden a heavy, dull, degenerate mindBible, Is. lix. 1 Neither [is] his ear heavy, that it cannot hear.Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey. a heavy road; a heavy soilNot raised or leavened. heavy breadHaving much body or strength; said of wines or spirits.(obsolete) With child; pregnant.Synonyms:
bulky, huge, excessive, awkward, unwieldy, big, fat, large, burdensome, substantial, massive, hefty, cumbersome, abundant, considerable, weighty, gross, lumbering, overweight, stout, ample, beefy, built, chunky, copious, corpulent, elephantine, enceinte, expectant, fleshy, laden, loaded, obese, oppressed, ponderous, porcine, portly, pregnant, top-heavy, unmanageable, cumbrous, gravid, parturient, lead-footed, two-ton, weighted, zaftig, tedious, onerous, tough, harsh, hard, arduous, burdensome, violent, complicated, serious, rough, weighty, wild, complex, grave, abstruse, boisterous, confused, esoteric, formidable, grievous, intolerable, knotty, labored, laborious, oppressive, profound, recondite, solemn, stormy, strenuous, tempestuous, toilsome, troublesome, turbulent, vexatious, wearisome, effortful, acroamatic, dark, wet, lowering, melancholy, downcast, damp, overcast, stifling, close, cloudy, crestfallen, dejected, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, dull, leaden, oppressive, sad, sodden, soggy, sorrowful, grieving, sluggish, apathetic, comatose, dull, indifferent, lethargic, torpid, hebetudinous, slumberous,
Antonyms:
miniature, tiny, graceful, unimportant, impoverished, insignificant, skinny, underweight, lightweight, inconsequential, trivial, joyful, small, thin, little, handy, convenient, easy, slight, poor, unsubstantial, airy, light, gay, happy, moving, smoooth, trivial, kind, facile, peaceful, courteous, polite, unimportant, lightweight, inconsequential, insignificant, joyful, easy, light, gentle, nice, mild, smooth, soft, simple, calm, moderate, airy, little, slight, small, gay, happy, moving, smoooth, cheerful, lightweight, inconsequential, insignificant, trivial, unimportant, joyful, happy, dry, airy, light, little, slight, small, easy, gay, moving, smoooth, lightweight, inconsequential, insignificant, trivial, unimportant, joyful, airy, light, little, slight, small, easy, gay, happy, moving, smoooth,
