heavy

1 of 3

adjective

ˈhe-vē

heavier; heaviest

: having great weight

also : characterized by mass or weight

how heavy is it?

: having a high specific gravity : having great weight in proportion to bulk

Lead and gold are heavy metals.

c(1)

of an isotope : having or being atoms of greater than normal mass for that element

heavy carbons

(2)

of a chemical compound : containing heavy isotopes

heavy ammonia

: difficult to bear

specifically : causing or characterized by severe pain or suffering

a heavy sorrow

: of weighty import : serious

heavy consequences

: characterized by depth or intensity : profound

a heavy silence

: borne down by something oppressive : burdened

returned with heavy spirit

: pregnant

especially : approaching parturition

She is heavy with child.

: slow or dull from loss of vitality or resiliency : sluggish

a tired heavy step

: lacking sparkle or vivacity : drab

a heavy writing style

: lacking mirth or gaiety : cheerless

: characterized by declining prices

The market is heavy.

: dulled with weariness : drowsy

eyes were growing heavy

: greater in quantity or quality than the average of its kind or class: such as

: of unusually large size or amount

a heavy turnout

: of great force

heavy seas

: threatening to rain or snow

a heavy sky

heavy clouds

d(1)

: impeding motion

heavy traffic

(2)

: full of clay and inclined to hold water

heavy soil

: coming as if from a depth : loud

heavy breathing

: thick, dense

a heavy beard

a heavy growth of timber

heavy syrup

: oppressive, overwhelming

heavy perfume

heavy weather

rule with a heavy hand

: steep, acute

on a heavy grade

: laborious, difficult

heavy going

: immoderate

a heavy smoker

: more powerful than usual for its kind

a heavy cavalry

a heavy cruiser

: of large capacity or output

a heavy pump

: very rich and hard to digest

heavy desserts

: not properly raised or leavened

heavy bread

: producing goods (such as coal, steel, or chemicals) used in the production of other goods

heavy industry

: having stress (see stress entry 1 sense 5a)

a heavy rhythm

—used especially of syllables in accentual verse

: being the strongest degree of stress in speech

the heavy stress on the first syllable of basketball

: relating to theatrical parts of a grave or somber nature

playing heavy roles

: possessing a high degree or a great deal of something specified : long

heavy on ideas

: important, prominent

a heavy politician

heaviness noun

Synonyms

Adjective

hefty
massive
ponderous
weighty

Noun

baddie
baddy
beast
brute
caitiff
devil
evildoer
fiend
hound
knave
meanie
meany
miscreant
monster
nazi
no-good
rapscallion
rascal
reprobate
rogue
savage
scalawag
scallywag
scamp
scapegrace
scoundrel
varlet
villain
wretch

See all Synonyms & Antonyms

Example Sentences

Adjective “Is that box too heavy for you to lift?” “No, it's not very heavy.” The truck was carrying a heavy load. The man was six feet tall with a heavy build. Turnout for the election is expected to be heavy. We got caught in heavy traffic. Heavy rains caused flooding in the area. She was wearing sunglasses and heavy makeup. The storm caused heavy damage to the building. The company is facing heavy losses this quarter. a day of heavy fighting Adverb The smoke hung heavy in the air. Noun He played the heavy in film after film. The conference will be attended by several media heavies. They have become one of the industry heavies. See More

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Mary Kay Cabot, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe offered up three things to watch during Sunday’s Week 1 contest with a heavy focus on the defense and Myles Garrett.

Dan Labbe, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2022 The result, painted in heavy impasto, was tiny (just 9 by 6 inches) and predictably controversial.

Nick Glass, CNN, 10 Sep. 2022 Though rainfall generally was moderate across Southern California Friday there was a chance of isolated thunderstorms and heavy downpours into Saturday.

CBS News, 10 Sep. 2022 Second-year coach Charles Huff, a former Alabama and Penn State assistant, assembled a roster heavy on Power Five transfers such as Labron from Florida State for the school's first season in the Sun Belt.

Tom Coyne, ajc, 10 Sep. 2022 Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleh Nikolenko also suggested the Ukrainian troops had retaken Kupiansk, a town along the main supply route to Izyum, long a focus on the Russian front line and the site of heavy artillery and other fighting.

Karl Ritter And Joanna Kozlowska, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Sep. 2022 Those calculations focus primarily on the emissions from heavy machinery and long-distance trucking and shipping.

WIRED, 10 Sep. 2022 The contemporary iteration of the park opened in 2012 but was designed with a heavy dose of nostalgia for its original days.

Rebecca Treon, Chron, 10 Sep. 2022 For example, why were American women encouraged to torture themselves with cage-like corsets, don yards of cumbersome cloth and carry around a heavy protuberance called a bustle?

John Kelly, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2022

Adverb

Palfrey joins a list of heavy-hitting Democratic endorsers in a rare race that has divided some of the state’s most prominent progressives.

Emma Platoff, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2022 Tropez appeared on the controversial reality series in 2011, which aimed to help troubled youth turn their lives around with heavy-hitting programs.

Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 30 Aug. 2022 The bass master brought the heat, as per usual, creating a heavy-hitting show catering to all tastes in bass music.

Lisa Kocay, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022 Batgirl is getting some support and sympathy from heavy-hitting Hollywood talents.

James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Aug. 2022 An indicator that the show has become more startup incubator than facilitator for heavy-hitting outdoor businesses?

Julie Dugdale, Outside Online, 10 June 2022 In addition to the welterweight title fight between Usman and Edwards, former UFC Middleweight Champion Luke Rockhold returns to take on the heavy-handed Paulo Costa in the co-main event.

Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 20 Aug. 2022 Public anger at the police force for harboring a killer in its ranks was compounded by what many saw as heavy-handed policing of the subsequent vigil.

Jill Lawless, ajc, 14 Aug. 2022 Throughout the pandemic, experts and industry leaders have warned that the city's heavy-handed Covid-19 restrictions would drive away residents, travelers and expatriates.

Jessie Yeung And Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 12 Aug. 2022

Noun

Futures tied to the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average both slipped 0.4% while contracts on the tech-heavy Nasdaq-100 fell 0.5%.

Dave Sebastian, WSJ, 4 July 2022 The same cannot be said for Willis, whose distracted and empty performance as the main heavy is hard to watch after the news of his Aphasia diagnosis.

Rene Rodriguez, Variety, 17 May 2022 Many performers instinctively go big when playing the heavy.

James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Apr. 2022 Of course, Wood’s signature tech-heavy Innovation fund, in which Zoom is the largest holding, is down 66% from its 52-week high.

Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 9 June 2022 The owner of the Sewol had added extra berths, making the ferry top-heavy.

New York Times, 8 June 2022 Bitcoin’s 30-day correlation with the tech-heavy Wall Street index Nasdaq recently rose to a record 0.82.

Omkar Godbole, Forbes, 19 May 2022 But odds are that this series will be small-ball heavy, with Powell and Looney playing sparingly.

Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 May 2022 Though hop heavy, the bitterness is nowhere to be found.

Sara Butler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Adjective and Adverb

Middle English hevy, from Old English hefig; akin to Old High German hebīc heavy, Old English hebban to lift — more at heave entry 1

First Known Use

Adjective

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Adverb

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1897, in the meaning defined at sense 1

单词	heavies
释义	heavy 1 of 3 adjective ˈhe-vē heavier; heaviest 1 a : having great weight also : characterized by mass or weight how heavy is it? b : having a high specific gravity : having great weight in proportion to bulk Lead and gold are heavy metals. c(1) of an isotope : having or being atoms of greater than normal mass for that element heavy carbons (2) of a chemical compound : containing heavy isotopes heavy ammonia 2 : difficult to bear specifically : causing or characterized by severe pain or suffering a heavy sorrow 3 : of weighty import : serious heavy consequences 4 : characterized by depth or intensity : profound a heavy silence 5 a : borne down by something oppressive : burdened returned with heavy spirit b : pregnant especially : approaching parturition She is heavy with child. 6 a : slow or dull from loss of vitality or resiliency : sluggish a tired heavy step b : lacking sparkle or vivacity : drab a heavy writing style c : lacking mirth or gaiety : cheerless d : characterized by declining prices The market is heavy. 7 : dulled with weariness : drowsy eyes were growing heavy 8 : greater in quantity or quality than the average of its kind or class: such as a : of unusually large size or amount a heavy turnout b : of great force heavy seas c : threatening to rain or snow a heavy sky heavy clouds d(1) : impeding motion heavy traffic (2) : full of clay and inclined to hold water heavy soil e : coming as if from a depth : loud heavy breathing f : thick, dense a heavy beard a heavy growth of timber heavy syrup g : oppressive, overwhelming heavy perfume heavy weather rule with a heavy hand h : steep, acute on a heavy grade i : laborious, difficult heavy going j : immoderate a heavy smoker k : more powerful than usual for its kind a heavy cavalry a heavy cruiser l : of large capacity or output a heavy pump 9 a : very rich and hard to digest heavy desserts b : not properly raised or leavened heavy bread 10 : producing goods (such as coal, steel, or chemicals) used in the production of other goods heavy industry 11 a : having stress (see stress entry 1 sense 5a) a heavy rhythm —used especially of syllables in accentual verse b : being the strongest degree of stress in speech the heavy stress on the first syllable of basketball 12 : relating to theatrical parts of a grave or somber nature playing heavy roles 13 : possessing a high degree or a great deal of something specified : long heavy on ideas 14 : important, prominent a heavy politician heaviness noun heavy 2 of 3 adverb : to a great or overwhelming degree weighed heavy on her mind : with or as if with great weight : in a heavy manner : heavily Clouds hung heavy in the sky. heavy 3 of 3 noun plural heavies 1 : heavyweight sense 2 2 a : a theatrical role of a dignified or somber character also : an actor playing such a role b : a character in a story or play who opposes the hero : villain c : one blamed for a particular evil or difficulty : villain d : someone or something influential, serious, or important Synonyms Adjective hefty massive ponderous weighty Noun baddie baddy beast brute caitiff devil evildoer fiend hound knave meanie meany miscreant monster nazi no-good rapscallion rascal reprobate rogue savage scalawag scallywag scamp scapegrace scoundrel varlet villain wretch See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Adjective “Is that box too heavy for you to lift?” “No, it's not very heavy.” The truck was carrying a heavy load. The man was six feet tall with a heavy build. Turnout for the election is expected to be heavy. We got caught in heavy traffic. Heavy rains caused flooding in the area. She was wearing sunglasses and heavy makeup. The storm caused heavy damage to the building. The company is facing heavy losses this quarter. a day of heavy fighting Adverb The smoke hung heavy in the air. Noun He played the heavy in film after film. The conference will be attended by several media heavies. They have become one of the industry heavies. See More Recent Examples on the Web Adjective Mary Kay Cabot, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe offered up three things to watch during Sunday’s Week 1 contest with a heavy focus on the defense and Myles Garrett. Dan Labbe, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2022 The result, painted in heavy impasto, was tiny (just 9 by 6 inches) and predictably controversial. Nick Glass, CNN, 10 Sep. 2022 Though rainfall generally was moderate across Southern California Friday there was a chance of isolated thunderstorms and heavy downpours into Saturday. CBS News, 10 Sep. 2022 Second-year coach Charles Huff, a former Alabama and Penn State assistant, assembled a roster heavy on Power Five transfers such as Labron from Florida State for the school's first season in the Sun Belt. Tom Coyne, ajc, 10 Sep. 2022 Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleh Nikolenko also suggested the Ukrainian troops had retaken Kupiansk, a town along the main supply route to Izyum, long a focus on the Russian front line and the site of heavy artillery and other fighting. Karl Ritter And Joanna Kozlowska, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Sep. 2022 Those calculations focus primarily on the emissions from heavy machinery and long-distance trucking and shipping. WIRED, 10 Sep. 2022 The contemporary iteration of the park opened in 2012 but was designed with a heavy dose of nostalgia for its original days. Rebecca Treon, Chron, 10 Sep. 2022 For example, why were American women encouraged to torture themselves with cage-like corsets, don yards of cumbersome cloth and carry around a heavy protuberance called a bustle? John Kelly, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2022 Adverb Palfrey joins a list of heavy-hitting Democratic endorsers in a rare race that has divided some of the state’s most prominent progressives. Emma Platoff, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2022 Tropez appeared on the controversial reality series in 2011, which aimed to help troubled youth turn their lives around with heavy-hitting programs. Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 30 Aug. 2022 The bass master brought the heat, as per usual, creating a heavy-hitting show catering to all tastes in bass music. Lisa Kocay, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022 Batgirl is getting some support and sympathy from heavy-hitting Hollywood talents. James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Aug. 2022 An indicator that the show has become more startup incubator than facilitator for heavy-hitting outdoor businesses? Julie Dugdale, Outside Online, 10 June 2022 In addition to the welterweight title fight between Usman and Edwards, former UFC Middleweight Champion Luke Rockhold returns to take on the heavy-handed Paulo Costa in the co-main event. Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 20 Aug. 2022 Public anger at the police force for harboring a killer in its ranks was compounded by what many saw as heavy-handed policing of the subsequent vigil. Jill Lawless, ajc, 14 Aug. 2022 Throughout the pandemic, experts and industry leaders have warned that the city's heavy-handed Covid-19 restrictions would drive away residents, travelers and expatriates. Jessie Yeung And Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 12 Aug. 2022 Noun Futures tied to the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average both slipped 0.4% while contracts on the tech-heavy Nasdaq-100 fell 0.5%. Dave Sebastian, WSJ, 4 July 2022 The same cannot be said for Willis, whose distracted and empty performance as the main heavy is hard to watch after the news of his Aphasia diagnosis. Rene Rodriguez, Variety, 17 May 2022 Many performers instinctively go big when playing the heavy. James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Apr. 2022 Of course, Wood’s signature tech-heavy Innovation fund, in which Zoom is the largest holding, is down 66% from its 52-week high. Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 9 June 2022 The owner of the Sewol had added extra berths, making the ferry top-heavy. New York Times, 8 June 2022 Bitcoin’s 30-day correlation with the tech-heavy Wall Street index Nasdaq recently rose to a record 0.82. Omkar Godbole, Forbes, 19 May 2022 But odds are that this series will be small-ball heavy, with Powell and Looney playing sparingly. Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 May 2022 Though hop heavy, the bitterness is nowhere to be found. Sara Butler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2022 See More Word History Etymology Adjective and Adverb Middle English hevy, from Old English hefig; akin to Old High German hebīc heavy, Old English hebban to lift — more at heave entry 1 First Known Use Adjective before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Adverb before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above Noun 1897, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Phrases Containing heavy hangs/lies heavy on one's hands go heavy on hard/heavy going heavy chain heavy bag heavy artillery heavy date heavy-duty heavy going heavy-handed heavy goods vehicle heavy hand heavy heart heavy hitter heavy hydrogen heavy industry heavy sleeper heavy lifting heavy snowfall heavy water hot and heavy make heavy weather of heavy snow place heavy demands on top-heavy with a heavy hand heavy cream heavy on heavy on one's hands heavy metal heavy-footed heavy with See More hangs/lies heavy on one's hands go heavy on hard/heavy going heavy chain heavy bag heavy artillery heavy date heavy-duty heavy going heavy-handed heavy goods vehicle heavy hand heavy heart heavy hitter heavy hydrogen heavy industry heavy sleeper heavy lifting heavy snowfall heavy water hot and heavy make heavy weather of heavy snow place heavy demands on top-heavy with a heavy hand heavy cream heavy on heavy on one's hands heavy metal heavy-footed heavy with See More Kids Definition heavy adjective ˈhe-vē heavier; heaviest 1 : having great weight 2 : unusually great in amount, force, or effect heavy rain heavy sleep heavy damage 3 : made with thick strong material heavy rope 4 : dense and thick heavy eyebrows 5 : hard to put up with a heavy responsibility 6 : sad or troubled It's with a heavy heart that I leave you. 7 : having little strength or energy My legs grew heavier with every step. heavies noun plural of heavy 1 as in villains a mean, evil, or unprincipled person he played the heavy in film after film until being cast against type as the romantic lead in a comedy Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance villains brutes monsters criminals nazis beasts offenders devils baddies thugs bandits savages gangsters rogues assassins miscreants fiends scoundrels reprobates crooks scalawags wretches rapscallions losers rascals scamps varlets meanies evildoers knaves hounds no-goods perpetrators scallywags scapegraces blackguards caitiffs desperadoes outlaws toughs goons perps culprits snakes hoodlums racketeers lowlifes lawbreakers trespassers felons cutthroats bravoes cads vipers malefactors ruffians desperados rowdies wrongdoers jailbirds serpents heels sinners villainesses cons hooligans transgressors convicts roughs bravos stinkers lowlives gunmen trash ne'er-do-wells Antonyms & Near Antonyms angels heroes saints innocents 2 as in heavyweights one of high position or importance within a group in the field of secondary education, she definitely ranks as one of the heavies Synonyms & Similar Words heavyweights bigs wheels magnates kings tycoons bigwigs biggies lions barons mucky-mucks queens princes big guns heavy hitters nobs major leaguers muck-a-mucks nabobs kingpins big leaguers kingfish big boys kahunas big wheels high-muckety-mucks big-timers big shots honchos muckety-mucks nawabs bigfoots poo-bahs bigfeet nibs princesses moguls czars pooh-bahs big cheeses high-muck-a-mucks fat cats tsars tzars VIPs Antonyms & Near Antonyms lightweights zeroes shrimp zeros nobodies shrimps nonentities subordinates underlings whippersnappers inferiors twerps mediocrities obscurities zilches See More
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heavy

adjective

adverb

noun

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