Hefty

/ˈhɛfti/

Synonyms for "hefty" (170 found)

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Closest matches (34)

Adjective(6 words)

muscular sizeable brawny bulkiest bulkybulky package

adipose annoying arduous awkward backbreaking beefy besetting big big-bellied bloated blowzy bosomy bothersome bouncing brawny bulky burdensome burly buxom chubby

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chunky clumsy considerable corpulent crushing cumbersome distended doughty

Strong matches (51)

dumpy effortful enormous extensive fat fattish fleshy forced forceful forcible forcy fullfull bloodedfull-blooded full-strength gross grueling gutsy gutty hale

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hardhard as nailshard earnedhard foughthard-earned hard-fought hardy hearty heavy heavyset heavyweight herculean hippy huge husky imposing impressive irksome iron-hard killing labored laborious largelarge scalelarge-scale leaden

Adjective(4 words)

goodish goodly healthy large

Noun(1 words)

heavy solid

Related words (85)

lusty major massive massy meaty mighty muscular nervy obese obstinate onerous operose oppressive overweight painful paunchy plaguey plump podgy ponderous

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portly potbellied potent powerful pudgy puffy puissant punishing pursyred bloodedred-blooded robust robustiousroly polyroly-poly rotund rugged sizable sizeable square squat squatty stalwart steely stocky stout strained strapping strenuous strongstrong as brandystrong as strongstrong willedstrong-willed sturdy substantial swollen thick-bodied thickset toilsometop heavytop-heavy tough troublesome trying tubby unwieldy uphill vexatious vigorous wearisome weightywell fedwell-fed

Adjective(11 words)

mass campaignmassive powerful respectable robust sinewy sizable sturdy substantialsubstantial quantitytidy

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

6 entries

appearancebodily typeextent magnitude physique size

More specific

7 entries

bulky framebulky masslarge summassive quantitymuscular buildrobust physiquesubstantial portion

Collocations

6 entries

hefty burdenhefty dosehefty penaltyhefty pricehefty sumhefty workload

Inflections

2 entries

heftier heftiest

Derivations

3 entries

heft heftily heftiness

similar

4 entries

considerable heavy strong swole

Sample sentences

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After receiving a hefty blow to the head, the man spoke only gibberish.

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Toyota's new car sports a hefty price tag.

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Intense admiration comes with a hefty price.

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The frustrated tennis player smashed his racquet on the court and incurred a hefty fine.

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