Word Type

Adjective

Adjective

Noun

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Adverb

The word "heavy" can be used as adjective, adjective, noun, verb, adverb and adverb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

light light light weight lightweight lite weight

Derived Terms

Late Heavy Bombardment as heavy as a dead donkey brain heavy dog heavy hang heavy heavier-than-air heavily heaviness heavisome heavy artillery heavy as a dead donkey heavy bomber heavy bread heavy breather heavy breathing heavy cavalry heavy chain heavy chemicals heavy client heavy cream heavy cross to bear heavy cruiser heavy date heavy drinker heavy drinking heavy duty heavy earth heavy element heavy equipment heavy fermion heavy foot heavy frigate heavy glass heavy going heavy goods vehicle heavy heart heavy hitter heavy hydrogen heavy ice heavy icebreaker heavy industry heavy infantry heavy ion heavy legs heavy lift heavy lifting heavy machine gun heavy machinery heavy man heavy marching order heavy metal heavy metal umlaut heavy metally heavy middleweight heavy mineral heavy mob heavy oil heavy particle heavy petting heavy piece heavy plough heavy rail heavy rock heavy roller heavy sink heavy spar heavy swell heavy tail heavy tank heavy vehicle heavy water heavy wet heavy wetter heavy with child heavy-armed heavy-bearded heavy-browed heavy-coated heavy-duty heavy-duty vehicle heavy-foot heavy-footed heavy-footed moa heavy-handed heavy-handedly heavy-handedness heavy-headed heavy-hearted heavy-heartedly heavy-heartedness heavy-hitter heavy-laden heavy-lidded heavy-lift heavy-lifting heavy-set heavy-tailed heavy-water heavyeyed heavyhearted heavyish heavyset heavyweight hot and heavy hyperheavy jug-heavy make heavy going of make heavy weather make heavy weather of nonheavy overheavy semi-heavy water semiheavy water super heavy super heavy water super-heavy super-heavy frigate super-heavy water superheavy time hangs heavy top-heavy top-heavy fraction top-heavy with drink ultraheavy unheavy wee heavy

Derived From

heave

Distinct From

light lightweight lite

Context

1970s australia aviation british chemistry india late 1960s music new zealand physics slang us

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

actor character histrion part persona player role role player theatrical role thespian

Type Of (IsA)

actor character

Related Terms

heave heavy cake heft

Related Terms

adjective aggressive armed bad guy bands being big big object big weight bodyguard bouncer bulky cumbersome deep dense description difficult difficult lift doorman elephant evil fattest general good gravity gravity pull great great mass great weight hard hard lift hard lifting heaves heavily heavy cake hefty hefty weight high hot humid indicator intense intensely isotope laden large large mass large things lead lead weight lift lifting light light weight like like weights lots lots of lots weight many pounds mass massive measurement metal metal music much much mass much weight music not object plenty pounds pregnant pressure profound pull quality rock rock bands serious somber specified ton very very dense very weighty villain weigh weigh lots weigh much weighs weighs much weighs ton weight weight description weight indicator weight measurement weighted weightiness weights weights plenty weighty

Similar Terms

big big burdensome burdensome cloudy compact deep dense dense distressful distressful distressing disturbing doughy doughy dull effortful fat full harsh harsh heavier than air heavier-than-air heavy duty heavy-duty heavy-footed hefty hefty important indigestible indigestible indulgent intemperate intemperate leaden massive massive non buoyant non-buoyant of import onerous oppressive oppressive perturbing ponderous ponderous pregnant soggy steep steep taxing thick thick troubling weighted weighted weighty weighty wicked wicked worrisome worrying

Synonym Network

backbreaking clayey dark grievous heavily impenetrable intemperate laboured leaden lumbering overweight sonorous sullen sweer wakeless weighed down with child

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