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heaviest definition
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Overview of adj heavy The adj heavy has 29 senses (first 9 from tagged texts) 1. (32) heavy -- (of comparatively great physical weight or density; "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogony furniture") 2. (10) heavy -- (unusually great in degree or quantity or number; "heavy taxes"; "a heavy fine"; "heavy casualties"; "heavy losses"; "heavy rain"; "heavy traffic") 3. (5) heavy -- (of the military or industry; 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") 4. (4) heavy -- (having or suggesting a viscous consistency; "heavy cream") 5. (3) heavy, thick -- (wide from side to side "a heavy black mark") 6. (2) heavy -- (marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness; "a heavy heart"; "a heavy schedule"; "heavy news"; "a heavy silence"; "heavy eyelids") 7. (1) fleshy, heavy, overweight -- (usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it) 8. (1) clayey, cloggy, heavy -- ((used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated") 9. (1) heavy, lowering, sullen, threatening -- (darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky") 10. heavy -- (of great intensity or power or force; "a heavy blow"; "the fighting was heavy"; "heavy seas") 11. heavy -- ((physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight; "heavy hydrogen"; "heavy water") 12. heavy -- ((of an actor or role) being or playing the villain; "Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'") 13. dense, heavy, impenetrable -- (permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom") 14. heavy -- (made of fabric having considerable thickness; "a heavy coat") 15. hard, heavy -- (of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately; "does a lot of hard drinking"; "a heavy drinker") 16. big heavy -- (prodigious; "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor") 17. accented, heavy, strong -- (used of syllables) 18. heavy, sonorous -- (full and loud and deep; "heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice") 19. grave, grievous, heavy, weighty -- (of great gravity or crucial import; 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") 20. heavy, lumbering, ponderous -- (slow and laborious because of weight; "the heavy tread of tired troops"; "moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot"; "ponderous prehistoric beasts"; "a ponderous yawn") 21. heavy -- (large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work "a heavy truck"; "heavy machinery") 22. heavy -- (dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal; "a heavy pudding") 23. heavy -- (sharply inclined; "a heavy grade") 24. heavy, weighed down -- (full of bearing great weight; "trees heavy with fruit"; "vines weighed down with grapes") 25. heavy, labored, laboured -- (requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading") 26. arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, toilsome -- (characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; 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") 27. heavy, leaden -- (lacking lightness or liveliness; "heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation") 28. heavy, profound, sound, wakeless -- ((of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep") 29. big enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, large heavy, with child -- (in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child") Antonyms of adj heavy 29 senses of heavy Sense 1 heavy (vs. light) light (vs. heavy) => airy => bantamweight => buoyant, floaty => chiffon => feathery, featherlike => featherweight => flyweight => lightweight => lightweight => low-density(prenominal) Sense 2 heavy (vs. light) light (vs. heavy) => easy Sense 3 heavy (vs. light) light (vs. heavy) => light-armed, lightly-armed Sense 4 heavy INDIRECT (VIA thick) -> thin Sense 5 heavy, thick INDIRECT (VIA wide) -> narrow Sense 6 heavy (vs. light) light (vs. heavy) => fooling, casual Sense 7 fleshy, heavy, overweight INDIRECT (VIA fat) -> thin, lean Sense 8 clayey, cloggy, heavy INDIRECT (VIA compact) -> loose Sense 9 heavy, lowering, sullen, threatening INDIRECT (VIA cloudy) -> clear Sense 10 heavy (vs. light) light (vs. heavy) => easy, gentle, soft Sense 11 heavy (vs. light) light (vs. heavy) Sense 12 heavy INDIRECT (VIA wicked) -> virtuous Sense 13 dense, heavy, impenetrable INDIRECT (VIA thick) -> thin Sense 14 heavy INDIRECT (VIA thick) -> thin Sense 15 hard(postnominal), heavy INDIRECT (VIA intemperate) -> temperate Sense 16 big(postnominal), heavy(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA intemperate) -> temperate Sense 17 accented, heavy, strong INDIRECT (VIA stressed) -> unstressed, unaccented Sense 18 heavy, sonorous INDIRECT (VIA full) -> thin Sense 19 grave, grievous, heavy, weighty INDIRECT (VIA important) -> unimportant Sense 20 heavy, lumbering, ponderous INDIRECT (VIA heavy-footed) -> light-footed Sense 21 heavy INDIRECT (VIA heavy-duty) -> light-duty Sense 22 heavy INDIRECT (VIA indigestible) -> digestible Sense 23 heavy INDIRECT (VIA steep) -> gradual Sense 24 heavy, weighed down INDIRECT (VIA full) -> empty Sense 25 heavy, labored, laboured INDIRECT (VIA effortful) -> effortless Sense 26 arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, toilsome INDIRECT (VIA effortful) -> effortless Sense 27 heavy, leaden INDIRECT (VIA dull) -> lively Sense 28 heavy, profound, sound, wakeless INDIRECT (VIA deep) -> shallow Sense 29 big(prenominal), enceinte, expectant, gravid, great(prenominal), large(prenominal), heavy(prenominal), with child(prenominal) INDIRECT (VIA pregnant) -> nonpregnant Similarity of adj heavy 29 senses of heavy Sense 1 heavy (vs. light) => dense => doughy, soggy => heavyweight => hefty => massive => middleweight => ponderous => welterweight Sense 2 heavy (vs. light) => harsh => thick Sense 3 heavy (vs. light) Sense 4 heavy => thick (vs. thin) Sense 5 heavy, thick => wide (vs. narrow), broad Sense 6 heavy (vs. light) => burdensome, onerous, taxing => distressing, distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying => leaden, weighted => oppressive => weighty Sense 7 fleshy, heavy, overweight => fat (vs. thin) Sense 8 clayey, cloggy, heavy => compact (vs. loose) Sense 9 heavy, lowering, sullen, threatening => cloudy (vs. clear) Sense 10 heavy (vs. light) => big Sense 11 heavy (vs. light) Sense 12 heavy => wicked (vs. virtuous) Sense 13 dense, heavy, impenetrable => thick (vs. thin) Sense 14 heavy => thick (vs. thin) Sense 15 hard(postnominal), heavy => intemperate (vs. temperate) Sense 16 big(postnominal), heavy(postnominal) => intemperate (vs. temperate) Sense 17 accented, heavy, strong => stressed (vs. unstressed) Sense 18 heavy, sonorous => full (vs. thin) Sense 19 grave, grievous, heavy, weighty => important (vs. unimportant), of import Sense 20 heavy, lumbering, ponderous => heavy-footed (vs. light-footed) Sense 21 heavy => heavy-duty (vs. light-duty) Sense 22 heavy => indigestible (vs. digestible) Sense 23 heavy => steep (vs. gradual) Sense 24 heavy, weighed down => full (vs. empty) Sense 25 heavy, labored, laboured => effortful (vs. effortless) Sense 26 arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, toilsome => effortful (vs. effortless) Sense 27 heavy, leaden => dull (vs. lively) Sense 28 heavy, profound, sound, wakeless => deep (vs. shallow) Sense 29 big(prenominal), enceinte, expectant, gravid, great(prenominal), large(prenominal), heavy(prenominal), with child(prenominal) => pregnant (vs. nonpregnant) Attributes of adj heavy 1 of 29 senses of heavy Sense 1 heavy (vs. light) => weight Familiarity of adj heavy heavy used as an adjective is very familiar (polysemy count = 29) Grep of adj heavy heavy heavy-armed heavy-coated heavy-duty heavy-footed heavy-handed heavy-laden heavyhearted heavyset heavyweight top-heavy Overview of adj heavy The adj heavy has 29 senses (first 9 from tagged texts) 1. (32) heavy -- (of comparatively great physical weight or density; "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogony furniture") 2. (10) heavy -- (unusually great in degree or quantity or number; "heavy taxes"; "a heavy fine"; "heavy casualties"; "heavy losses"; "heavy rain"; "heavy traffic") 3. (5) heavy -- (of the military or industry; 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") 4. (4) heavy -- (having or suggesting a viscous consistency; "heavy cream") 5. (3) heavy, thick -- (wide from side to side "a heavy black mark") 6. (2) heavy -- (marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness; "a heavy heart"; "a heavy schedule"; "heavy news"; "a heavy silence"; "heavy eyelids") 7. (1) fleshy, heavy, overweight -- (usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it) 8. (1) clayey, cloggy, heavy -- ((used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated") 9. (1) heavy, lowering, sullen, threatening -- (darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky") 10. heavy -- (of great intensity or power or force; "a heavy blow"; "the fighting was heavy"; "heavy seas") 11. heavy -- ((physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight; "heavy hydrogen"; "heavy water") 12. heavy -- ((of an actor or role) being or playing the villain; "Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'") 13. dense, heavy, impenetrable -- (permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom") 14. heavy -- (made of fabric having considerable thickness; "a heavy coat") 15. hard, heavy -- (of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately; "does a lot of hard drinking"; "a heavy drinker") 16. big heavy -- (prodigious; "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor") 17. accented, heavy, strong -- (used of syllables) 18. heavy, sonorous -- (full and loud and deep; "heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice") 19. grave, grievous, heavy, weighty -- (of great gravity or crucial import; 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") 20. heavy, lumbering, ponderous -- (slow and laborious because of weight; "the heavy tread of tired troops"; "moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot"; "ponderous prehistoric beasts"; "a ponderous yawn") 21. heavy -- (large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work "a heavy truck"; "heavy machinery") 22. heavy -- (dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal; "a heavy pudding") 23. heavy -- (sharply inclined; "a heavy grade") 24. heavy, weighed down -- (full of bearing great weight; "trees heavy with fruit"; "vines weighed down with grapes") 25. heavy, labored, laboured -- (requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading") 26. arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, toilsome -- (characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; 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") 27. heavy, leaden -- (lacking lightness or liveliness; "heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation") 28. heavy, profound, sound, wakeless -- ((of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep") 29. big enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, large heavy, with child -- (in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child")
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