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Antonyms for heavy-duty
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : hev-ee-doo-tee, -dyoo- |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛv iˈdu ti, -ˈdyu- |
- adolescent
- agreeable
- baby
- babyish
- blah
- bland
- broken
- complacent
- delicate
- dull
- easy
- easy-going
- feeble
- fragile
- humble
- idle
- impotent
- impoverished
- inactive
- inconsiderable
- indefinite
- indistinct
- ineffective
- inept
- infant
- infantile
- infirm
- insignificant
- intermittent
- irresolute
- itsy
- juvenile
- laid-back
- lazy
- lethargic
- little
- loose
- low
- mild
- miniature
- minor
- minute
- mistakable
- moderate
- moving
- obscure
- pale
- poor
- selfish
- short
- shy
- slack
- slight
- sluggish
- small
- soft
- subordinate
- teeny
- thin
- tiny
- trivial
- unable
- uncaring
- unconfident
- undependable
- unfixed
- ungenerous
- ungiving
- unhealthy
- unimportant
- unpowerful
- unstable
- untrustworthy
- vague
- vulnerable
- weak
- wobbly
- yielding
Definition of heavy-duty
Origin :- "durable, strong," 1914; see heavy + duty.
- As in strong : adj healthy, powerful
- As in big : adj large, great
- As in big : adj important
- As in large-scale : adj big
- As in puissant : adj strong
- He ran some heavy-duty motors off it and a few other things like that.
- Extract from : « With No Strings Attached » by Gordon Randall Garrett (AKA David Gordon)
- The elder Dr. Arcot glanced in surprise at the heavy-duty ammeter in a control panel.
- Extract from : « Islands of Space » by John W Campbell
- A heavy-duty drilling machine performs this work, then the block goes to the lathe for further operations.
- Extract from : « Aviation Engines » by Victor Wilfred Pag
- The guard was a big man, with a heavy-duty stunner resting in the crook of his elbow.
- Extract from : « Gold in the Sky » by Alan Edward Nourse
- He stepped back and to one side and reached for his heavy-duty pencil—the dog gave a low growl of warning and crouched for a leap.
- Extract from : « History Repeats » by George Oliver Smith
- The soft breathing of the heavy-duty motor became more pronounced, more labored.
- Extract from : « El Diablo » by Brayton Norton
- He turned away and pulled three heavy-duty paralo-ray pistols out of the cabinet.
- Extract from : « The Revolt on Venus » by Carey Rockwell
- I'd say at least three heavy-duty paralo-ray pistols for side arms, and three shock rifles.
- Extract from : « The Revolt on Venus » by Carey Rockwell
- With the quiver of heavy-duty arrows slung across his shoulder he was ready to go, following Sssuri inland.
- Extract from : « Star Born » by Andre Norton
- In the darkest hour before dawn, the heavy-duty eye dropped the crate outside the temple and darted away without being seen.
- Extract from : « The Repairman » by Harry Harrison
Synonyms for heavy-duty
- a whale of a
- able
- able-bodied
- active
- ample
- athletic
- awash
- big
- big league
- big-time
- brimming
- bulky
- bull
- burly
- capable
- capacious
- chock-full
- colossal
- commodious
- consequential
- considerable
- copious
- crowded
- durable
- eminent
- enduring
- energetic
- enormous
- extensive
- fat
- firm
- fixed
- forceful
- forcible
- full
- gigantic
- good
- great
- hale
- hard as nails
- hardy
- healthy
- hearty
- heavy
- heavy-duty
- heavyweight
- hefty
- huge
- hulking
- humongous
- husky
- immense
- in fine feather
- influential
- jumbo
- large
- leading
- main
- major league
- mammoth
- massive
- material
- meaningful
- mighty
- momentous
- mondo
- monster
- muscular
- oversize
- packed
- paramount
- ponderous
- popular
- potent
- powerful
- prime
- principal
- prodigious
- prominent
- reinforced
- robust
- roomy
- rugged
- secure
- serious
- significant
- sinewy
- sizable
- solid
- sound
- spacious
- stable
- stalwart
- stark
- staunch
- steady
- stout
- strapping
- stuffed
- sturdy
- substantial
- super
- super colossal
- tenacious
- thundering
- tough
- tremendous
- unyielding
- valuable
- vast
- vigorous
- voluminous
- walloping
- weighty
- well-built
- well-founded
- well-made
- whopper
- whopping
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