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Synonyms for heavier
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : hev-ee |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛv i |
Top 10 synonyms for heavier Other synonyms for the word heavier
- abstruse
- acroamatic
- ample
- apathetic
- beefy
- boisterous
- built
- chunky
- close
- cloudy
- comatose
- complex
- confused
- copious
- corpulent
- crestfallen
- cumbrous
- damp
- dejected
- despondent
- disconsolate
- dismal
- downcast
- dull
- effortful
- elephantine
- enceinte
- esoteric
- excessive
- expectant
- fat
- fleshy
- formidable
- grave
- gravid
- grieving
- grievous
- gross
- hard
- harsh
- hebetudinous
- hefty
- huge
- indifferent
- intolerable
- knotty
- labored
- laborious
- laden
- large
- lead-footed
- leaden
- lethargic
- loaded
- lowering
- lumbering
- massive
- melancholy
- obese
- onerous
- oppressed
- oppressive
- overcast
- overweight
- parturient
- ponderous
- porcine
- portly
- pregnant
- profound
- recondite
- rough
- sad
- serious
- sluggish
- slumberous
- sodden
- soggy
- solemn
- sorrowful
- stifling
- stormy
- stout
- strenuous
- substantial
- tedious
- tempestuous
- toilsome
- top-heavy
- torpid
- tough
- troublesome
- turbulent
- two-ton
- unmanageable
- unwieldy
- vexatious
- violent
- wearisome
- weighted
- weighty
- wet
- wild
- zaftig
Définition of heavier
Origin :- Old English hefig "heavy, having much weight; important, grave; oppressive; slow, dull," from Proto-Germanic *hafiga "containing something; having weight" (cf. Old Saxon, Old High German hebig, Old Norse hofugr, Middle Dutch hevich, Dutch hevig), from PIE *kap- "to grasp" (see capable). Jazz slang sense of "profound, serious" is from 1937 but would have been comprehensible to an Anglo-Saxon. Heavy industry recorded from 1932. Heavy metal attested by 1839 in chemistry; in nautical jargon from at least 1744 in sense "large-caliber guns on a ship.
- While we undervalue the nicely-balanced weight of broadsides which have lately been brought forward with all the grave precision of Cocker, we are well aware of the decided advantages of heavy metal. ["United Services Journal," London, 1830]
- As a type of rock music, from 1972.
- adj having great weight
- adj difficult, severe
- adj depressed, gloomy
- adj listless, slow
- "Most certainly; and well, if you have no heavier load to bear," replied the other.
- Extract from : « The Sister Years (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- This is because it is heavier than air, and gravity draws it to the ground.
- Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
- The greater this pressure the large and heavier the object which can be raised.
- Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
- Then again, I was twenty pounds heavier than he was, and could take care of myself.
- Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- But he did not feel satisfied, and the weight on his heart grew heavier and heavier.
- Extract from : « Moni the Goat-Boy » by Johanna Spyri
- You are thinner than a grasshopper, and you won't make it any heavier.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- I think you should sit in the back seat, as you are the heavier of the two.
- Extract from : « One Day's Courtship » by Robert Barr
- The hand of the old man grew heavier and heavier on her head.
- Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 » by Various
- "That must be the soldiers," he thought, listening to the heavier rifle fire.
- Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
- His suffering had so wasted him that he was no heavier than a boy of ten, poor fellow.
- Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
Antonyms for heavier
- airy
- calm
- cheerful
- convenient
- courteous
- dry
- easy
- facile
- gay
- gentle
- graceful
- handy
- happy
- impoverished
- inconsequential
- insignificant
- joyful
- kind
- light
- lightweight
- little
- mild
- miniature
- moderate
- moving
- nice
- peaceful
- polite
- poor
- simple
- skinny
- slight
- small
- smoooth
- smooth
- soft
- thin
- tiny
- trivial
- underweight
- unimportant
- unsubstantial
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