Antonyms for heavier

Grammar : Adj

Spell : hev-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛv i

Definition 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

Example sentences :

"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

Synonyms for heavier

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