Synonyms for heft
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : heft |
| Phonetic Transcription : hɛft |
Top 10 synonyms for heft Other synonyms for the word heft
- adiposity
- arise
- aspire
- avoirdupois
- backpack
- bale
- ballast
- bear aloft
- bring up
- build up
- bulk
- bulkiness
- buoy up
- cart
- cast
- channel
- charge
- chuck
- come up
- conduct
- contents
- convey
- convoy
- counterbalance
- disappear
- disperse
- displace
- dissipate
- drag
- draw up
- elevate
- encumbrance
- erect
- fat
- fatness
- ferry
- fetch
- fling
- freight
- funnel
- G-factor
- give
- goods
- goose
- gravity
- gross
- haul
- have a weight of
- heft
- heftiness
- hike
- hike up
- hindrance
- hoist
- hugeness
- hurl
- import
- jack up
- jump up
- lading
- launch
- lift
- load
- lug
- mass
- measure
- measurement
- mount
- move
- move up
- net
- pack
- parcel
- part
- payload
- pick up
- pipe
- pitch
- ponderosity
- ponderousness
- portage
- poundage
- preponderance
- pressure
- pull
- put in the balance
- put on the scale
- put up
- raise
- raise high
- rear
- relay
- relocate
- remove
- rise
- scale
- schlepp
- send
- shift
- shipment
- shot
- shoulder
- sling
- soar
- substance
- sustain
- take
- take up
- tip the scales at
- tonnage
- toss
- tote
- traject
- transfer
- transmit
- transplant
- transport
- truck
- tug
- up
- upheave
- uphold
- uplift
- upraise
- uprear
- vanish
- waft
- weight
- weightiness
Définition of heft
Origin :- mid-15c., "weight, heaviness, quality of weight," from heave on analogy of thieve/theft, weave/weft, etc.; also influenced by heft, obsolete past participle of heave.
- As in load : noun cargo, freight
- As in weight : noun heaviness
- As in avoirdupois : noun heaviness
- As in preponderancy : noun weight
- As in lift : verb move upwards; ascend
- As in weigh : verb measure heaviness
- As in carry : verb transport physical object
- As in tote : verb carry
- As in heave : verb lift, throw with effort
- An' I'll be whipped if 'Mandy herself didn't tell the heft on't arter 'twas all over.
- Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
- I gathered that the heft of his spare change had come from dickers in stocks and bonds.
- Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- I'd told him the heft of the yarn on the way from the church, and he was interested.
- Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- "I spend the heft of my daytimes out in the Back yard," he wrote.
- Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- They haven't any more business sense than a hen, the heft of 'em ain't.
- Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Havin' hung on to the heft of our senses so far, course we decline!
- Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- The last one—he was about your heft—he got a scare, I tell you.
- Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Well, now, if you're a mind to try it—I was goin' to say you didn't look to me like you had the heft.
- Extract from : « Back Home » by Eugene Wood
- When the heft of thy intellect is thrown against a problem, something has got to give.
- Extract from : « Back Home » by Eugene Wood
- For the next, he had to heft with his side-jaw against a boss of stone.
- Extract from : « A Matter of Proportion » by Anne Walker
Antonyms for heft
- abstain
- advantage
- appear
- avoid
- benefit
- blessing
- collect
- decrease
- demote
- depress
- descend
- destroy
- discontinue
- disenchant
- dispirit
- dodge
- drop
- fail
- fall
- finish
- fix
- gather
- give
- hold
- ignore
- impose
- keep
- leave
- lessen
- lose
- lower
- maintain
- neglect
- pleasure
- raze
- receive
- refrain
- refuse
- remain
- repulse
- set down
- shun
- solution
- stay
- stop
- triviality
- unimportance
- weaken
- whole
- withhold
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