Synonyms of heavy in English:

heavy

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adjective

1‘the pan was too heavy for me to carry’

SYNONYMS

weighty, hefty, big, large, substantial, massive, ponderous

solid, dense, leaden

burdensome

informal hulking, weighing a ton

ANTONYMS

light

2‘he was a heavy man of about sixty’

SYNONYMS

overweight, large, bulky, stout, stocky, portly, plump, paunchy, fleshy, fat, obese, corpulent, of ample build, ample, well upholstered, well padded, broad in the beam, Falstaffian

informal hulking, tubby, beefy, porky, pudgy, blubbery, poddy

British informal podgy

archaic pursy

ANTONYMS

thin

3‘a heavy blow to the head’

SYNONYMS

forceful, hard, strong, violent, powerful, vigorous, mighty, hefty, tremendous, sharp, smart, severe, grievous

ANTONYMS

gentle

4‘a gardener comes in to do the heavy work for me’

SYNONYMS

arduous, hard, physical, laborious, demanding, difficult, exacting, strenuous, tough, onerous, back-breaking, tiring, fatiguing, exhausting, wearying, gruelling

informal murderous, killing, hellish

British informal knackering

rare toilsome, exigent

ANTONYMS

easy

5‘a heavy burden of responsibility’

SYNONYMS

onerous, burdensome, demanding, challenging, difficult, formidable, weighty, worrisome, wearisome, stressful, trying, crushing, exacting, oppressive

rare toilsome, exigent

ANTONYMS

undemanding

6‘the helicopter ran into heavy fog’

SYNONYMS

dense, thick, opaque, soupy, murky, smoggy, impenetrable

ANTONYMS

light, wispy

7‘we had heavy overnight rain’

SYNONYMS

torrential, relentless, copious, intense, teeming, excessive, strong, severe

ANTONYMS

light

8‘the summer weather is very heavy here’

SYNONYMS

humid, sultry, muggy, close, sticky, clammy, steamy, oppressive, airless, like a Turkish bath, like a sauna

British dialect claggy

ANTONYMS

fresh, arid

9‘this tool is ideal for breaking up heavy soil’

SYNONYMS

clayey, clay, viscous, viscid, muddy, sticky, glutinous, gluey, difficult, wet

British claggy

Scottish, Northern English clarty

informal gooey, gloopy, cloggy

North American informal gloppy

ANTONYMS

friable, dry

10‘heavy losses’

SYNONYMS

sizeable, substantial, hefty, colossal, big, considerable

stiff

informal tidy, whopping, whopping great, steep, astronomical

British informal whacking, whacking great

ANTONYMS

small

11‘the boat encountered very heavy seas’

SYNONYMS

tempestuous, turbulent, wild, violent, rough, stormy, storm-tossed, choppy, squally

ANTONYMS

calm

12‘the battalion was involved in heavy fighting’

SYNONYMS

intense, intensive, fierce, vigorous, concentrated, relentless, all-out, severe, serious, excessive, considerable, immoderate

ANTONYMS

half-hearted

13‘he is a heavy drinker’

SYNONYMS

immoderate, intemperate, overindulgent, unrestrained, uncontrolled, excessive

ANTONYMS

moderate

14‘you shouldn't eat a heavy meal after 6 pm’

SYNONYMS

substantial, filling, hearty, large, big, ample, sizeable, generous, square, solid

ANTONYMS

light

15‘the Japanese diet is heavy on soybeans and vegetables’

SYNONYMS

abounding in, abundant in, lavish with, generous with, liberal with, profuse with, extravagant with, free with, unstinting with, using a lot of

overabundant in, using too much of, overusing

ANTONYMS

light on

16‘he felt heavy and very tired’

SYNONYMS

lethargic, listless, sluggish, torpid, languid, apathetic, lacking in energy

ANTONYMS

energetic, animated

17‘I left him with a heavy heart’

SYNONYMS

sad, sorrowful, melancholy, gloomy, downcast, downhearted, heartbroken, disheartened, dejected, disconsolate, demoralized, discouraged, despondent, depressed, crestfallen, crushed, disappointed, desolate, grief-stricken, grieving

informal blue, down, down in the mouth, down in the dumps

literary dolorous

archaic heartsick, heartsore

ANTONYMS

cheerful

18‘these poems are dull and heavy’

SYNONYMS

tedious, difficult, dull, dry, serious, over-serious, heavy-going, dreary, boring, turgid, uninteresting, wearisome, dry as dust

informal deadly

ANTONYMS

readable

19‘branches heavy with blossoms’