Synonyms for Heavy

Top synonyms for “heavy”: arduous, backbreaking, clayey, cloggy, dense, fleshy, grave, grievous, and 66 more below.

Definitions

1. (noun)a serious (or tragic) role in a play
2. (noun)an actor who plays villainous roles
3. (adjective)darkened by clouds
   “a heavy sky”
4. (adjective)(used of soil) compact and fine-grained
   “the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated”
5. (adjective)(of sleep) deep and complete
   “a heavy sleep”
6. (adjective)lacking lightness or liveliness
   “heavy humor”
7. (adjective)characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
   “worked their arduous way up the mining valley”
8. (adjective)requiring or showing effort
   “heavy breathing”
9. (adjective)usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
10. (adjective)full of; bearing great weight
    “trees heavy with fruit”
11. (adjective)sharply inclined
    “a heavy grade”
12. (adjective)dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
    “a heavy pudding”

Definitions sourced from Princeton WordNet (BSD license).