Definition of heavier Heavier

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heavier, adjective, comparative of heavy.

WordNet

Noun Plural: heavies
heavy - a serious (or tragic) role in a play
heavy - an actor who plays villainous roles
Adjective heavy, heavier, heaviest
heavy - of comparatively great physical weight or density; "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogany furniture"
		light characterized by or emitting light; "a room that is light when the shutters are open"; "the inside of the house was airy and light"
		weight an artifact that is heavy
		dense slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"
		doughy, soggy having the consistency of dough because of insufficient leavening or improper cooking; "the cake fell; it's a doughy mess"
		heavier-than-air relating to an aircraft heavier than the air it displaces
		hefty of considerable weight and size; "a hefty dictionary"
		massive consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter; "Earth is the most massive of the terrestrial planets"
		non-buoyant tending to sink in a liquid or fall in air
heavy - marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness; "a heavy heart"; "a heavy schedule"; "heavy news"; "a heavy silence"; "heavy eyelids"
		light characterized by or emitting light; "a room that is light when the shutters are open"; "the inside of the house was airy and light"
		burdensome, onerous, taxing not easily borne; wearing; "the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return"; "my duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests"; "a taxing schedule"
		distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrying, distressing, worrisome causing distress or worry or anxiety; "distressing (or disturbing) news"; "lived in heroic if something distressful isolation"; "a disturbing amount of crime"; "a revelation that was most perturbing"; "a new and troubling thought"; "in a particularly worrisome predicament"; "a worrying situation"; "a worrying time"
		weighted, leaden adjusted to reflect value or proportion; "votes weighted according to the size of constituencies"; "a law weighted in favor of landlords"; "a weighted average"
		oppressive marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights"
heavy - unusually great in degree or quantity or number; "heavy taxes"; "a heavy fine"; "heavy casualties"; "heavy losses"; "heavy rain"; "heavy traffic"
		light characterized by or emitting light; "a room that is light when the shutters are open"; "the inside of the house was airy and light"
heavy - full and loud and deep; "heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice"
		sonorous
		full having the normally expected amount; "gives full measure"; "gives good measure"; "a good mile from here"
heavy - (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight; "heavy hydrogen"; "heavy water"
		chemical science, chemistry the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
heavy - of relatively large extent and density; "a heavy line"
		thick abounding; having a lot of; "the top was thick with dust"
heavy - slow and laborious because of weight; "the heavy tread of tired troops"; "moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot"; "ponderous prehistoric beasts"; "a ponderous yawn"
		lumbering, ponderous
		heavy-footed (of movement) lacking ease or lightness; "his tired heavy-footed walk"
heavy - of great intensity or power or force; "a heavy blow"; "the fighting was heavy"; "heavy seas"
		light characterized by or emitting light; "a room that is light when the shutters are open"; "the inside of the house was airy and light"
heavy - darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky"
		lowering, sullen, threatening
		cloudy (of liquids) clouded as with sediment; "a cloudy liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters"
heavy - (of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"
		profound, sound, wakeless
		deep exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy; "deep political machinations"; "a deep plot"
heavy - full of; bearing great weight; "trees heavy with fruit"; "vines weighed down with grapes"
		weighed down
		full having the normally expected amount; "gives full measure"; "gives good measure"; "a good mile from here"
heavy - lacking lightness or liveliness; "heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation"
		leaden
		dull (of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market"
heavy - large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work; "a heavy truck"; "heavy machinery"
heavy - dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal; "a heavy pudding"
heavy - sharply inclined; "a heavy grade"
heavy - of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment; "heavy artillery"; "heavy infantry"; "a heavy cruiser"; "heavy guns"; "heavy industry involves large-scale production of basic products (such as steel) used by other industries"
heavy - requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading"
		labored, laboured
heavy - made of fabric having considerable thickness; "a heavy coat"
heavy - (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain; "Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'"
heavy - characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"
		arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome
		effortful requiring great physical effort
heavy - in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child"
		big, enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, large, with child
		pregnant carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life
heavy - of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought; "grave responsibilities"; "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"; "a grievous fault"; "heavy matters of state"; "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference"
		grave, grievous, weighty
		of import, important of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day"
heavy - usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
		fleshy, overweight
		fat having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was"
heavy - given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors; "a hard drinker"
		intemperate, hard
		indulgent being favorably inclined; "an indulgent attitude"
heavy - permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"
		dense, impenetrable
		thick abounding; having a lot of; "the top was thick with dust"
heavy - prodigious; "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor"
		big
heavy - (used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"
		clayey, cloggy
Adverb
heavy - slowly as if burdened by much weight; "time hung heavy on their hands"
		heavily

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Wiktionary

heavy (Noun)
A villain or bad guy ; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
heavy (Noun)
A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.
heavy (Noun)
A large multi-engined aircraft.
heavy (Verb)
To make heavier.
heavy (Verb)
To sadden.
heavy (Verb)
To use power and/or wealth to exert influence on, e. g. , governments or corporations; to pressure.
heavy (Adverb)
heavily.
heavy (Adverb)
very.
heavy (Adjective)
Having great weight.
heavy (Adjective)
Serious, somber.
heavy (Adjective)
good.
heavy (Adjective)
Profound.
heavy (Adjective)
High, great.
heavy (Adjective)
armed.
heavy (Adjective)
Louder, more distorted.
heavy (Adjective)
hot and humid.
heavy (Adjective)
Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.
heavy (Adjective)
High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.
heavy (Adjective)
Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.
heavy (Adjective)
laden to a great extent.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

heavy (a.)
Having the heaves.
heavy (superl.)
Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects; as, a heavy fall of rain or snow; a heavy failure; heavy business transactions, etc.; often implying strength; as, a heavy barrier; also, difficult to move; as, a heavy draught.
heavy (superl.)
Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.
heavy (superl.)
Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment.
heavy (superl.)
Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer or book.
heavy (superl.)
Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm, cannonade, and the like.
heavy (superl.)
Loud; deep; -- said of sound; as, heavy thunder.
heavy (superl.)
Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; -- said of the sky.
heavy (superl.)
Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; -- said of earth; as, a heavy road, soil, and the like.
heavy (superl.)
Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread.
heavy (superl.)
Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily digested; -- said of food.
heavy (superl.)
Having much body or strength; -- said of wines, or other liquors.
heavy (superl.)
With child; pregnant.
heavy (adv.)
Heavily; -- sometimes used in composition; as, heavy-laden.
heavy (v. t.)
To make heavy.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

heavy
Of a physical object, having great weight.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

heavy
hev′i, adj. weighty: not easy to bear: oppressive: afflicted: inactive: dull, lacking brightness and interest: inclined to slumber: violent: loud: not easily digested, as food: miry, as soil: having strength, as liquor: dark with clouds: gloomy: expensive: (B.) sad: (theat.) pertaining to the representation of grave or serious parts.—adv. Heav′ily.—n. Heav′iness.—adjs. Heav′y-armed, bearing heavy armour or arms; Heav′y-hand′ed, clumsy, awkward: oppressive; Heav′y-head′ed, having a heavy or large head: dull, stupid, drowsy; Heav′y-heart′ed, weighed down with grief; Heav′y-lād′en, laden with a heavy burden.—n. Heav′y-spar, native sulphate of barium, barytes.—Heavy marching order, the condition of troops fully equipped for field service; Heavy metal, guns or shot of large size: great influence or power; Heavy-weight, one beyond the average weight, esp. in sporting phrase, one placed highest in the ascending scale, feather-weight, light-weight, middle-weight, heavy-weight; Heavy wet, a drink of strong ale or ale and porter mixed.—The heavies (mil.), the heavy cavalry: those who play heavy parts. [A.S. hefig—hebban, to heave; Old High Ger. hebîg.]