Noun | 1. | heavy - an actor who plays villainous roles |
2. | heavy - a serious (or tragic) role in a play | |
Adj. | 1. | heavy - of comparatively great physical weight or density; "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogony furniture" Antonyms: light - of comparatively little physical weight or density; "a light load"; "magnesium is a light metal--having a specific gravity of 1.74 at 20 degrees C" |
2. | heavy - unusually great in degree or quantity or number; "heavy taxes"; "a heavy fine"; "heavy casualties"; "heavy losses"; "heavy rain"; "heavy traffic" Antonyms: light - not great in degree or quantity or number; "a light sentence"; "a light accent"; "casualties were light"; "light snow was falling"; "light misty rain"; "light smoke from the chimney" | |
3. | 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" Antonyms: light - of the military or industry; using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment; "light infantry"; "light cavalry"; "light industry"; "light weapons" | |
4. | heavy - having or suggesting a viscous consistency; "heavy cream" | |
5. | heavy - wide from side to side; "a heavy black mark" Synonyms: thick | |
6. | 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" Antonyms: light - psychologically light; especially free from sadness or troubles; "a light heart" | |
7. | heavy - usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it Synonyms: fleshy, overweight | |
8. | heavy - (used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated" | |
9. | heavy - darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky" | |
10. | heavy - of great intensity or power or force; "a heavy blow"; "the fighting was heavy"; "heavy seas" Antonyms: light - of little intensity or power or force; "the light touch of her fingers"; "a light breeze" | |
11. | heavy - (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight; "heavy hydrogen"; "heavy water" Antonyms: light - (physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average; "light water is ordinary water" | |
12. | heavy - (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain; "Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'" | |
13. | heavy - permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom" Synonyms: dense, impenetrable | |
14. | heavy - made of fabric having considerable thickness; "a heavy coat" | |
15. | heavy - of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately; "does a lot of hard drinking"; "a heavy drinker" Synonyms: hard | |
16. | heavy - prodigious; "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor" Synonyms: big | |
17. | heavy - used of syllables or musical beats | |
18. | heavy - full and loud and deep; "heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice" Synonyms: sonorous | |
19. | 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" | |
20. | 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" | |
21. | heavy - large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work; "a heavy truck"; "heavy machinery" | |
22. | heavy - dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal; "a heavy pudding" | |
23. | heavy - sharply inclined; "a heavy grade" | |
24. | heavy - full of; bearing great weight; "trees heavy with fruit"; "vines weighed down with grapes" Synonyms: weighed down | |
25. | heavy - requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading" | |
26. | heavy - characterized by toilsome 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" | |
27. | heavy - lacking lightness or liveliness; "heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation" Synonyms: leaden | |
28. | heavy - (of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep" | |
29. | heavy - in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child" | |
Adv. | 1. | heavy - slowly as if burdened by much weight; "time hung heavy on their hands" Synonyms: heavily |