Synonyms of heavy

Noun

1. heavy, actor, histrion, player, thespian, role player: usage: an actor who plays villainous roles
2. heavy, character, role, theatrical role, part, persona: usage: a serious (or tragic) role in a play

Adjective

1. heavy (vs. light), dense, doughy, soggy, heavier-than-air, hefty, massive, non-buoyant, ponderous: usage: of comparatively great physical weight or density; "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogany furniture"
2. heavy (vs. light), harsh: usage: unusually great in degree or quantity or number; "heavy taxes"; "a heavy fine"; "heavy casualties"; "heavy losses"; "heavy rain"; "heavy traffic"
3. heavy (vs. light): usage: 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"
4. heavy (vs. light), burdensome, onerous, taxing, distressing, distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying, leaden, weighted, oppressive, weighty: usage: 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"
5. fleshy, heavy, overweight, fat (vs. thin): usage: usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
6. clayey, cloggy, heavy, compact (vs. loose): usage: (used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"
7. heavy, lowering, sullen, threatening, cloudy (vs. clear): usage: darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky"
8. heavy (vs. light), big: usage: of great intensity or power or force; "a heavy blow"; "the fighting was heavy"; "heavy seas"
9. heavy (vs. light): usage: (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight; "heavy hydrogen"; "heavy water"
10. heavy, wicked (vs. virtuous): usage: (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain; "Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'"
11. dense, heavy, impenetrable, thick (vs. thin): usage: permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"
12. heavy, thick (vs. thin): usage: of relatively large extent and density; "a heavy line"
13. heavy, thick (vs. thin): usage: made of fabric having considerable thickness; "a heavy coat"
14. big(prenominal), heavy(prenominal), intemperate (vs. temperate): usage: prodigious; "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor"
15. heavy, sonorous, full (vs. thin): usage: full and loud and deep; "heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice"
16. intemperate, hard, heavy, indulgent (vs. nonindulgent): usage: given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors; "a hard drinker"
17. grave, grievous, heavy, weighty, important (vs. unimportant), of import: usage: 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"
18. heavy, lumbering, ponderous, heavy-footed (vs. light-footed): usage: 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"
19. heavy, heavy-duty (vs. light-duty): usage: large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work; "a heavy truck"; "heavy machinery"
20. heavy, indigestible (vs. digestible): usage: dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal; "a heavy pudding"
21. heavy, steep (vs. gradual): usage: sharply inclined; "a heavy grade"
22. heavy, weighed down, full (vs. empty): usage: full of; bearing great weight; "trees heavy with fruit"; "vines weighed down with grapes"
23. heavy, labored, laboured, effortful (vs. effortless): usage: requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading"
24. arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome, effortful (vs. effortless): usage: 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"
25. heavy, leaden, dull (vs. lively): usage: lacking lightness or liveliness; "heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation"
26. heavy, profound, sound, wakeless, deep (vs. shallow): usage: (of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"
27. big(predicate), enceinte, expectant, gravid, great(predicate), large(predicate), heavy(predicate), with child(predicate), pregnant (vs. nonpregnant): usage: in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child"