English Explanatory Dictionary

heavy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having great weight.
  2. Heavyset: overweight.
  3. Serious, somber.
  4. Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.
  5. Good.
  6. Profound.
  7. High, great.
  8. Armed.
  9. Loud, distorted, or intense.
  10. Hot and humid.
  11. Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.
  12. With eyelids difficult to keep open due to tiredness.
adv
  1. In a heavy manner; weightily; heavily; gravely.
  2. To a great degree; greatly.
  3. very
noun
  1. A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
  2. A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.
  3. A prominent figure; a "major player".
  4. A newspaper of the quality press.
  5. A relatively large multi-engined aircraft.
  6. A serious theatrical role.
  7. A member of the heavy cavalry.
verb
  1. To make heavier.
  2. To sadden.
  3. To use power or wealth to exert influence on, e.g., governments or corporations; to pressure.
adj
  1. Having the heaves.

Pronunciation

hevʹi /ˈhɛv.i/ /ˈhev.i/ en-us-heavy.ogg EN-AU ck1 heavy.ogg /ˈhiːvi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-heavy2.wav

Word forms

heavy heavier heaviest more heavy most heavy heavies heavys heavying heavied

Etymology

From Middle English hevy, heviȝ, from Old English hefiġ, hefeġ, hæfiġ (“heavy; important, grave, severe, serious; oppressive, grievous; slow, dull”), from Proto-West Germanic *habīg (“heavy, hefty, weighty”), from Proto-Germanic *habīgaz (“heavy, hefty, weighty”), from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to take, grasp, hold”). Related to have. Cognate with Scots hevy, havy, heavy (“heavy”), Saterland Frisian heeuwich, häwich (“violent, angry”), West Frisian hevich (“violent”), Dutch hevig (“violent, severe, intense, acute”), German Low German hevig (“violent, fierce, intense, angry”), German hebig (compare heftig (“fierce, severe, intense, violent, heavy”)), Icelandic höfugur (“heavy, weighty, important”), Latin capāx (“large, wide, roomy, spacious, capacious, capable, apt”). Compare typologically Russian объёмный (obʺjómnyj), ёмкий (jómkij) (akin to име́ть (imétʹ), взять (vzjatʹ)).

Synonyms

sweer swear

Antonyms

light

Related words

heave heft heavy cake

Derived words

as heavy as a dead donkey heavier-than-air heavily heaviness heavisome heavy-armed heavy artillery heavy as a dead donkey heavy-bearded heavy bomber heavy bread heavy breather heavy breathing heavy-browed heavy cavalry heavy chain heavy chemicals heavy client heavy-coated heavy cream heavy cross to bear heavy cruiser heavy date heavy drinker heavy drinking heavy-duty heavy duty heavy-duty vehicle heavy earth heavy element heavy equipment heavyeyed heavy fermion heavy foot heavy-foot heavy-footed heavy-footed moa heavy frigate heavy glass heavy going heavy goods vehicle heavy-handed heavy-handedly heavy-handedness heavy-headed heavy heart heavyhearted heavy-hearted heavy-heartedly heavy-heartedness heavy hitter heavy-hitter heavy hydrogen heavy ice heavy icebreaker heavy industry heavy infantry heavy ion heavyish heavy legs

Translations

Abkhaz: ахьанҭа Afrikaans: swaar Akkadian: kabtum Akkadian: kabittum Akkadian: kabūtum Akkadian: kabtātum Aklanon: mabug-at Albanian: rëndë Gheg Albanian: ran Guerrero Amuzgo: ja Andi: гьокӏору Arabic: ثَقِيل Arabic: تقيل Arabic: ثقيل Arabic: تْقيل Armenian: ծանր Aromanian: greu Assamese: গধুৰ Assamese: ভাৰী Asturian: pesáu Avar: бакӏаб Azerbaijani: ağır Bangi: -lito Bashkir: ауыр Basque: astun Belarusian: ця́жкі́ Belarusian: ва́жкі Bengali: ভারী Central Bikol: magabat Breton: ponner Bulgarian: те́жък Burmese: လေး Burmese: လေးလံ Buryat: хүндэ Carpathian Rusyn: тяжкый Catalan: feixuc Catalan: pesant Cebuano: bug-at Chamicuro: pwawa Chechen: деза Chechen: еза Chepang: लीःसा Cherokee: ᎦᎨᏓ Chinese Cantonese: 重 Chinese Mandarin: 重 Chinese Mandarin: 沉重 Chuvash: йывӑр Ngazidja Comorian: -dziro Crimean Tatar: ağır Crimean Tatar: avur Czech: těžký Dalmatian: pesaint Danish: tung
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