Definition of heavier

	Definition of heavy is the dictionary form of heavier Definition of heavy heavy has definitions from the fields of physics,chemistry,performing arts,theater
1	[ adjective ] of comparatively great physical weight or density Examples "a heavy load" "lead is a heavy metal" "heavy mahogany furniture"
2	[ adjective ] unusually great in degree or quantity or number Examples "heavy taxes" "a heavy fine" "heavy casualties" "heavy losses" "heavy rain" "heavy traffic"
3	[ adjective ] of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment Examples "heavy artillery" "heavy infantry" "a heavy cruiser" "heavy guns" "heavy industry"
4	[ adjective ] having or suggesting a viscous consistency Examples "heavy cream"
5	[ adjective ] wide from side to side Synonyms thick Examples "a heavy black mark"
6	[ adjective ] marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness Examples "a heavy heart" "a heavy schedule" "heavy news" "a heavy silence" "heavy eyelids"
7	[ adjective ] darkened by clouds Synonyms sullen lowering threatening Examples "a heavy sky"
8	[ adjective ] (used of soil) compact and fine-grained Synonyms cloggy clayey Examples "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"
9	[ adjective ] usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it Synonyms overweight fleshy
10	[ adverb ] slowly as if burdened by much weight Synonyms heavily Examples "time hung heavy on their hands"
11	[ adjective ] requiring or showing effort Synonyms laboured labored Examples "heavy breathing" "the subject made for labored reading"
12	[ adjective ] characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort Synonyms hard arduous punishing gruelling laborious labourious grueling toilsome backbreaking Examples "worked their arduous way up the mining valley" "a grueling campaign" "hard labor" "heavy work" "heavy going" "spent many laborious hours on the project"
13	[ adjective ] slow and laborious because of weight Synonyms ponderous lumbering Examples "the heavy tread of tired troops" "moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot" "ponderous prehistoric beasts" "a ponderous yawn"
14	[ adjective ] of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought Synonyms grievous weighty grave Examples "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"
15	[ adjective ] full of; bearing great weight Synonyms weighed_down Examples "trees heavy with fruit" "vines weighed down with grapes"
16	[ noun ] (performing arts) an actor who plays villainous roles
17	[ adjective ] (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight Examples "heavy hydrogen" "heavy water"
18	[ adjective ] of great intensity or power or force Examples "a heavy blow" "the fighting was heavy" "heavy seas"
19	[ adjective ] sharply inclined Examples "a heavy grade"
20	[ adjective ] of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately Synonyms hard Examples "does a lot of hard drinking" "a heavy drinker"
21	[ adjective ] made of fabric having considerable thickness Examples "a heavy coat"
22	[ adjective ] full and loud and deep Synonyms sonorous Examples "heavy sounds" "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice"
23	[ adjective ] used of syllables or musical beats Synonyms strong accented
24	[ adjective ] prodigious Synonyms big Examples "big spender" "big eater" "heavy investor"
25	[ adjective ] dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal Examples "a heavy pudding"
26	[ adjective ] (of sleep) deep and complete Synonyms sound wakeless profound Examples "a heavy sleep" "fell into a profound sleep" "a sound sleeper" "deep wakeless sleep"
27	[ adjective ] permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter Synonyms dense impenetrable Examples "dense smoke" "heavy fog" "impenetrable gloom"
28	[ adjective ] (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain Examples "Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'"
29	[ adjective ] large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work Examples "a heavy truck" "heavy machinery"
30	[ adjective ] lacking lightness or liveliness Synonyms leaden Examples "heavy humor" "a leaden conversation"
31	[ adjective ] in an advanced stage of pregnancy Synonyms gravid enceinte expectant great large with_child big Examples "was big with child" "was great with child"
32	[ noun ] (theater) a serious (or tragic) role in a play
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