HEAVY - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Adverb

slowly as if burdened by much weight

Example: time hung heavy on their hands

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Adjective

unusually great in degree or quantity or number

Example: heavy taxes; a heavy fine; heavy casualties; heavy losses; heavy rain; heavy traffic

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Adjective

of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment

Example: 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

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Adjective

marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness

Example: a heavy heart; a heavy schedule; heavy news; a heavy silence; heavy eyelids

Meaning 5

Part of speech: Adjective

darkened by clouds

Example: a heavy sky

Meaning 6

Part of speech: Adjective

of great intensity or power or force

Example: a heavy blow; the fighting was heavy; heavy seas

Meaning 7

Part of speech: Adjective

(physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight

Example: heavy hydrogen; heavy water

Meaning 8

Part of speech: Adjective

(of an actor or role) being or playing the villain

Example: Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'

Meaning 9

Part of speech: Adjective

of relatively large extent and density

Example: a heavy line

Meaning 10

Part of speech: Adjective

made of fabric having considerable thickness

Example: a heavy coat

Meaning 11

Part of speech: Adjective

full and loud and deep

Example: heavy sounds; a herald chosen for his sonorous voice

Meaning 12

Part of speech: Adjective

slow and laborious because of weight

Example: the heavy tread of tired troops; moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot; ponderous prehistoric beasts; a ponderous yawn

Meaning 13

Part of speech: Adjective

large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work

Example: a heavy truck; heavy machinery

Meaning 14

Part of speech: Adjective

dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal

Example: a heavy pudding

Meaning 15

Part of speech: Adjective

sharply inclined

Example: a heavy grade

Meaning 16

Part of speech: Adjective

full of; bearing great weight

Example: trees heavy with fruit; vines weighed down with grapes

Meaning 17

Part of speech: Adjective

requiring or showing effort

Example: heavy breathing; the subject made for labored reading

Meaning 18

Part of speech: Adjective

lacking lightness or liveliness

Example: heavy humor; a leaden conversation

Meaning 19

Part of speech: Adjective

(of sleep) deep and complete

Example: a heavy sleep; fell into a profound sleep; a sound sleeper; deep wakeless sleep

Synonyms

Clayey, Weighed down, Intemperate, Overweight, Toilsome

Antonyms

Light

🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)

The word "heavy" comes from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p-. It started in Proto-Germanic *habīgaz. Then it appeared in Proto-West Germanic *habīg. Later, people used it in Old English hefiġ. After that, it was Middle English hevy. Many other languages have similar words:.

  • Scots: hevy
  • Dutch: hevig
  • Middle Low German: hēvich
  • German: hebig
  • Icelandic: höfugur
  • Latin: capāx

🔗 Related Words

heave – A related word in the same word family.

y – A related word in the same word family.

🧩 Fun Fact

This word traveled through multiple civilizations—each culture shaped its meaning slightly!

🎵 Words that Rhyme with Heavy

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