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Heavy

Having the heaves.

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Similar meaning 70

Big 84% connected

Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large.

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Big 84% connected

Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large.

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Burdensome 84% connected

Grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue; oppressive.

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Burdensome 84% connected

Grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue; oppressive.

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Cloudy 84% connected

Overcast or obscured with clouds; clouded; as, a cloudy sky.

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Cloudy 84% connected

Overcast or obscured with clouds; clouded; as, a cloudy sky.

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Compact 84% connected

Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.

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Compact 84% connected

Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.

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Deep 84% connected

Extending far below the surface; of great perpendicular dimension (measured from the surface downward, and distinguished from high, which is measured…

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Deep 84% connected

Extending far below the surface; of great perpendicular dimension (measured from the surface downward, and distinguished from high, which is measured…

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Dense 84% connected

Having the constituent parts massed or crowded together; close; compact; thick; containing much matter in a small space; heavy; opaque; as, a dense c…

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Dense 84% connected

Having the constituent parts massed or crowded together; close; compact; thick; containing much matter in a small space; heavy; opaque; as, a dense c…

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Distressful 84% connected

Full of distress; causing, indicating, or attended with, distress; as, a distressful situation.

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Distressful 84% connected

Full of distress; causing, indicating, or attended with, distress; as, a distressful situation.

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Distressing 84% connected

of Distress

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Distressing 84% connected

of Distress

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Disturbing 84% connected

of Disturb

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Disturbing 84% connected

of Disturb

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Doughy 84% connected

Like dough; soft and heavy; pasty; crude; flabby and pale; as, a doughy complexion.

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Doughy 84% connected

Like dough; soft and heavy; pasty; crude; flabby and pale; as, a doughy complexion.

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Dull 84% connected

Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.

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Dull 84% connected

Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.

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Fat 84% connected

A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.

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Fat 84% connected

A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.

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Full 84% connected

Filled up, having within its limits all that it can contain; supplied; not empty or vacant; -- said primarily of hollow vessels, and hence of anythin…

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Full 84% connected

Filled up, having within its limits all that it can contain; supplied; not empty or vacant; -- said primarily of hollow vessels, and hence of anythin…

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Harsh 84% connected

Rough; disagreeable; grating

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Harsh 84% connected

Rough; disagreeable; grating

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Hefty 84% connected

Moderately heavy.

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Hefty 84% connected

Moderately heavy.

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Important 84% connected

Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great interests; restless; anxious.

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Important 84% connected

Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great interests; restless; anxious.

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Indigestible 84% connected

Not digestible; not readily soluble in the digestive juices; not easily convertible into products fitted for absorption.

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Indigestible 84% connected

Not digestible; not readily soluble in the digestive juices; not easily convertible into products fitted for absorption.

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Indulgent 84% connected

Prone to indulge; yielding to the wishes, humor, or appetites of those under one's care; compliant; not opposing or restraining; tolerant; mild; favo…

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Indulgent 84% connected

Prone to indulge; yielding to the wishes, humor, or appetites of those under one's care; compliant; not opposing or restraining; tolerant; mild; favo…

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Intemperate 84% connected

Indulging any appetite or passion to excess; immoderate to enjoyments or exertion.

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Intemperate 84% connected

Indulging any appetite or passion to excess; immoderate to enjoyments or exertion.

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Leaden 84% connected

Made of lead; of the nature of lead; as, a leaden ball.

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Leaden 84% connected

Made of lead; of the nature of lead; as, a leaden ball.

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Massive 84% connected

Forming, or consisting of, a large mass; compacted; weighty; heavy; massy.

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Massive 84% connected

Forming, or consisting of, a large mass; compacted; weighty; heavy; massy.

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Onerous 84% connected

Burdensome; oppressive.

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Onerous 84% connected

Burdensome; oppressive.

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Oppressive 84% connected

Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law.

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Oppressive 84% connected

Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law.

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Ponderous 84% connected

Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant.

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Ponderous 84% connected

Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant.

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Pregnant 84% connected

Being with young, as a female; having conceived; great with young; breeding; teeming; gravid; preparing to bring forth.

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Pregnant 84% connected

Being with young, as a female; having conceived; great with young; breeding; teeming; gravid; preparing to bring forth.

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Soggy 84% connected

Filled with water; soft with moisture; sodden; soaked; wet; as, soggy land or timber.

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Soggy 84% connected

Filled with water; soft with moisture; sodden; soaked; wet; as, soggy land or timber.

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Steep 84% connected

Bright; glittering; fiery.

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Steep 84% connected

Bright; glittering; fiery.

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Taxing 84% connected

of Tax

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Taxing 84% connected

of Tax

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Thick 84% connected

Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; -- said of a solid body; as, a timber seve…

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Thick 84% connected

Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; -- said of a solid body; as, a timber seve…

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Troubling 84% connected

of Trouble

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Troubling 84% connected

of Trouble

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Weighted 84% connected

of Weight

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Weighted 84% connected

of Weight

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Weighty 84% connected

Having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body.

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Weighty 84% connected

Having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body.

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Wicked 84% connected

Having a wick; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a two-wicked lamp.

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Wicked 84% connected

Having a wick; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a two-wicked lamp.

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Worrisome 84% connected

Inclined to worry or fret; also, causing worry or annoyance.

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Worrisome 84% connected

Inclined to worry or fret; also, causing worry or annoyance.

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Worrying 84% connected

of Worry

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Worrying 84% connected

of Worry

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Broader term 8

Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Character 76% connected

A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol.

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Histrion 76% connected

A player.

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Part 76% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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Persona 76% connected

Same as Person, n., 8.

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Player 76% connected

One who plays, or amuses himself; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.

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Role 76% connected

A part, or character, performed by an actor in a drama; hence, a part of function taken or assumed by any one; as, he has now taken the role of phila…

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Thespian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Thespis; hence, relating to the drama; dramatic; as, the Thespian art.

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Derivationally related 10

Bigness 74% connected

The state or quality of being big; largeness; size; bulk.

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Bigness 74% connected

The state or quality of being big; largeness; size; bulk.

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Heaviness 74% connected

The state or quality of being heavy in its various senses; weight; sadness; sluggishness; oppression; thickness.

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Heaviness 74% connected

The state or quality of being heavy in its various senses; weight; sadness; sluggishness; oppression; thickness.

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Intemperateness 74% connected

The state of being intemperate; excessive indulgence of any appetite or passion; as, intemperateness in eating or drinking.

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Intemperateness 74% connected

The state of being intemperate; excessive indulgence of any appetite or passion; as, intemperateness in eating or drinking.

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Ponderousness 74% connected

The quality or state of being ponderous; ponderosity.

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Ponderousness 74% connected

The quality or state of being ponderous; ponderosity.

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Thickness 74% connected

The quality or state of being thick (in any of the senses of the adjective).

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Thickness 74% connected

The quality or state of being thick (in any of the senses of the adjective).

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Attribute 2

Weight 66% connected

The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center of the earth; the effect of gravitative force, especially wh…

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Weight 66% connected

The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center of the earth; the effect of gravitative force, especially wh…

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Synonym 34

Arduous 92% connected

Steep and lofty, in a literal sense; hard to climb.

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Big 92% connected

Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large.

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Clayey 92% connected

Consisting of clay; abounding with clay; partaking of clay; like clay.

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Cloggy 92% connected

Clogging, or having power to clog.

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Dense 92% connected

Having the constituent parts massed or crowded together; close; compact; thick; containing much matter in a small space; heavy; opaque; as, a dense c…

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Enceinte 92% connected

The line of works which forms the main inclosure of a fortress or place; -- called also body of the place.

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Expectant 92% connected

Waiting in expectation; looking for

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Fleshy 92% connected

Full of, or composed of, flesh; plump; corpulent; fat; gross.

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Grave 92% connected

To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch; -- so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for t…

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Gravid 92% connected

Being with child; heavy with young; pregnant; fruitful; as, a gravid uterus; gravid piety.

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Great 92% connected

Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; -- opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship, farm, plain, distance, lengt…

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Grievous 92% connected

Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful.

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Hard 92% connected

Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to so…

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Heavily 92% connected

In a heavy manner; with great weight; as, to bear heavily on a thing; to be heavily loaded.

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Impenetrable 92% connected

Incapable of being penetrated or pierced; not admitting the passage of other bodies; not to be entered; impervious; as, an impenetrable shield.

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Intemperate 92% connected

Indulging any appetite or passion to excess; immoderate to enjoyments or exertion.

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Labored 92% connected

of Labor

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Laborious 92% connected

Requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome; tiresome.

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Laboured 92% connected

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Large 92% connected

Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious;…

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Leaden 92% connected

Made of lead; of the nature of lead; as, a leaden ball.

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Lowering 92% connected

of Lower

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Lumbering 92% connected

of Lumber

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Operose 92% connected

Wrought with labor; requiring labor; hence, tedious; wearisome.

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Overweight 92% connected

Weight over and above what is required by law or custom.

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Ponderous 92% connected

Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant.

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Profound 92% connected

Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to a great depth; deep.

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Punishing 92% connected

of Punish

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Sonorous 92% connected

Giving sound when struck; resonant; as, sonorous metals.

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Sound 92% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

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Sullen 92% connected

Lonely; solitary; desolate.

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Threatening 92% connected

of Threaten

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Toilsome 92% connected

Attended with toil, or fatigue and pain; laborious; wearisome; as, toilsome work.

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Weighty 92% connected

Having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body.

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Antonym 2

Light 94% connected

That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Light 94% connected

That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

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