hefty

hefty
Synonyms and related words:
Herculean, adipose, annoying, arduous, awkward, backbreaking, beefy, besetting, big, big-bellied, bloated, blowzy, bosomy, bothersome, bouncing, brawny, bulky, burdensome, burly, buxom, chubby, chunky, clumsy, considerable, corpulent, crushing, cumbersome, distended, doughty, dumpy, effortful, enormous, extensive, fat, fattish, fleshy, forced, forceful, forcible, forcy, full, full-blooded, full-strength, gross, grueling, gutsy, gutty, hale, hard, hard as nails, hard-earned, hard-fought, hardy, hearty, heavy, heavyset, heavyweight, hippy, huge, husky, imposing, impressive, irksome, iron-hard, killing, labored, laborious, large, large-scale, leaden, lusty, major, massive, massy, meaty, mighty, muscular, nervy, obese, obstinate, onerous, operose, oppressive, overweight, painful, paunchy, plaguey, plump, podgy, ponderous, portly, potbellied, potent, powerful, pudgy, puffy, puissant, punishing, pursy, red-blooded, robust, robustious, roly-poly, rotund, rugged, sizable, sizeable, square, squat, squatty, stalwart, steely, stocky, stout, strained, strapping, strenuous, strong, strong as brandy, strong as strong, strong-willed, sturdy, substantial, swollen, thick-bodied, thickset, toilsome, top-heavy, tough, troublesome, trying, tubby, unwieldy, uphill, vexatious, vigorous, wearisome, weighty, well-fed

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  • hefty — UK US /ˈhefti/ adjective ► extremely large: a hefty 15.9%/30%/54%, etc. »One of the market s star performers announced a hefty $10bn share buyback programme. hefty returns/dividends »They promised investors hefty returns. a hefty fee/fine/premium …   Financial and business terms

  • Hefty — Heft y, a. 1. Moderately heavy. [Colloq. U. S.] [1913 Webster] 2. Strong; muscular; of people. [PJC] 3. Substantial; large; as, a hefty increase in annual profits. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hefty — is a brand name of trash bags, foam disposable tableware, children’s disposable tableware, slider closure food storage and freezer bags, and disposable cookware. It is a registered trademark of Pactiv Corporation. Founded by Mobil Corporation,… …   Wikipedia

  • hefty — 1867, from HEFT (Cf. heft) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Related: Heftiness …   Etymology dictionary

  • hefty — *heavy, weighty, ponderous, cumbrous, cumbersome Analogous words: & Antonyms: see those at HEAVY …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • hefty — [adj] big, bulky ample, awkward, beefy*, brawny, burly, colossal, cumbersome, extensive, fat, forceful, heavy, hulking, husky, large, largescale, major, massive, muscular, ponderous, powerful, robust, sizable, strapping*, strong, sturdy,… …   New thesaurus

  • hefty — ► ADJECTIVE (heftier, heftiest) 1) large, heavy, and powerful. 2) (of a number or amount) considerable. DERIVATIVES heftily adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • hefty — [hef′tē] adj. heftier, heftiest Informal 1. weighty; heavy 2. large and powerful 3. big or fairly big heftily adv. heftiness n …   English World dictionary

  • hefty — hef|ty [ˈhefti] adj [usually before noun] 1.) big and heavy ▪ a tall, hefty man ▪ a hefty tome (=large thick book) ▪ hefty camera equipment 2.) a hefty amount of something, especially money, is very large ▪ a hefty fine 3.) BrE a hefty blow, kick …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • hefty — adjective 1 a hefty person, book etc is big and heavy: a hefty volume containing over pages 2 a hefty amount of something such as money is very large: a hefty fine 3 a hefty blow, kick etc is done using a lot of force: a hefty punch heftily… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • hefty — UK [ˈheftɪ] / US adjective Word forms hefty : adjective hefty comparative heftier superlative heftiest 1) large and heavy Richard is a really hefty bloke. 2) a hefty amount of money is a large and impressive amount a hefty sum/fine/bonus 3) a… …   English dictionary

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