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heaviest

heav·y
H h

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hev-ee]
    • /ˈhɛv i/
    • /ˈhev.i/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hev-ee]
    • /ˈhɛv i/

Definitions of heaviest word

  • adjective heaviest of great weight; hard to lift or carry: a heavy load. 1
  • adjective heaviest of great amount, quantity, or size; extremely large; massive: a heavy vote; a heavy snowfall. 1
  • adjective heaviest of great force, intensity, turbulence, etc.: a heavy sea. 1
  • adjective heaviest of more than the usual or average weight: a heavy person; heavy freight. 1
  • adjective heaviest having much weight in proportion to bulk; being of high specific gravity: a heavy metal. 1
  • adjective heaviest of major import; grave; serious: a heavy offense. 1

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Origin of heaviest

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English hevi, Old English hefig, equivalent to hef(e) weight (akin to heave) + -ig -y1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Heaviest

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

heaviest popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for heaviest

adj heaviest

  • featherweight — a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a bantamweight and a lightweight, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 126 pounds (57 kg).
  • floatable — capable of floating; that can be floated.
  • gossamery — a fine, filmy cobweb seen on grass or bushes or floating in the air in calm weather, especially in autumn.

adjective heaviest

  • imponderous — (obsolete) imponderable.
  • light — a light product, as a beer or cigarette.
  • weightless — being without apparent weight, as a freely falling body or a body acted upon by a force that neutralizes gravitation.

Antonyms for heaviest

adjective heaviest

  • darkened — A darkened building or room has no lights on inside it.

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