HEAVED Synonyms: 107 Similar and Opposite Words

heaved

verb

variants or hove

past tense of heave

as in hoisted

to lift with effort I heaved my duffel bag into the bus's overhead compartment

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as in vomited

to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth heaved as soon as he stepped off the roller coaster

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as in lifted

to move from a lower to a higher place or position heaved the bucket from the bottom of the well

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as in threw

to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm heaved the brick over the fence

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as in gasped

to breathe hard, quickly, or with difficulty by the time he reached the top step of the tower, he was heaving

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Recent Examples of heaved And all around the ballpark, fans show their emotional investment with orange traffic cones – printed on shirts, turned into hats, tiny ones hung on earrings, and full-sized ones heaved unwieldily around the stands. —

Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 4 May 2026 Byfield heaved a backhanded centering pass to the rear post for a redirection by Moore, the Kings’ first goal of the playoffs from someone other than Panarin. —

Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026 To end the first, Jaylin Williams wound his arm back and heaved a deep ball to Holmgren, whose rangy arms reeled in the pass for a dribble and a moving 3. —

Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026 In an earlier game this season, Brunson heaved a half court shot as an opponent attempted to intentionally fouled Robinson away from the ball. —

Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2026 Ramos, from his backside, heaved a throw to shortstop Willy Adames. —

Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2026 The historian Cassius Dio heaved a sigh of relief that those women who entered the arena under Titus were not from the elite. —

Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026 Others were heaved from their roots. —

Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2026 Recent floods had heaved mountains of driftwood and debris onto the shorelines. —

Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2026

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Cara kicked off the event with an elaborate performance featuring more than two dozen dancers who waved flags and hoisted up art pieces representing Canadian wildlife.

— Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2026
There, Artan was hoisted onto shoulders to the cheers of the crowd, a symbol of national pride in a country often disparaged on the world stage.

— Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 10 June 2026