heaviness

noun

Definition of heavinessnext
1
as in weight
the amount that something weighs the numbers on the back of each sample indicate the heaviness of the carpeting material

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2
as in ponderousness
the state or quality of being heavy the backpack was filled with water bottles that gave it an extra heaviness

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Recent Examples of heaviness The 2025 Best of Beauty Award winner glides onto skin and disappears in seconds, leaving no heaviness or greasy residue behind. — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 28 Oct. 2026 The heaviness comes from the fact that the artist died in April, at age forty-six, but it’s also embedded in the paintings on view—in the bursts of fire and swirling floods that mark them. — Dan Stahl, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026 But the songs also carry the heaviness of Seattle’s sonic palette too. — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 23 Oct. 2026 Symptoms can include leg heaviness, aching, swelling, throbbing and itching, Stoughton said. — Erica Sloan, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2026 The only heaviness lies within the natural materials found throughout the resort, like grounding lava stone, copper, and indigenous Tzalam wood. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026 Given the lefty-heaviness of the Yankees’ lineup, Stanton’s right-handed bat could factor in as a late-inning weapon. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026 While a label like ‘woman’ has always felt stifling and strange, ‘daughter’ doesn’t carry that heaviness. — Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026 The Lilyeve Growturn Exosome Brush Ampoule can be used on wet or dry hair and is safe for regular application, never leaving heaviness in its wake. — Sophie Dunne, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heaviness
  1. weight
  2. weightiness
  3. bulk
  4. avoirdupois
  5. solidity
Noun
  • Limiting electric boost primarily to these high-power phases reduces the amount of battery capacity—and battery weight—the aircraft must carry.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Blood sugar can rise again, particularly if someone regains weight or their pancreas loses more of its ability to produce insulin.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of weight
Noun
  • There’s a weightiness to this project that’s not lost on the director, whose aim is to deliver a production as close to Larson’s vision as possible — retaining its period and NYC setting — with a few surprises.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
  • This full-tang steak knife had a nice balanced weightiness.
    — Emily Johnson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Mar. 2026
Definition of weightiness
Noun
  • But the elves — less weighed down by volumous hair and with wardrobes not so focussed on bulk — aren’t facing quite the same issue.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Campers enjoy the utmost in year-round comfort without the expense and bulk of an auxiliary camp heater or A/C unit.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of bulk
Noun
  • To make the most of the full fury of its hot-cam performance, the Integra was trimmed of 140 pounds of not-so-necessary avoirdupois.
    — Barry Winfield, Car and Driver, 21 May 2020
  • McCormick was a member of the Jolly Fat Men’s Club, a fraternal group that celebrated avoirdupois.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2017
Definition of avoirdupois
Noun
  • More recently, Eisenkot has emerged as a figure of solidity and a focus of sympathy.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Capturing the whole of the set-up, a Mediterranean pile on the north-west coast of Cyprus, framing its splendid size, its weighty elegance, its thrilling solidity, is challenging.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of solidity

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“Heaviness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heaviness. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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