HEAVINESS Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

heaviness

noun

Definition of heaviness

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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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 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 The Dessens of every dimension — and all the other major characters, for that matter — are not the most colorful bunch, and the sober tone of the early episodes, such as the slate-gray Chicago winters, could have an unwelcome heaviness. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for heaviness

Noun

Higher energy density could allow automakers to achieve longer driving ranges without increasing battery size or weight.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Flight imposes strict weight limits, so birds pack enormous numbers of very small neurons into very small brains.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 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

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

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