HEFTED Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

hefted

verb

past tense of heft

as in hoisted

to lift with effort hefted his growing son onto his shoulders

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to move from a lower to a higher place or position heft your baggy gym shorts a little higher—you're showing us more than we care to see

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Recent Examples of hefted The judge also hefted an additional $250 fine to one person’s charge for taking rocks. — Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 12 Mar. 2026 Here in our yards, long years of earth have been hefted by hand and heaped up on tarps. — Steven Searcy, IEEE Spectrum, 31 Aug. 2025

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Several players with cap hits above the $10 million cutoff have reached the Stanley Cup Final but not hoisted the trophy—most recently Mitch Marner ($12 million) of the Vegas Golden Knights last year.

— Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 29 Sep. 2026
The 95-year-old hoisted the estate back onto the market in 1995 for $5 million, Deseret News reports.

— Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2026

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In response, several protesters were forcibly removed by the authorities from the building doorway, including being lifted by their arms and legs, per Reuters.

— Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026
In Vietnam, the FIFA World Cup lifted premium VOD viewing by 22% this year.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026

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After a Golden Flashes timeout, Sayin rolled right and heaved it toward the end zone, when Brandon Inniss caught it in the middle of a crowd of Kent State defensive backs to make it 35-0.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
The ice groaned and heaved, fracturing as if the river itself had come back to life.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026

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Bear 620 was raised with her cousin, Bear #690 (Bean), who won the Fat Bear Week Junior competition in 2022.

— Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2026
Speaking a week after the Federal Open Market Committee raised benchmark borrowing rates by a quarter percentage point, Paulson said inflation trends are still worrying.

— Jeff Cox, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026

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