Synonyms of hefts

hefts 1 of 2

noun

plural of heft

1

as in sways

the power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly

as a former senator, he still had some heft in political circles

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sways
• influences
• leverages
• weights
• pulls
• clouts
• ins
• credits
• authorities
• juices
• importances
• scepters
• impresses
• reigns
• counter-influences
• impacts
• dominances
• consequences
• moments
• predominances
• impressions
• counterinfluences
• dominions
• supremacies
• commands
• imprints
• eminences
• sovereignties
• sovranties
• marks
• masteries

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• weaknesses
• impotences
• impotencies

2

as in weights

archaic the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts

the heft of the wainwright's business had been the building of hay wagons

Synonyms & Similar Words

• weights
• bodies
• bulks
• cores
• staples
• masses
• burdens
• essences
• mains
• majorities
• chiefs
• brunts
• focuses
• generalities
• bottoms
• roots
• substances
• entireties
• sums
• amounts
• wholes
• hearts
• natures
• meats
• kernels
• aggregates
• centers
• totals
• matters
• nuts
• stuff
• foci
• middles
• subjects
• piths
• nuclei
• souls
• marrows
• quanta
• totalities
• seats
• topics
• essentialities
• sum totals
• quintessences
• themes
• motifs
• arguments
• texts
• pitches
• purports
• hubs
• cruces
• affairs
• points
• cruxes
• nubs
• gists
• nucleuses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• accessories
• components
• elements
• extensions
• parts
• appendages
• ingredients
• sections
• pieces
• constituents
• features
• sides
• adjuncts
• segments
• accessaries
• qualities
• divisions
• offshoots
• aspects
• angles
• facets

hefts

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verb

present tense third-person singular of heft

1

as in hoists

to lift with effort

hefted his growing son onto his shoulders

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hoists
• heaves
• raises
• boosts
• upheaves
• elevates
• ups
• uplifts
• rears
• jacks (up)
• hikes
• picks up
• upraises
• uprears

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lowers
• drops
• depresses
• submerges
• sinks
• submerses

2

as in lifts

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lifts
• raises
• elevates
• hoists
• heaves
• uplifts
• ups
• heightens
• takes up
• upholds
• boosts
• cranes
• rises
• hikes
• perks (up)
• ascends
• mounts
• picks up
• upraises
• jacks (up)
• rears
• upends

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lowers
• drops
• falls
• descends
• plunges
• slips
• dips
• presses
• pushes
• bears
• depresses
• sinks
• pitches
• submerges