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Synonyms & Antonyms of hefty
1
having great weight
- that's a pretty hefty book bag for a tiny person like you
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2
of a size greater than average of its kind
- received a hefty donation from the local business association for holiday lights along Main Street
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- astronomical
- (also astronomic),
- Brobdingnagian,
- bumper,
- Bunyanesque,
- cavernous,
- colossal,
- cosmic
- (also cosmical),
- cyclopean,
- elephantine,
- enormous,
- galactic,
- gargantuan,
- gigantic,
- gross,
- hellacious,
- herculean,
- heroic
- (also heroical),
- Himalayan,
- huge,
- humongous
- (also humungous),
- immense,
- jumbo,
- king-size
- (or king-sized),
- leviathan,
- major,
- mammoth,
- massive,
- monolithic,
- monstrous,
- monumental,
- mountainous,
- pharaonic,
- prodigious,
- staggering,
- stupendous,
- super,
- super-duper,
- supersized,
- titanic,
- tremendous,
- vast,
- vasty,
- walloping,
- whacking,
- whopping
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- diminutive,
- half-pint,
- infinitesimal,
- Lilliputian,
- little bitty,
- microminiature,
- microscopic
- (also microscopical),
- mini,
- miniature,
- minuscule,
- minute,
- pint-size
- (or pint-sized),
- pocket-size
- (also pocket-sized),
- pygmy,
- teensy,
- teensy-weensy,
- teeny,
- teeny-weeny,
- tiny,
- wee
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The first known use of hefty was in 1863
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