MASSY Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

massy

adjective

Definition of massy

as in voluminous

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Recent Examples of massy While the attempts to create massy cinema land fine for most parts, Dhawan does not quite emerge as the larger-than-life south-Indian hero set to rule the audience merely with his presence. — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024 All objects that have mass interact with other massy objects—that’s called gravitational interaction. — Wired, 6 Nov. 2019 The courtiers, having entered, brought furnaces and massy hammers and welded the bolts. — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 4 May 2017

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Adjective

Allen paired her silver heels with a formfitting party dress featuring spaghetti straps and a voluminous bow at the back.

— Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 16 Aug. 2026
That growing self-possession becomes visual in the film’s party scene, where Miriam arrives in a voluminous yellow-green dress that immediately separates her from the room around her.

— Callum McLennan, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of voluminous

Adjective

Traditional flatbed scanners are bulky, take up too much desk space, and slow down your creative or professional momentum.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Aug. 2026
Speaking on a recent episode of the podcast, the former Miss Kansas USA and marathon runner dispelled misconceptions around women's fitness — specifically the belief that lifting heavy weights leads to a bulky physique.

— Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of bulky

Adjective

Character movements can feel heavy, almost leaden, and backgrounds are often stripped down to their simplest forms, leaving them flat and artificial.

— Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 26 June 2026
Bulgur is one of those wheat variants that in this country seems tethered to an unfair reputation as a leaden relic of 1970s health-food fads.

— Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026

Definition of leaden

Adjective

Queen Kapiolani, Hawaii’s queen from 1874 to 1891, died on the land that became the site of the elephantine indoor/outdoor Hyatt Regency resort in Waikīkī, where Kumukahi was the cultural ambassador for a decade.

— Matt Negrin, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2025
Eclectic traditionalism, remade on an elephantine scale, is the style of totalitarianism.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025

Definition of elephantine

Adjective

Immediately after the legislation was signed, states began bracing for the substantial pullback of federal support, rural hospital closures, and implementation of burdensome paperwork requirements intended to drive down enrollment.

— Diana DeGette, Denver Post, 16 Aug. 2026
QueerDoc has also argued the subpoena is overbroad and burdensome.

— Sudhin Thanawala, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of burdensome

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