heavy
     adj 1: of comparatively great physical weight or density; "a heavy
            load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogony
            furniture" [ant: {light}]
     2: unusually great in degree or quantity or number; "heavy
        taxes"; "a heavy fine"; "heavy casualties"; "heavy
        losses"; "heavy rain"; "heavy traffic" [ant: {light}]
     3: of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest
        and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment;
        "heavy artillery"; "heavy infantry"; "a heavy cruiser";
        "heavy guns"; "heavy industry involves large-scale
        production of basic products (such as steel) used by other
        industries" [ant: {light}]
     4: having or suggesting a viscous consistency; "heavy cream"
     5: wide from side to side; "a heavy black mark" [syn: {thick}]
     6: marked by great psychological weight; weighted down
        especially with sadness or troubles or weariness; "a heavy
        heart"; "a heavy schedule"; "heavy news"; "a heavy
        silence"; "heavy eyelids" [ant: {light}]
     7: usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large
        frame to carry it [syn: {fleshy}, {overweight}]
     8: (used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil
        was heavy and easily saturated" [syn: {clayey}, {cloggy}]
     9: darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky" [syn: {lowering}, {sullen},
         {threatening}]
     10: of great intensity or power or force; "a heavy blow"; "the
         fighting was heavy"; "heavy seas" [ant: {light}]
     11: (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with
         greater than average atomic mass or weight; "heavy
         hydrogen"; "heavy water" [ant: {light}]
     12: (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain; "Iago is
         the heavy role in `Othello'"
     13: permitting little if any light to pass through because of
         denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog";
         "impenetrable gloom" [syn: {dense}, {impenetrable}]
     14: made of fabric having considerable thickness; "a heavy coat"
     15: of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately; "does a
         lot of hard drinking"; "a heavy drinker" [syn: {hard(a)}]
     16: prodigious; "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor"
         [syn: {big(a)}, {heavy(a)}]
     17: used of syllables or musical beats [syn: {accented}, {strong}]
     18: full and loud and deep; "heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for
         his sonorous voice" [syn: {sonorous}]
     19: of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious
         thought; "grave responsibilities"; "faced a grave
         decision in a time of crisis"; "a grievous fault"; "heavy
         matters of state"; "the weighty matters to be discussed
         at the peace conference" [syn: {grave}, {grievous}, {weighty}]
     20: slow and laborious because of weight; "the heavy tread of
         tired troops"; "moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot";
         "ponderous prehistoric beasts"; "a ponderous yawn" [syn:
         {lumbering}, {ponderous}]
     21: large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or
         rough work; "a heavy truck"; "heavy machinery"
     22: dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause
         distress in the alimentary canal; "a heavy pudding"
     23: sharply inclined; "a heavy grade"
     24: full of; bearing great weight; "trees heavy with fruit";
         "vines weighed down with grapes" [syn: {weighed down}]
     25: requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject
         made for labored reading" [syn: {labored}, {laboured}]
     26: characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion;
         especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up
         the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor";
         "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours
         on the project"; "set a punishing pace" [syn: {arduous},
         {backbreaking}, {grueling}, {gruelling}, {hard}, {laborious},
          {punishing}, {toilsome}]
     27: lacking lightness or liveliness; "heavy humor"; "a leaden
         conversation" [syn: {leaden}]
     28: (of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a
         profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"
         [syn: {profound}, {sound}, {wakeless}]
     29: in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child";
         "was great with child" [syn: {big(p)}, {enceinte}, {expectant},
          {gravid}, {great(p)}, {large(p)}, {heavy(p)}, {with
         child(p)}]
     n 1: an actor who plays villainous roles
     2: a serious (or tragic) role in a play
     adv : slowly as if burdened by much weight; "time hung heavy on
           their hands" [syn: {heavily}]
     [also: {heaviest}, {heavier}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0