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superlative of heavy.

heaviest

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having great weight adj.
difficult, severe adj.
depressed, gloomy adj.
listless, slow adj.

ADJECTIVE

having great weight

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abundant awkward big bulky burdensome considerable cumbersome excessive fat hefty huge large massive substantial unwieldy weighty

STRONG

gross lumbering overweight stout

WEAK

ample beefy built chunky copious corpulent cumbrous elephantine enceinte expectant fleshy gravid laden lead-footed loaded obese oppressed parturient ponderous porcine portly pregnant top-heavy two-ton unmanageable weighted zaftig

Antonyms

STRONGEST

convenient easy graceful handy impoverished insignificant little miniature poor slight small thin tiny unimportant unsubstantial

STRONG

skinny underweight

WEAK

airy gay happy inconsequential joyful light lightweight moving smoooth trivial

ADJECTIVE

difficult, severe

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arduous burdensome complicated hard harsh onerous rough serious tedious tough violent weighty

STRONG

complex grave wild

WEAK

abstruse acroamatic boisterous confused effortful esoteric formidable grievous intolerable knotty labored laborious oppressive profound recondite solemn stormy strenuous tempestuous toilsome troublesome turbulent vexatious wearisome

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm courteous easy facile gentle kind light mild moderate nice peaceful polite simple smooth soft trivial unimportant

WEAK

airy gay happy inconsequential insignificant joyful lightweight little moving slight small smoooth

ADJECTIVE

depressed, gloomy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dark wet

STRONG

close damp downcast lowering melancholy overcast stifling

WEAK

cloudy crestfallen dejected despondent disconsolate dismal dull grieving leaden oppressive sad sodden soggy sorrowful

Antonyms

STRONG

cheerful dry happy

WEAK

airy easy gay inconsequential insignificant joyful light lightweight little moving slight small smoooth trivial unimportant

ADJECTIVE

listless, slow

Synonyms

STRONGEST

sluggish

WEAK

apathetic comatose dull hebetudinous indifferent lethargic slumberous torpid

Antonyms

WEAK

airy easy gay happy inconsequential insignificant joyful light lightweight little moving slight small smoooth trivial unimportant

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heaviest

Some places can see flooding downpours while others, perhaps only a few miles away, avoid the heaviest rain and stay essentially dry.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Within the index, energy and tech carried the heaviest second-quarter expectations: Analysts see energy-sector profits more than doubling from a year earlier, while tech earnings are projected to climb 61%.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence powered simulation that could significantly improve our understanding of how the universe creates many of its heaviest elements.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 8, 2026

The UN Development Programme has found that Afghanistan is among a group of countries that "have contributed the least to global warming yet bear its heaviest costs".

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

In the diet of the average home, meats and any products derived from animal fats contain the heaviest residues of chlorinated hydrocarbons.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson