HEFTY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for HEFTY?

Need another word that means the same as “hefty”? Find 41 synonyms and 30 related words for “hefty” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Hefty” are: goodish, goodly, healthy, respectable, sizable, sizeable, tidy, brawny, muscular, powerful, sinewy, burly, heavy, sturdy, strapping, bulky, husky, strong, large, big, massive, weighty, solid, well built, powerfully built, leaden, substantial, ponderous, considerable, stiff, extortionate, inflated, huge, excessive, colossal, violent, hard, forceful, vigorous, mighty, thunderous

Hefty as an Adjective

Definitions of "Hefty" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “hefty” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Done with vigour or force.
• Of considerable weight and size.
• (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful.
• Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful.
• Large and heavy.
• Large in amount or extent or degree.
• (of a number or amount) impressively large.

Synonyms of "Hefty" as an adjective (41 Words)

big	Prodigious. A small company with big plans.
brawny	Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful. Gordon had brawny tattooed arms.
bulky	Taking up much space; large and unwieldy. A bulky overcoat clad figure.
burly	Muscular and heavily built. I saw a burly figure approaching.
colossal	Extremely large or great. Colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple.
considerable	(of a person) having merit or distinction. Snow was a limited but still considerable novelist.
excessive	Beyond normal limits. Excessive charges.
extortionate	Using or given to extortion. 2 700 for that guitar is extortionate.
forceful	Forceful and definite in expression or action. She was a forceful personality.
goodish	Moderately good of its kind. A goodish wine.
goodly	Attractive, excellent, or admirable. A goodly amount.
hard	Unfortunate or hard to bear. A hard whack.
healthy	Having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease. A rosy healthy baby.
heavy	Large and powerful especially designed for heavy loads or rough work. A heavy scent of oil.
huge	Extremely large; enormous. Huge government spending.
husky	Deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion- Virgil Thomson. Clothing sizes for husky boys.
inflated	Enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness. You have a very inflated opinion of your worth.
large	Fairly large or important in effect influential. A large city.
leaden	Dull, heavy, or slow. His leaden arms.
massive	Very successful or influential. Massive sulphides.
mighty	Having or showing great strength or force or intensity- Bulwer-Lytton. A mighty blow.
muscular	Having a robust muscular body build characterized by predominance of structures bone and muscle and connective tissue developed from the embryonic mesodermal layer. His legs were strong and muscular.
ponderous	Slow and clumsy because of great weight. Ponderous prehistoric beasts.
powerful	Possessing physical strength and weight rugged and powerful. The horse s powerful kick.
powerfully built	Strong enough to knock down or overwhelm.
respectable	Adequate or acceptable in number, size, or amount. A perfectly respectable pair of pyjamas.
sinewy	(of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful. The language is spare and sinewy.
sizable	Fairly large. A sizable fortune.
sizeable	Large in amount or extent or degree. A sizeable proportion of the population.
solid	Of good quality and condition solidly built. Work of solid scholarship.
stiff	Marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable. A stiff breeze.
strapping	Muscular and heavily built. A strapping boy of eighteen.
strong	Relating to or denoting the strongest of the known kinds of force between particles which acts between nucleons and other hadrons when closer than about 10 cm so binding protons in a nucleus despite the repulsion due to their charge and which conserves strangeness parity and isospin. A strong smell.
sturdy	Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships. The bike is sturdy enough to cope with bumpy tracks.
substantial	Fairly large. Won by a substantial margin.
thunderous	Relating to or resembling thunder. World events of thunderous import.
tidy	Of hair neat and tidy. A tidy house.
vigorous	Strong and active physically or mentally- W.H.Hudson. Gave her skirt a vigorous shake.
violent	Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions inclined to react violently fervid. A violent rage.
weighty	Excessively fat. Weighty problems.
well built	Resulting favorably.

Usage Examples of "Hefty" as an adjective

• A hefty athlete.
• A hefty young chap.
• A hefty dictionary.
• He aimed a hefty kick at the door.
• A hefty £10 million.
• They could face hefty fines.
• Received a hefty bonus.

Associations of "Hefty" (30 Words)

ample	Fairly large in size. An ample waistline.
big	Elder. Big bold piano sounds.
bulky	Of large size for its weight. A bulky carrier bag.
burdensome	Undesirably restrictive. The burdensome task of preparing the income tax return.
considerable	(of a person) having merit or distinction. Went to considerable trouble for us.
cumbersome	Slow or complicated and therefore inefficient. Organizations with cumbersome hierarchical structures.
decibel	A logarithmic unit of sound intensity; 10 times the logarithm of the ratio of the sound intensity to some reference intensity. His voice went up several decibels.
effective	Able to accomplish a purpose functioning effectively G B Shaw. Confused increased equipment and expenditure with the quantity of effective work done.
enormity	The quality of extreme wickedness. I began to get a sense of the enormity of the task.
eventful	Marked by interesting or exciting events. An eventful decision.
heavy	A thing such as a vehicle that is large or heavy of its kind. The fighting was heavy.
illustrious	Having or conferring glory. His illustrious predecessor.
immensity	Unusual largeness in size or extent or number. I have no illusions about the immensity of this task.
impetus	A force that moves something along. Hit the booster coil before the flywheel loses all its impetus.
large	Fairly large or important in effect influential. Add a large clove of garlic.
massive	Very serious. The band are going to be massive.
overtax	Tax excessively. Do athletes overtax their hearts.
overwhelming	Very strong; urgently felt. The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
ponderable	Capable of being weighed or considered. Something ponderable from the outer world something of which we can say that its weight is so and so.
powerful	Possessing physical strength and weight rugged and powerful. Powerful arms.
profundity	Great depth of insight or knowledge. The profundity of her misery.
significant	Of considerable importance, size, or worth. A significant contribution.
sizable	Large in amount or extent or degree. A sizable fortune.
strong	Relating to or denoting the strongest of the known kinds of force between particles which acts between nucleons and other hadrons when closer than about 10 cm so binding protons in a nucleus despite the repulsion due to their charge and which conserves strangeness parity and isospin. Gave a strong pull on the rope.
substantial	Fairly large. A substantial amount of cash.
tome	A book, especially a large, heavy, scholarly one. A weighty tome.
tremendous	Extremely good or impressive; excellent. Tremendous sweeping plains.
undeniably	Used to emphasize that something cannot be denied or disputed. The results were undeniably impressive.
unwieldy	Difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape. Almost dropped the unwieldy parcel.
vast	An immense space. A vast plain full of orchards.