Synonyms for hefty
- adjective
Most common
huge massive considerable sizable US powerful brawny ponderable
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Considerable — large, healthy
large, considerable, massive, huge, big, sizable US, sizeable UK, handsome, respectable, goodly, healthy, tidy, liberal, goodish, prodigious
2. Heavy — strong; bulky
heavy, strong, brawny, powerful, sinewy, muscular, sturdy, bulky, robust, stout, strapping, vigorous, stalwart
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Strong; bulky.
They use some hefty bolts to hold up road signs.
- adj. 2
Large, healthy.
That's going to cost you a hefty sum.
Related words
- Word family
- heftiness
Example sentences
- huge Yesterday I went to the zoo and saw a huge walrus.
- massive Algeria exports massive quantities of natural gas.
- considerable The ice may drift considerable distances each day.
- sizable A sizable portion of his students loved him.
- powerful His powerful speech carried the audience with him.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| hefty | rising | |
| huge | rising | |
| massive | steady | |
| considerable | falling | |
| sizable | falling | |
| powerful | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- big1
- 4 letters
- huge1, tidy2
- 5 letters
- large1, heavy2, stout1, bulky2
- 6 letters
- strong1, robust2, sturdy2, goodly2, brawny2, sinewy3
- 7 letters
- healthy2, massive2, liberal3, sizable3, goodish
- 8 letters
- powerful3, handsome2, muscular3, vigorous3, sizeable3, stalwart2
- 9 letters
- strapping2
- 10 letters
- prodigious3, ponderable
- 11 letters
- respectable4
- 12 letters
- considerable5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tidy2 = 2 syllables).