Hefty — Meaning, Definition & Synonyms

Hefty (adjective) — Senses, Synonyms & Antonyms

1. having great weight

   "that's a pretty hefty book bag for a tiny person like you"

   similar: heavy, massive, ponderous, weighty
   related: burdensome, leaden, lumpish, bulky, elephantine, massy, outsize, voluminous, overweight, top-heavy, solid, substantial, ultraheavy
   opposite: light, weightless
   near: airy, ethereal, feathery, fluffy, gossamer, gossamery, flimsy, insubstantial, slight, lightweight, undersized, underweight, ultralight, ultralightweight

2. of a size greater than average of its kind

   "received a hefty donation from the local business association for holiday lights along Main Street"

   similar: big, biggish, boxcar, bulky, considerable, goodly, grand, great, handsome, hulking, husky, large, largish, outsize, oversize, sizable, substantial, tidy, voluminous
   related: astronomical, Brobdingnagian, bumper, Bunyanesque, cavernous, colossal, cosmic, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, galactic, gargantuan, gigantic, gross, hellacious, herculean, heroic, Himalayan, huge, humongous, immense, jumbo, king-size, leviathan, major, mammoth, massive, monolithic, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, pharaonic, prodigious, staggering, stupendous, super, super-duper, supersized, titanic, tremendous, vast, vasty, walloping, whacking, whopping, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, inordinate, abundant, ample, appreciable, copious, plentiful, fat, thick, capacious, commodious, roomy, spacious
   opposite: bantam, dinky, dwarf, dwarfish, little, puny, shrimpy, small, smallish, undersized
   near: diminutive, half-pint, infinitesimal, Lilliputian, little bitty, microminiature, microscopic, mini, miniature, minuscule, minute, pint-size, pocket-size, pygmy, teensy, teensy-weensy, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, wee, petite, slender, slight, slim, thin

3. strongly and heavily built

   "hefty since childhood, he became a champion wrestler"

   similar: beefy, brawny, burly, hulking, husky, mesomorphic
   related: able-bodied, athletic, herculean, mighty, muscle-bound, muscular, powerful, robust, rugged, sinewy, stalwart, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, chunky, compact, heavy, heavyset, solid, squat, squatty, stocky, thickset, chubby, dumpy, lumpish, podgy (chiefly British), portly, pudgy, roly-poly, tubby
   near: lean, light, lightweight, slender, slight, slim, svelte, sylphlike, thin, willowy, bony, gangling, gangly, gaunt, gawky, lanky, reedy, scraggy, scrawny, skinny, spare, stringy, twiggy, waspish, weedy, spidery, wiry, debilitated, delicate, effete, emaciated, enervated, enfeebled, feeble, fragile, frail, infirm, puny, unathletic, weak, weakly, wimpy