hefty

hefty
adj
1. heavy, weighty, bulky, substantial, dense, ample; big, large, huge, gigantic, titanic, enormous, massive, ponderous, ponderable, burdensome, prodigious, mammoth, mighty, colossal, immense; unwieldy, cumbrous, cumbersome, awkward, clumsy, unmanageable, inconvenient.
2. muscular, brawny, strapping, muscled, well-muscled, full-muscled, powerfully-built, broad-shouldered, Derog. muscle-bound; stalwart, rugged, husky, solid, well-knit; powerful, potent, mighty.

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  • hefty — UK US /ˈhefti/ adjective ► extremely large: a hefty 15.9%/30%/54%, etc. »One of the market s star performers announced a hefty $10bn share buyback programme. hefty returns/dividends »They promised investors hefty returns. a hefty fee/fine/premium …   Financial and business terms

  • Hefty — Heft y, a. 1. Moderately heavy. [Colloq. U. S.] [1913 Webster] 2. Strong; muscular; of people. [PJC] 3. Substantial; large; as, a hefty increase in annual profits. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hefty — is a brand name of trash bags, foam disposable tableware, children’s disposable tableware, slider closure food storage and freezer bags, and disposable cookware. It is a registered trademark of Pactiv Corporation. Founded by Mobil Corporation,… …   Wikipedia

  • hefty — 1867, from HEFT (Cf. heft) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Related: Heftiness …   Etymology dictionary

  • hefty — *heavy, weighty, ponderous, cumbrous, cumbersome Analogous words: & Antonyms: see those at HEAVY …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • hefty — [adj] big, bulky ample, awkward, beefy*, brawny, burly, colossal, cumbersome, extensive, fat, forceful, heavy, hulking, husky, large, largescale, major, massive, muscular, ponderous, powerful, robust, sizable, strapping*, strong, sturdy,… …   New thesaurus

  • hefty — ► ADJECTIVE (heftier, heftiest) 1) large, heavy, and powerful. 2) (of a number or amount) considerable. DERIVATIVES heftily adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • hefty — [hef′tē] adj. heftier, heftiest Informal 1. weighty; heavy 2. large and powerful 3. big or fairly big heftily adv. heftiness n …   English World dictionary

  • hefty — hef|ty [ˈhefti] adj [usually before noun] 1.) big and heavy ▪ a tall, hefty man ▪ a hefty tome (=large thick book) ▪ hefty camera equipment 2.) a hefty amount of something, especially money, is very large ▪ a hefty fine 3.) BrE a hefty blow, kick …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • hefty — adjective 1 a hefty person, book etc is big and heavy: a hefty volume containing over pages 2 a hefty amount of something such as money is very large: a hefty fine 3 a hefty blow, kick etc is done using a lot of force: a hefty punch heftily… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • hefty — UK [ˈheftɪ] / US adjective Word forms hefty : adjective hefty comparative heftier superlative heftiest 1) large and heavy Richard is a really hefty bloke. 2) a hefty amount of money is a large and impressive amount a hefty sum/fine/bonus 3) a… …   English dictionary

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