Synonyms of the word heftiness


HEFTINESSBRAWN - BRAWNINESS - HEAVINESS - HEFT - MASSIVENESS - MUSCLE - MUSCULARITY - PONDEROSITY - PONDEROUSNESS - SINEW - STRENGTH - WEIGHTINESS

heftiness

  • n. The property of being hefty.

brawn

  • n. Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.
  • n. Physical strength; muscularity.
  • n. (chiefly Britain) Head cheese; a terrine made from the head of a pig or calf; originally boar's meat.
  • n. (Britain, dialectal) A boar.
  • v. (transitive) Make fat, especially of a boar.
  • v. (intransitive) Become fat, especially of a boar.

brawniness

  • n. The state of being brawny or having brawn.

heaviness

  • n. The state of being heavy; weight, weightiness, force of impact or gravity.
  • n. (obsolete) Oppression; dejectedness, sadness.

heft

  • n. (uncountable) Weight.
  • n. Heaviness, the feel of weight.
  • n. (Northern England) A piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become hefted (accustomed).
  • n. An animal that has become hefted thus.
  • n. (West of Ireland) Poor condition in sheep caused by mineral deficiency.
  • n. The act or effort of heaving; violent strain or exertion.
  • n. (US, dated, colloquial) The greater part or bulk of anything.
  • v. (transitive) To lift up; especially, to lift something heavy.
  • v. (transitive) To test the weight of something by lifting it.
  • v. (transitive, Northern England and Scotland) (of a farm animal, especially a flock of sheep) To become…
  • v. (obsolete) past participle of to heave.
  • n. A number of sheets of paper fastened together, as for a notebook.
  • n. A part of a serial publication.

massiveness

  • n. The property of being massive.

muscle

  • n. (uncountable) A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement.
  • n. (countable) An organ composed of muscle tissue.
  • n. (uncountable, usually in the plural) A well-developed physique, in which the muscles are enlarged from…
  • n. (uncountable, figuratively) Strength, force.
  • n. (uncountable, figuratively) Hired strongmen or bodyguards.
  • v. To use force to make progress, especially physical force.

muscularity

  • n. musculature.
  • n. (bodybuilding) The degree to which the muscles in a body part are developed.

ponderosity

  • n. The quality of requiring extensive thought.
  • n. (obsolete) Weight; heaviness.

ponderousness

  • n. The quality of being ponderous.

sinew

  • n. (anatomy) A cord or tendon of the body.
  • n. (obsolete) A nerve.
  • n. (figuratively) Muscle; nerve; nervous energy; vigor; vigorous strength; muscular power.
  • n. A string or chord, as of a musical instrument.
  • n. (figuratively) That which gives strength or in which strength consists; a supporting member or factor;…
  • v. To knit together, or make strong with, or as if with, sinews.

strength

  • n. The quality or degree of being strong.
  • n. The intensity of a force or power; potency.
  • n. The strongest part of something; that on which confidence or reliance is based.
  • n. A positive attribute.
  • n. (obsolete) A strong place; a stronghold.
  • v. (obsolete) To give strength to; to strengthen.

weightiness

  • n. The quality of being weighty.

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