Synonyms of the word ponderous


PONDEROUSHEAVY - HEAVY-FOOTED - LUMBERING - UNINTERESTING

ponderous

  • adj. Heavy, massive, weighty.
  • adj. (figuratively, by extension) Serious, onerous, oppressive.
  • adj. Clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight.
  • adj. Dull, boring, tedious; long-winded in expression.
  • adj. (rare) Characterized by or associated with pondering.
  • adj. (obsolete) Dense.

heavy

  • adj. (of a physical object) Having great weight.
  • adj. (of a topic) Serious, somber.
  • adj. Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.
  • adj. (Britain, slang, dated) Good.
  • adj. (dated, late 1960s, 1970s, US) Profound.
  • adj. (of a rate of flow) High, great.
  • adj. (slang) Armed.
  • adj. (music) Louder, more distorted.
  • adj. (of weather) Hot and humid.
  • adj. (of a person) Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.
  • adj. (of food) High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.
  • adj. Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.
  • adj. Laden to a great extent.
  • adj. Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with…
  • adj. Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.
  • adj. Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.
  • adj. Not raised or leavened.
  • adj. Having much body or strength; said of wines or spirits.
  • adj. (obsolete) With child; pregnant.
  • adv. heavily.
  • adv. (India, colloquial) very.
  • n. A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
  • n. (slang) A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.
  • n. (aviation) A large multi-engined aircraft.
  • v. (often with "up") To make heavier.
  • v. To sadden.
  • v. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) To use power and/or wealth to exert influence on, e.g., governments…
  • adj. Having the heaves.

heavy-footed

  • adj. (idiomatic) Slow-moving.

lumbering

  • n. The act of one who lumbers; heavy, clumsy movement.
  • n. (US) The business of felling trees for lumber.
  • adj. Clumsy or awkward.
  • adj. Heavy, slow and laborious; ponderous.

uninteresting

  • adj. Arousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful.

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