HEAVY — 5 letter word
heavy
The word heavy has 5 letters: H, E, A, V, Y. It contains 2 vowels and 3 consonants. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. As a adjective, it means "prodigious".
5 letter word "heavy": H E A V Y — adjective
Scrabble score: 14 Words With Friends score: 13
Letter analysis of heavy
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| H | 1 | Consonant | 4 |
| E | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| A | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| V | 1 | Consonant | 4 |
| Y | 1 | Consonant | 4 |
2 vowels, 3 consonants, 5 unique letters
Definition of heavy
adjective
- prodigious Synonyms: big
- requiring or showing effort "heavy breathing" Synonyms: labored, laboured
- usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it Synonyms: fleshy, overweight
- full of Synonyms: weighed down
- sharply inclined "a heavy grade"
- dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal "a heavy pudding"
- of comparatively great physical weight or density "a heavy load"
- large and powerful "especially designed for heavy loads or rough work"
- marked by great psychological weight
- unusually great in degree or quantity or number "heavy taxes"
- (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight "heavy hydrogen"
- of great intensity or power or force "a heavy blow"
- slow and laborious because of weight "the heavy tread of tired troops" Synonyms: ponderous
- of the military or industry Synonyms: light
- of great gravity or crucial import Synonyms: grave, grievous, weighty
- given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors Synonyms: hard
- full and loud and deep "heavy sounds" Synonyms: sonorous
- made of fabric having considerable thickness "a heavy coat"
- of relatively large extent and density "a heavy line"
- permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter Synonyms: dense, impenetrable
- (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain "Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'"
- darkened by clouds "a heavy sky" Synonyms: threatening, lowering, sullen
- (used of soil) compact and fine-grained "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated" Synonyms: clayey, cloggy
- (of sleep) deep and complete "a heavy sleep" Synonyms: sound, profound, wakeless
- lacking lightness or liveliness "heavy humor" Synonyms: leaden
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion Synonyms: hard
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy Synonyms: big
noun
- a serious (or tragic) role in a play
- an actor who plays villainous roles
adverb
- slowly as if burdened by much weight "time hung heavy on their hands" Synonyms: heavily
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