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 v.0.48
hefty
adj 1: (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight;
rugged and powerful; "a hefty athlete"; "a muscular
boxer"; "powerful arms" [syn: brawny, muscular, powerful,
sinewy]
2: of considerable weight and size; "a hefty dictionary"
3: large in amount or extent or degree; "it cost a considerable
amount"; "a goodly amount"; "received a hefty bonus"; "a
respectable sum"; "a tidy sum of money"; "a sizable
fortune" [syn: goodly, goodish, respectable, sizable,
sizeable, tidy]
[also: heftiest, heftier]
WordNet (r) 2.0
139 Moby Thesaurus words for "hefty":
Herculean, adipose, annoying, arduous, awkward, backbreaking,
beefy, besetting, big, big-bellied, bloated, blowzy, bosomy,
bothersome, bouncing, brawny, bulky, burdensome, burly, buxom,
chubby, chunky, clumsy, considerable, corpulent, crushing,
cumbersome, distended, doughty, dumpy, effortful, enormous,
extensive, fat, fattish, fleshy, forced, forceful, forcible, forcy,
full, full-blooded, full-strength, gross, grueling, gutsy, gutty,
hale, hard, hard as nails, hard-earned, hard-fought, hardy, hearty,
heavy, heavyset, heavyweight, hippy, huge, husky, imposing,
impressive, irksome, iron-hard, killing, labored, laborious, large,
large-scale, leaden, lusty, major, massive, massy, meaty, mighty,
muscular, nervy, obese, obstinate, onerous, operose, oppressive,
overweight, painful, paunchy, plaguey, plump, podgy, ponderous,
portly, potbellied, potent, powerful, pudgy, puffy, puissant,
punishing, pursy, red-blooded, robust, robustious, roly-poly,
rotund, rugged, sizable, sizeable, square, squat, squatty,
stalwart, steely, stocky, stout, strained, strapping, strenuous,
strong, strong as brandy, strong as strong, strong-willed, sturdy,
substantial, swollen, thick-bodied, thickset, toilsome, top-heavy,
tough, troublesome, trying, tubby, unwieldy, uphill, vexatious,
vigorous, wearisome, weighty, well-fed
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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