adj
Meaning 1
With heft; heavy, strong, vigorous, mighty, impressive
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He can throw a hefty punch.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
hefty
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈhɛfti/
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CMU ARPABET: HH EH1 F T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Strong; bulky.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- They use some hefty bolts to hold up road signs.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; powerfully or heavily built.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He was a tall, hefty man.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Heavy, weighing a lot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- She carries a hefty backpack full of books.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 5
Large, healthy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- That's going to cost you a hefty sum.
- a hefty fine
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 6
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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adjective satellite
Meaning 7
large in amount or extent or degree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- it cost a considerable amount
- a goodly amount
- received a hefty bonus
- a respectable sum
- a tidy sum of money
- a sizable fortune
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: goodly, goodish, healthy, respectable, sizable, sizeable, tidy
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
of considerable weight and size
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a hefty dictionary
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 9
(of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a hefty athlete
- a muscular boxer
- powerful arms
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: brawny, muscular, powerful, sinewy
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
19th century. From heft (“weight”) + -y. The similarity with German heftig (“vigorous, violent, intense”) is apparently coincidental. From the German are Dutch, Danish, Norwegian heftig, Swedish häftig.
Across languages
Translations
58 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: тежък (težǎk) — heavy
- Dutch: fors — heavy
- Dutch: zwaar — heavy
- Finnish: tuhti — heavy
- French: lourd — heavy
- German: schwer — heavy
- Māori: katete — heavy
- Māori: toimaha — heavy
- Māori: taumaha — heavy
- Occitan: pesuc — heavy
- Polish: ciężki — heavy
- Portuguese: pesado — heavy
- Russian: тяжёлый (tjažólyj) — heavy
- Turkish: ağır — heavy
- Finnish: mahtava — impressive, mighty
- German: beeindruckend — impressive, mighty
- Portuguese: poderoso — impressive, mighty
- Romanian: impresionant — impressive, mighty
- Russian: впечатля́ющий (vpečatljájuščij) — impressive, mighty
- Russian: могу́щественный (mogúščestvennyj) — impressive, mighty
- Turkish: etkileyici — impressive, mighty
- Bulgarian: як (jak) — strong, bulky
- Bulgarian: здрав (zdrav) — strong, bulky
- Dutch: fors — strong, bulky
- Dutch: stevig — strong, bulky
- Esperanto: forta — strong, bulky
- Finnish: tukeva — strong, bulky
- German: deftig — strong, bulky
- German: klobig — strong, bulky
- Portuguese: robusto — strong, bulky
- Romanian: solid — strong, bulky
- Russian: большо́й (bolʹšój) — strong, bulky
- Russian: объёмистый (obʺjómistyj) — strong, bulky
- Russian: масси́вный (massívnyj) — strong, bulky
- Russian: изря́дный (izrjádnyj) — strong, bulky
- Russian: оби́льный (obílʹnyj) — strong, bulky
- Turkish: çam yarması gibi — strong, bulky
- Turkish: iri — strong, bulky
- Turkish: iri yarı — strong, bulky
- Bulgarian: як (jak) — powerfully or heavily built
- Ngazidja Comorian: -radji — powerfully or heavily built
- Dutch: stevig — powerfully or heavily built
- Finnish: tanakka — powerfully or heavily built
- Finnish: vanttera — powerfully or heavily built
- French: baraqué — powerfully or heavily built
- French: costaud — powerfully or heavily built
- German: kräftig — powerfully or heavily built
- German: mächtig — powerfully or heavily built
- German: stark — powerfully or heavily built
- Māori: katete — powerfully or heavily built
- Portuguese: robusto — powerfully or heavily built
- Portuguese: forte — powerfully or heavily built
- Russian: дю́жий (djúžij) — powerfully or heavily built
- Russian: здорове́нный (zdorovénnyj) — powerfully or heavily built
- Russian: си́льный (sílʹnyj) — powerfully or heavily built
- Russian: мо́щный (móščnyj) — powerfully or heavily built
- Turkish: güçlü kuvvetli — powerfully or heavily built
- Turkish: kuvvetli — powerfully or heavily built