Synonyms for heaviness
heav·i·ness

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1. heaviness, weightinessnoun

   the property of being comparatively great in weight

   "the heaviness of lead"

   Synonyms:
   weightiness, burdensomeness, ponderousness, onerousness, weight, thickness, oppressiveness

   Antonyms:
   lightness, weightlessness

2. heavinessnoun

   persisting sadness

   "nothing lifted the heaviness of her heart after her loss"

   Synonyms:
   onerousness, burdensomeness, weightiness, ponderousness, thickness, oppressiveness

   Antonyms:
   weightlessness, lightness

3. ponderousness, heavinessnoun

   an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency

   "a book so serious that it sometimes subsided into ponderousness"; "his lectures tend to heaviness and repetition"

   Synonyms:
   heft, massiveness, weightiness, heftiness, burdensomeness, oppressiveness, onerousness, ponderosity, thickness, ponderousness

   Antonyms:
   lightness, weightlessness

4. thickness, heavinessnoun

   used of a line or mark

   Synonyms:
   onerousness, burdensomeness, weightiness, ponderousness, thickness, oppressiveness

   Antonyms:
   weightlessness, lightness

5. burdensomeness, heaviness, onerousness, oppressivenessnoun

   unwelcome burdensome difficulty

   Synonyms:
   weightiness, burdensomeness, ponderousness, onerousness, oppression, thickness, oppressiveness

   Antonyms:
   lightness, weightlessness

Matched Categories

1. • Difficulty
   • Sadness
   • Uninterestingness
   • Weight
   • Wideness

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. heavinessnoun

   Synonyms:
   gravity, weight, ponderousness

2. heavinessnoun

   Synonyms:
   oppressiveness, grievousness, severity

3. heavinessnoun

   Synonyms:
   languor, dulness, stupidity, sluggishness

4. heavinessnoun

   Synonyms:
   dejection, depression, sadness, melancholy, despondency, gloom, low spirits, depression of spirits

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1. heavinessnoun

   Synonyms:
   weight, ponderosity, ponderousness, gravity

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1. List of paraphrases for "heaviness":

   sadness, gravity

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1. Steve Jobs:

   I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.

2. Brandon A. Trean:

   May the lightness of your happiness out-interest you from the heaviness of your thoughts.

3. Casey Neistat:

   Top-heaviness is not something that is conducive to a startup environment.

4. Ron Jeremy:

   The thing about heaviness is you can't do a 12-step program, you have to eat, (Loving to eat) is one of the worst addictions.

5. Shannon Peterson:

   I don't think people are reading it just to relive their teen moments, it's so interesting to see what happens when there is all of that living, emotion and the heaviness of all that emotion, without the experience. It's such a terrible and beautiful thing to witness.