Basic Details
Word: Heavy
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Weighing a lot and hard to lift or move; also large in amount or force, as in heavy traffic or heavy rain.
Synonyms: weighty, hefty, bulky
Antonyms: light
How to Spell Heavy
Syllables: heav - y
Tricky part: It sounds like 'hevvy', but it has one v and the vowel sound is spelt ea, as in head and bread.
Watch out for: hevy, heavey, heavie
Memory tip: Head, bread and heavy all hide the same ea that sounds like e. A heavy loaf of bread is a good picture to hold on to.
Idioms and Phrases
- with a heavy heart: feeling very sad. Example: "With a heavy heart, she said goodbye to her school friends before moving to Pune."
Usage Examples
Example 1: This box of old encyclopaedias is too heavy for one person.
Example 2: There was heavy traffic on the flyover, so we missed the first song.
Example 3: The cook warned us that the biryani was a heavy meal before a swim.
Fun Fact
A heavyweight in boxing is a fighter in the heaviest weight class, and the word is now used for any important person, like a political heavyweight.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word heavy as used in the sentence:
The heavy steel trunk would not fit on the luggage rack, so Papa slid it under the lower berth of the train.
a) hefty
b) light
c) bulky
d) weighty
Show answer
b) light. A trunk too big and weighty for the rack is heavy, and the opposite is light.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Grandma's brass pot is too hevy for me to lift, so I always ask my elder brother to carry it into the kitchen.
a) brother
b) brass
c) kitchen
d) hevy
Show answer
d) hevy. The 'he' sound in heavy is spelt hea, so hevy is missing an a.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:
The fog was so yveha that the morning flight to Delhi was delayed by three hours.
a) heave
b) heady
c) heavy
d) hefty
Show answer
c) heavy. Five letters with a v and a y can only be heavy.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these is usually the heaviest?
a) a horse
b) an elephant
c) a goat
d) a dog
Show answer
b) an elephant
2. To do something 'with a heavy heart' is to do it ____.
a) angrily
b) quickly
c) proudly
d) sadly
Show answer
d) sadly
