hefty

Meaning

1. with heft; heavy, strong, vigorous, mighty, impressive
2. Strong; bulky.
3. Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; powerfully or heavily built.
4. Heavy, weighing a lot.
5. Large.

Synonyms

powerful

massive

robust

sturdy

brawny

big

muscular

heavy

strong

mighty

substantial

goodly

healthy

⚕️

tidy

sizeable

fat

weighty

sinewy

corpulent

heavy-bodied

respectable

sizable

goodish

pregnant

profit

puissant

rugged

saturnine

snug

stalwart

stodgy

stout

thick

thickset

tough

waterlogged

sonsy

gee whiz

skookum

thick-bodied

beefy

whizzy

bulky

burly

cumbrous

dumpy

firm

forceful

gigantic

hearty

huge

husky

influential

intense

killing

labored

laboured

leaden

logy

lumpish

massy

onerous

ponderous

potent

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhɛfti/

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.