zwaar

Meaning

1. heavy, hefty
2. strong physically
3. strong, potent
4. big, sizeable
5. difficult, hard
6. arduous, gruelling
7. important, significant

Concepts

heavy

hard

arduous

tough

distressing

painful

strong

grevious

onerous

weighty

difficult

burdensome

inconvenient

hardly

with difficulty

severe

forceful

mighty

potent

powerful

stallwart

vigorous

deep

important

serious

not easily

strict

harsh

grievous

sore

hefty

laborious

thick

solid

appreciable

considerable

grave

key

real

significant

sizable

substantial

stodgy

austere

sharp

stark

stern

challenging

exacting

formidable

arduously

big

massive

punishing

strongly

weightily

cumbersome

toilsome

adult

full-grown

grown-up

major

of age

difficultly

painfully

sorely

with effort

active

assiduous

diligent

hardworking

industrious

bleak

depressing

dismal

hurtful

miserable

saddening

troublesome

burly

heavily

rugged

stiff

laden

strenuous

massy

lumping

ponderous

sad

toilful

mellow

massively

grievously

onerously

burdenous

demanding

tiring

backbreaking

exhausting

gruelling

labourious

laboursome

painstaking

tireful

wearisome

Pronounced as (IPA)

/zʋaːr/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch swâer, from Old Dutch *swār, *swāri, from Proto-West Germanic *swār, from Proto-Germanic *swēraz, *swēriz.