HEFTINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heftiness mean? 

• HEFTINESS (noun)
  The noun HEFTINESS has 2 senses:

1. possessing muscular strength

2. the property of being large in mass

  Familiarity information: HEFTINESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEFTINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Possessing muscular strength

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

brawn; brawniness; heftiness; muscle; muscularity; sinew

Hypernyms ("heftiness" is a kind of...):

strength (the property of being physically or mentally strong)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The property of being large in mass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

heft; heftiness; massiveness; ponderosity; ponderousness

Hypernyms ("heftiness" is a kind of...):

heaviness; weightiness (the property of being comparatively great in weight)

Derivation:

hefty (large in amount or extent or degree)

hefty (of considerable weight and size)

hefty ((of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful)