heavy
adjective
of great weight; hard to lift or carry.
heaviest
-
superlativeof heavy.superlative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating the greatest degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Although the heaviest rain is over, according to meteorologists with the National Weather Service, people across the Southwest can expect spotty rain and high tides for the next couple of days.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
Some of the heaviest hitters in tech are serving as founding partners: Anthropic, Google, Meta Platforms, Nvidia and OpenAI, among others, will provide access to software and compute, and open their offices for learning purposes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
It was their heaviest defeat in the league since May 2023 when they lost 3-0 to the same opposition.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Physicists at the University of Oxford have helped demonstrate that one of quantum physics' strangest phenomena, quantum entanglement, can persist even among some of the heaviest and shortest-lived particles ever produced.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
Over their heaviest outdoor clothes they wore great, bulky, bulging things strapped around them.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
