heftier

Heavier and bulkier

Heftier is the comparative form of hefty, meaning heavier, bulkier, or more substantial.

A heftier bag is harder to lift; a heftier price tag costs more; a heftier portion is larger.

The new model comes with a heftier engine.

They're facing heftier fines this time around.

weight

heavier

Having more mass

ponderous · substantial · laden · leaden · burdensome · cumbersome · unwieldy · gravitational · lumbering · loaded

figurative

weightier

More heavy or significant

build

stockier

More solidly built

strapping · sturdier · heavyset · portly · stout · corpulent · plump · broader · meatier

size

larger

More in size

amplified · expanded · enlarged

Opposites
physical weight

heftierlighter

Comparative of not heavy

weightless · feathery · buoyant · insubstantial · gossamer

physical size/bulk

heftiersmaller

Of reduced magnitude

slighter · slimmer · thinner · daintier · tinier

importance/significance

heftierless important

Of lower significance

slighter · paltrier · lighter

Family

heftiness, heftiest

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