heft

1. 1.

   the property of being large in mass

   Synonymsheftinessmassivenessponderousnessponderosity

   Broaderheaviness

Other forms of heft

plural

hefts·

past tense

hefted·

present participle

hefting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about heft

What does heft mean?

heft means "lift or elevate". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in heft?

heft has 1 syllable: heft. In IPA it is /ˈhɛft/.

What is another word for heft?

Close synonyms include heave, heave up, heft up, heftiness, massiveness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is heft a common word?

heft is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.