hefty

Other forms of hefty

comparative or superlative

heftier

comparative or superlative

heftiest

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 hefty

What does hefty mean?

hefty means "(of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hefty?

hefty has 2 syllables: hef-ty. The stress falls on "hef". In IPA it is /ˈhɛfti/.

What is another word for hefty?

Close synonyms include brawny, muscular, powerful, sinewy, goodly. 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 hefty a common word?

hefty is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.