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🧪 Very large atom 🤼 A top weight athlete 🏋️ Extremely heavy 🥊 Above heavyweight
superheavy

superheavy

4.3
Much heavier than normal and hard to move
  • adjective
  • /ˌsuːpərˈhɛvi/
translation icon : muy pesado
  • Transporting a superheavy load across the bridge required careful planning and permits.

Examples

  • The superheavy machinery required a special crane to lift it into place.

  • The box was superheavy and hard to lift.

  • Only a few athletes can compete in the superheavy weight class at the Olympics.

  • I found a superheavy rock in the garden.

  • The superheavy cargo needed multiple trucks to transport it safely.

  • The construction site had a superheavy steel beam that required special equipment to install.

  • He struggled to carry the superheavy bag of cement up the stairs.

Synonyms

heavy
vssuperheavy
812 1.0

A thing that has a lot of weight and is hard to lift

is much more extreme in weight than that
weighty
vssuperheavy
  • Offensive
1 4.7

Having too much body fat

applies to anything extremely massive rather than only people

Antonyms

lightweight
36 2.8

Weighing less than other items of the same type

featherweight
  • Specialized
3 6.1

A weight class for fighters who weigh about 126 pounds

How Heavy

superheavy
4.3
massive
236 3.1
heavy
220 1.0

Surface Forms

superheavy positive

Morphology

superheavy = heavy (transparent) = super + heavy

The prefix 'super' clearly intensifies the adjective 'heavy', making the meaning directly understandable.

Etymology

Superheavy is made from super- 'above' and heavy 'weighing a lot'. So it literally means 'above heavy' and is used for something much heavier than usual.