ponderous
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
slow and laborious because of weight
the heavy tread of tired troops
Related & opposite
- heft derivation
- heavy-footed similar to
Sense 2 adjective
having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
a ponderous stone
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adjective
labored and dull
a ponderous speech
Related & opposite
- ponderousness derivation
- uninteresting similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | heft |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | heavy-footed |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | heft |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | heavy |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ponderousness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | uninteresting |