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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful;
- Example: "a hefty athlete"
- Example: "a muscular boxer"
- Example: "powerful arms"
[syn: brawny, hefty, muscular, powerful, sinewy]

2. of considerable weight and size;
- Example: "a hefty dictionary"

3. large in amount or extent or degree;
- Example: "it cost a considerable amount"
- Example: "a goodly amount"
- Example: "received a hefty bonus"
- Example: "a respectable sum"
- Example: "a tidy sum of money"
- Example: "a sizable fortune"
[syn: goodly, goodish, healthy, hefty, respectable, sizable, sizeable, tidy]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hefty \Heft"y\, a.
   1. Moderately heavy. [Colloq. U. S.]
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Strong; muscular; -- of people.
      [PJC]

   3. Substantial; large; as, a hefty increase in annual
      profits.
      [PJC]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hefty
    adj 1: (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight;
           rugged and powerful; "a hefty athlete"; "a muscular
           boxer"; "powerful arms" [syn: brawny, hefty,
           muscular, powerful, sinewy]
    2: of considerable weight and size; "a hefty dictionary"
    3: large in amount or extent or degree; "it cost a considerable
       amount"; "a goodly amount"; "received a hefty bonus"; "a
       respectable sum"; "a tidy sum of money"; "a sizable fortune"
       [syn: goodly, goodish, healthy, hefty, respectable,
       sizable, sizeable, tidy]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

139 Moby Thesaurus words for "hefty":
   Herculean, adipose, annoying, arduous, awkward, backbreaking,
   beefy, besetting, big, big-bellied, bloated, blowzy, bosomy,
   bothersome, bouncing, brawny, bulky, burdensome, burly, buxom,
   chubby, chunky, clumsy, considerable, corpulent, crushing,
   cumbersome, distended, doughty, dumpy, effortful, enormous,
   extensive, fat, fattish, fleshy, forced, forceful, forcible, forcy,
   full, full-blooded, full-strength, gross, grueling, gutsy, gutty,
   hale, hard, hard as nails, hard-earned, hard-fought, hardy, hearty,
   heavy, heavyset, heavyweight, hippy, huge, husky, imposing,
   impressive, irksome, iron-hard, killing, labored, laborious, large,
   large-scale, leaden, lusty, major, massive, massy, meaty, mighty,
   muscular, nervy, obese, obstinate, onerous, operose, oppressive,
   overweight, painful, paunchy, plaguey, plump, podgy, ponderous,
   portly, potbellied, potent, powerful, pudgy, puffy, puissant,
   punishing, pursy, red-blooded, robust, robustious, roly-poly,
   rotund, rugged, sizable, sizeable, square, squat, squatty,
   stalwart, steely, stocky, stout, strained, strapping, strenuous,
   strong, strong as brandy, strong as strong, strong-willed, sturdy,
   substantial, swollen, thick-bodied, thickset, toilsome, top-heavy,
   tough, troublesome, trying, tubby, unwieldy, uphill, vexatious,
   vigorous, wearisome, weighty, well-fed