Ponderous synonyms and antonyms

pŏn'dər-əs

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dull
Cloudy or overcast:
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tedious
Full of tedium; long or verbose and wearisome; tiresome; boring
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lumpish
Stupid or dull.
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elephantine
Of, from, or pertaining to Elephantine or the Elephantine people.
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heavy (related)
Not easily borne; oppressive:
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humdrum
Lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring.
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graceful (antonym)
Having grace, or beauty of form, composition, movement, or expression; elegant
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light (antonym)
Of relatively little weight; not heavy:
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fun (antonym)
Enjoyable; amusing:
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airy (antonym)
Light as air; delicate; graceful
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buoyant (antonym)
Having buoyancy; able to float
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unburdensome (antonym)
Not burdensome.
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delicate (antonym)
Affected by slight causes; showing slight changes.
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lively (antonym)
Full of energy or alertness; vigorous or animated:
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heavyweight
Of the heavyweight boxing (similar) division.
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hefty
Heavy
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massive
Large in comparison with the usual amount:
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weighty
Having much weight; very heavy; ponderous
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cumbersome
Hard to handle or deal with as because of size, weight, or complexity; burdensome; unwieldy; clumsy
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cumbrous
Unwieldy because of its weight; cumbersome.
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lumpy
Like a lump; heavy; clumsy
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heavy-handed
Tactless; indiscreet.
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labored
Of an action that is difficult to perform.
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easy (related)
Free from worry, anxiety, trouble, or pain:
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good (related)
Able to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; of unimpaired credit.
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clumsy (related)
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portentous (related)
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disconcertingly (related)
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laboured (related)
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bombastic (related)
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stilted (related)
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curiously (related)
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lifeless
That never had life; inanimate
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indifferent (related)
Not making a difference; without significance or importance.
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awkward
Marked by or causing embarrassment or discomfort:
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bulky
Being large in size, mass, or volume.
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important
Having relevant and crucial value.
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large
The definition of large is greater than average in size or amount, or important or significant.
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monotonous
Having little or no variation or variety
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spiritless momentous
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elegant (antonym)
Characterised by or exhibiting elegance.
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Ponderous Sentence Examples

  • The confidence had gone out of City's play, they looked ponderous.

  • Oh, you are very pale! said Princess Mary in alarm, running with her soft, ponderous steps up to her sister-in-law.

  • William Pitt, Earl of Chatham (2 vols., 1827), is a ponderous and shapeless work.

  • His book immediately became the most popular that ever appeared among the Servians, and was again and again reprinted, under the less ponderous title Pesmaritsa, " The Book of Songs."

  • At this time there was evidently a tendency to breed a somewhat lighter and speedier horse; but, while the introduction of a more active animal would soon have led to the displacement of the ponderous but powerful cavalry horse then in use, the substituted variety would have been unable to carry the weight of armour with which horse and rider were alike protected; and so in the end the old breed was kept up for a time.

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