ponderous

ponderous is a 9-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant.
2. adjective. Important; momentous; forcible.
3. adjective. Heavy; dull; wanting; lightless or spirit; as, a ponderous style; a ponderous joke.
4. adjective. having great mass and weight and unwieldiness

   "a ponderous stone"

   "a ponderous burden"

5. adjective. slow and laborious because of weight

   "the heavy tread of tired troops"

   "moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot"

   Synonyms: heavy, lumbering

6. adjective. labored and dull

   "a ponderous speech"

Synonyms

heavy, lumbering

Common word forms

ponderously, ponderousness

Words from these letters

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