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Antonyms for ponderous
ˈpɒn dər əspon·der·ous
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term ponderous.
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ponderousadjective
ponderousadjective
Synonyms:
oppressive, serious
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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Princeton's WordNet
heavy, lumbering, ponderousadjective
slow and laborious because of weight
"the heavy tread of tired troops"; "moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot"; "ponderous prehistoric beasts"; "a ponderous yawn"
Antonyms:
interesting, light-footed, lightSynonyms:
laboured, sullen, laborious, overweight, toilsome, intemperate, with child(p), sound, wakeless, dense, grueling, heavy(p), threatening, grave, cloggy, heavy(a), large(p), clayey, enceinte, grievous, fleshy, weighed down, hard, weighty, impenetrable, gruelling, expectant, lumbering, backbreaking, sonorous, great(p), profound, operose, heavy, arduous, big(a), labored, punishing, gravid, big(p), lowering, leadenponderousadjective
having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
"a ponderous stone"; "a ponderous burden"; "ponderous weapons"
Antonyms:
light-footed, light, interestingponderousadjective
labored and dull
"a ponderous speech"
Antonyms:
light-footed, interesting, light
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
ponderousadjective
Synonyms:
massive, heavy, cumbersome, dull, spiritless momentous, important
How to use ponderous in a sentence?
Marty This pretentious ponderous collection of religious rock psalms is enough to prompt the question, What day did the Lord create Spinal Tap, and couldn't he have rested on that day too'
Commencement speakers have a good deal in common with grandfather clocks Standing usually some six feet tall, typically ponderous in construction, more traditional than functional, their distinction is largely their noisy communication of essentially commonplace information.
A foolish man in wealth and authority is like a weak-timbered house with a too-ponderous roof.
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