HEFTING Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

hefting

verb

present participle of heft

as in hoisting

to lift with effort hefted his growing son onto his shoulders

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as in lifting

to move from a lower to a higher place or position heft your baggy gym shorts a little higher—you're showing us more than we care to see

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Recent Examples of hefting Instead of hefting a heavy steel basket, Sanitation workers flip back half of the upper steel collar and pull out a lightweight plastic liner. — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 16 Apr. 2026 Early the next morning, in the dark, prosecutors say, he was spotted on camera hefting a large, heavy object into his car trunk. — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2025

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And the entirety of Valkyries’ culture invested in hoisting her on their pedestal.

— Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
The Coast Guard released video footage earlier this week showing rescue swimmers saving people from the choppy water and hoisting them into helicopters hovering above.

— David Goodhue October 2, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of hoisting

Verb

Higher oil prices have largely offset lower export volumes, lifting revenue above prewar estimates, but spending is set to rise faster.

— Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2026
In May 2020, a Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying three astronauts reached the orbiting lab just 3 hours and 3 minutes after lifting off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of lifting

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The video on Iranian state television follows the length of a long underground chamber, lined on both sides by tables heaving with wreckage of American military drones.

— Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor, 25 Sep. 2026
On the final play of the game, Underwood found space and gave his receivers time to get downfield before heaving a bomb that ended up sailing just out the back of the end zone.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of heaving

Verb

In bidding to halt Howard's execution, his attorneys had filed a motion hours earlier before the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals raising concerns about the quality of Texas' execution drugs.

— JAMIE STENGLE, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
Governments are borrowing heavily to finance fiscal deficits, while companies are raising funds to invest in emerging technologies, creating an imbalance that could keep upward pressure on interest rates.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026

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