Synonyms & related words for ponderous

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of ponderous — including lumbering, heavy, weighty, cumbrous, plodding, unwieldy. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to ponderous

Explore words related to ponderous — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include ponderousness, ponderously, cumbrousness, cumbersomely, bulkily, ploddingly, burdensome, clunky. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for ponderous

Common synonyms for ponderous include lumbering, heavy, weighty, cumbrous, plodding, unwieldy, cumbersome, leaden — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does ponderous come from?

The word ponderous breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root pond-, from Latin pondus (“weight”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.