HEFTED Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

hefted

verb

past tense of heft

as in hoisted

to lift with effort hefted his growing son onto his shoulders

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as in lifted

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 hefted The judge also hefted an additional $250 fine to one person’s charge for taking rocks. — Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 12 Mar. 2026 Here in our yards, long years of earth have been hefted by hand and heaped up on tarps. — Steven Searcy, IEEE Spectrum, 31 Aug. 2025

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Scheffler ultimately hoisted the trophy, but Burns locked up another top-five finish, his fourth of the 2026 season.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
The wreckage of the Piper 30A was hoisted from the water on Sunday morning.

— Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of hoisted

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Wednesday’s topping-out ceremony, when a construction crew lifted the final structural beam into place, doesn’t change that.

— Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
CrowdStrike's results lifted shares of fellow cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks, up more than 10% on Thursday.

— Paulina Likos, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026

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Canada did just that and then heaved the ball the length of the court to a wide-open Angel Reese with 15 seconds left.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
In Aleppo, in the suburbs of Damascus, across Syria, people and neighborhoods heaved under the trauma of the last 14 years.

— Lina Sergie Attar, Time, 6 Aug. 2026

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