WEIGHED Synonyms: 118 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in considered

decided on as a result of careful thought a carefully weighed decision to take the company in a new direction

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weighed

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verb

past tense of weigh

as in mattered

to be of importance evidence that will weigh heavily against the defendant

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as in pondered

to give serious and careful thought to weighed the options for weeks before making a decision

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Recent Examples of weighed

Verb

His lack of defensive workload and his club’s 81-81 record — albeit one that yielded a division title and would have been worse without Alvarez — could have weighed against him. — Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 11 Nov. 2026 She had been born about eight weeks early and weighed less than 4 pounds. — Noelle Crombie, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2026 The scores of all three dimensions were weighed equally to determine the final ranking score, with a maximum of 100 points. — Time Staff, Time, 10 Nov. 2026 While the buck has a massive rack, Merritt said the deer only weighed about 200 pounds – not a big animal for east-central Indiana, which regularly gives up 250 to 300-pound whitetails. — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 10 Nov. 2026 In 1956 Egypt’s nationalization of the Suez Canal (see Suez Crisis) weighed especially heavily on the empire. — Manfred W. Wenner All, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Nov. 2026 Authorities say the girl was 14 to 18, stood about 5 feet, 1 inch tall and weighed about 90 pounds. — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026 The piece was 2 inches in diameter and weighed 6 ounces, NASA said on social media late Friday. — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 7 Nov. 2026 Six in 10 voters told The Associated Press that the decision to attack Iran was wrong, while the cost of living weighed even more heavily on their choices. — David Averre, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for weighed

Adjective

Food and drink Food across the resort’s various restaurants is Greek and local but with a considered twist.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
And Moke was no longer a considered tropical cyclone after skirting Hawaii as a tropical storm, the center said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of considered

Verb

That image of Chicago as a breezier place, if rough at the edges, lingered for decades, which is why Criterion’s policy of including filmmakers in the final product has mattered.

— Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026
That fear should have mattered before so many Republicans chose to tolerate intolerable MAGA policies and behaviors.

— Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of mattered

Verb

In California, voters pondered whether to approve a one-off 5% tax on individuals with more than $1 billion in assets, with most of the money raised going toward health care services.

— Rachel Treisman, NPR, 4 Nov. 2026
In his own practice, Nagy pondered heady subject matter related to the corporatization of art and transmission of ideas and images across the globe.

— Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of pondered

Adjective

He’ll no doubt be asked to take some calculated risks like the one on Munetaka Murakami, who delivered for half a season and enters the final year of a two-year deal.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026
Only the calculated rainfall values are transmitted, significantly reducing power consumption and wireless bandwidth requirements.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of calculated

Verb

Lehane said OpenAI’s views are meant to offer an alternative to extremes around AI.

— Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2026
The central legal question was whether Missouri could use the map, meant to help Republicans gain an additional House seat, in the midterm elections before voters had a chance to approve it through a statewide reference.

— Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of meant

Verb

In late September, Clancy appeared in court for the first time since the trial ended, and the parties debated several of them.

— Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026
During Tuesday’s City Council meeting, council members debated the Axon pilot program after hearing from scores of people who spoke out in opposition to more cameras.

— Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of debated

Adjective

But that won’t keep them from trying, and when people’s passions are aroused, and emotions crowd out reasoned thought, anything can happen.

— Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 21 Oct. 2026
In layman’s terms, critical thinking is the ability to think independently by questioning claims, weighing evidence, and making reasoned judgments.

— Ted Ladd, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of reasoned

Verb

The company — one of Britain’s largest public companies and an anchor of a London Stock Exchange that has lost a series of key listings to the US — has already contemplated slimming down its retail exposure.

— Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2026
As contemplated, the city would initially sell one acre to the developers for the first phase of the project when the plans receive final approval.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 27 Oct. 2026