Synonyms of weighing

weighing

verb

present participle of weigh

1

as in mattering

to be of importance

evidence that will weigh heavily against the defendant

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mattering
• meaning
• importing
• counting
• influencing
• signifying
• affecting
• carrying weight
• cutting ice
• swaying
• concerning
• amounting (to)
• adding up (to)

2

as in pondering

to give serious and careful thought to

weighed the options for weeks before making a decision

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pondering
• contemplating
• debating
• considering
• studying
• entertaining
• questioning
• eyeing
• analyzing
• reviewing
• exploring
• deliberating
• ruminating
• cogitating
• looking at
• thinking (about or over)
• revolving
• meditating
• turning
• mulling (over)
• wrestling (with)
• chewing on
• digesting
• poring (over)
• chewing over
• perpending
• kicking around
• reflecting (on or upon)
• reasoning
• beating one's brains out (about)
• reminiscing
• cudgeling one's brains (about)
• believing
• musing (upon)
• opining
• absorbing
• concluding
• second-guessing
• speculating (about)
• assimilating
• conceiving
• dwelling (on or upon)
• fixating (on or upon)
• brooding (about or over)
• fretting (about or over)
• obsessing (about or over)
• drinking (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignoring
• disregarding
• overlooking
• rejecting
• dismissing
• slighting
• pooh-poohing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of weighing

The Jackson County Legislature is currently weighing an ordinance that would set a 120-day moratorium on any land use applications that propose building a data center in county limits. —Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2026

The underground excavation machine, weighing around 500 tons, is designed to dig vertical shafts through solid rock at depths previously difficult to reach using conventional mining techniques. —Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026

After spending the top of the year promoting his Amazon MGM Studios thriller Crime 101, Hemsworth was weighing his options for this summer and got excited after seeing the latest Extraction 3 script. —Justin Kroll, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2026

Physicists don’t yet have the data or the computational power to say whether a more extended neutrino family containing two, three, or more electron-volt sterile neutrinos — or heavier sterile neutrinos weighing many electron volts — could help explain LSND, Miniboone, or the gallium anomaly. —Quanta Magazine, 8 Apr. 2026

Another meteor, weighing about a ton, left behind a souvenir after traveling across Texas skies on March 21, dropping debris through a local resident's roof and ceiling. —Kate Perez, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2026

The White Stadium case made its way before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on Wednesday, with justices weighing once again whether the city is legally allowed to use the Franklin Park land for a new soccer stadium. —Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 8 Apr. 2026

To maintain a similar metabolism, a human weighing 91 kg (200 pounds) would need to eat 23 kg (50 pounds) of food daily—about 35,000 calories. —Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Apr. 2026

Lawmakers are now weighing how to balance climate goals with the need to maintain a stable and affordable fuel supply to power the present. —Richard Ramos, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026