WEIGHING Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

weighing

verb

present participle of weigh

as in mattering

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

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as in pondering

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

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Recent Examples of weighing Lawmakers are also weighing a Russia sanctions bill that Graham championed, with some Republicans pushing to rename the bill in his honor and advance it this week. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 13 July 2026 For families weighing whether to book a mobile dog wash & grooming appointment or drop their pup at a salon, the stakes are real. — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026 Choosing settlement automatically, without weighing whether another plan would resolve the debt for less, and with less credit damage, can mean paying for services that weren't actually necessary. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 13 July 2026 Checking in at 6-foot-7 and weighing 228 pounds, the Charlotte Hornets forward appears to have all the tools to carve out a niche in the NBA if things progress in the right direction. — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 13 July 2026 Companies are taking different approaches depending on their industry exposure and strategic priorities, weighing long-term costs such as token pricing, infrastructure, vendor dependence, capital allocation, and whether to diversify AI vendors. — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 13 July 2026 Over 35 years after the introduction of the Parental Advisory sticker, the record industry is now weighing whether to place labels on music that utilizes AI. — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2026 Wherever you’re headed, a crossbody phone case keeps your essentials close without weighing you down. — Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026 On the investor call following the announcement, McCall said the sale reflects years of the ITV board weighing its strategic options — and that Sky was ITV’s preferred partner from the start. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for weighing

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Perhaps that was the right model in the services era, where proximity to the work was the differentiator, but when work can be automated, being close to it stops mattering.

— Nick Heddy, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
My dad never chased the kind of mattering that consumed me and so many of my peers.

— Matthew Emerzian, PEOPLE, 21 June 2026

Definition of mattering

Verb

Other states could soon follow — including New York, which is pondering a similar bill — in a domino effect that could completely derail the automaker’s current trajectory.

— Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 9 July 2026
Bravo is sipping its cuppa and pondering what to do about those interesting ladies across the pond.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 1 July 2026

Definition of pondering

Verb

Accidents still happen, of course, but no more frequently than in other parts of the world, meaning the Triangle doesn’t attract tragedy.

— Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2026
Analysts typically only cut profit estimates after stocks have already fallen, meaning there’s little early warning.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 July 2026

Definition of meaning

Verb

Harry was said to have been contemplating bringing his children to meet the king.

— Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 10 July 2026
The Sox are contemplating selecting either UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky, Texas high school shortstop Grady Emerson or Georgia Tech catcher Vahn Lackey with the first pick.

— LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026

Definition of contemplating

Verb

Sanghee, who has a day job importing snacks and shoots short films in her spare time, spends two days with the family as old secrets, unsolicited advice and hollow flattery come to the surface.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 July 2026
China only produces about 15% or less of its own helium, importing much of it from Qatar, which generates roughly one-third of the world’s supply, according to estimates cited in a research note by the consultancy Trivium China.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026

Definition of importing

Verb

The past month showed an industry racing to build for that projection while still debating its most basic assumptions.

— Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Unlike basketball or baseball, pro football is far from the point where regular-season contests become meaningless, but that hasn’t stopped its fans from debating whether the NFL is sapping some of the magic that comes from football’s scarcity.

— Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026

Definition of debating

Verb

For years, school administrators across the system used flawed methods to track graduation rates, often counting students who had transferred to other schools as dropouts.

— Savannah Peters, Fortune, 13 July 2026
Both of these typically tokenize data into 1D or 2D sequences, which makes simple spatial tasks unnecessarily difficult—like counting unique chairs in a short video, or remembering what a room looked like an hour ago.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026

Definition of counting

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The question comes after a Wall Street Journal report last week saying that Netflix executives were considering adding in live channels that continuously stream one program or certain genres, in an effort to boost viewer engagement.

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026
That’s dangerous, considering the National Institute on Aging estimates that up to 1 in 5 women 50 and up have it— in fact, 1 in 2 of these women will break a bone as a result.

— Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 16 July 2026