weighing (on or upon)

verb

present participle of weigh (on or upon)
as in bearing (down on)
to push steadily against with some force the bulky backpack weighed upon my back uncomfortably

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for weighing (on or upon)
  1. pressing
  2. shoving
  3. compressing
Verb
  • Latency is the delay between an input or event and the system’s response, such as the time between pressing a button and seeing the result on-screen.
    — Aman Kumar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Sep. 2026
  • SpaceX is pressing hard to certify Starship for orbital flight, a vital step toward moon and Mars travel.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of pressing
Verb
  • The show seems to hope that the thrill of fan service will do the heavy lifting, shoving one seemingly meaningful cameo appearance after another in front of the camera.
    — Jen Chaney, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2026
  • According to the suit, the video depicts the staff member grabbing a Black student from behind, spinning him around, grabbing him by the shirt and shoving him repeatedly into the metal roll-down door of a concession stand.
    — Eric Peterson, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of shoving
Verb
  • It will be closed by leaders who decide that creating new value beats endlessly compressing old value.
    — Sumeet Salwan, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The result is an entire ocean’s worth of wind and waves all compressing together to get through what is a seriously small bottleneck.
    — KC Baker, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of compressing
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

weighing in
weighing (on or upon)
weighing (upon)
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Weighing (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weighing%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

Copy Citation
Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of heterodox

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

Do You Need a New Language Peeve?

More Commonly Mispronounced Words

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

7 Great Ways to Say 'Great'

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

The Words of the Week - Oct. 2

16 Food Words Recently Added to the Dictionary
See More

Popular

See More

Do You Need a New Language Peeve?

7 Great Ways to Say 'Great'

The Longest Long Words List
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
name tags
Words Named After People Quiz Find out who’s behind "leotard," "morphine," an...
See All