WEIGHS Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

weighs

verb

present tense third-person singular of weigh

as in matters

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

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as in contemplates

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

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Recent Examples of weighs The decision lands as the Supreme Court weighs the same case and states from Alabama to Wisconsin rush out ballots, raising stakes in the nationwide fight over mail voting. — Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026 The weight The Duo weighs 254 grams, about as much as a large apple, which is either a coincidence or somebody in Cupertino is giving us a little wink. — Jennifer Jolly, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026 As Congress weighs whether to grant the NCAA a limited antitrust exception to bring more order to the chaos of college sports, conferences have intriguingly become willing to litigate against their own members as a means of bringing order. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 9 Sep. 2026 Gael is described as a two and a half year old dog with beige fur and brown eyes that weighs between 55 and 65 pounds. — Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026 Assuming each pair weighs 6 grams, that adds up to nearly 90kg of gloves. — Cassandra Thiel, STAT, 8 Sep. 2026 Gael is 2-and-a-half years old, weighs 55-65 pounds and has beige hair and brown eyes, police said. — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2026 August Chesner, a Lowell High School senior and marching band member, figured his tuba weighs about 20 pounds. — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2026 Its core commitments are voluntary and informed participation, minimization of harm to participants, confidentiality and prior approval by an institutional review board that weighs risk against scientific value. — Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026

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Verb

Explain what matters to you, then ask the other person to do the same.

— Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2026
For them, hedging matters far less than their capacity building.

— Brian Wong, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of matters

Verb

The series contemplates topics like shady lending practices by financial institutions — something that will resonate deeply with today’s economy — and the ethics of placing oneself in a news story.

— Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
The new agreement reportedly contemplates enormous amounts of private investment, but even supporters acknowledge that major increases in production could take years.

— Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of contemplates

Verb

Chelsea’s less selective approach to selling within the Premier League means Arsenal have sent £149million to their fellow Londoners, more than to any other domestic rivals.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Terrific—carry on with your chubby little juice grenades and tell your partner that love means never criticizing someone’s convenience foods.

— Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of means

Verb

While Tavares coach Gavin Jones ponders how to replace 18 transfer players heading into the season, just down Route 441, new Eustis coach Tanner Harris is pumping some energy into a program that has had four coaches in three years.

— Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2026
Vieira ponders the dilemma from his own perspective as a coach, having had spells in charge at New York City, Nice, Crystal Palace, Strasbourg and Genoa.

— Oliver Kay, New York Times, 15 June 2026

Definition of ponders

Verb

See the Republican Party, which considers Islamophobia as one of its main characteristics.

— Ayman M. Mohyeldin, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 2026
The grievances extend to what Algeria cites as Emirati support for Khalifa Haftar in Libya (where Algeria backs the government in Tripoli) and Emirati involvement in the Sahel, both regions Algiers considers its own sphere.

— Tareq Alotaiba, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of considers

Verb

When the College Football Playoff selection committee pores over data points and debates the merits of each at-large hopeful in early December, the results of Week 2 are bound to loom large.

— Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
For now, retailers can keep selling the drinks and consumers can continue buying them, but distributors may become increasingly reluctant to replenish inventory while Congress debates the category's future.

— Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of debates

Verb

Hutton thoughtfully explores the gender dynamics of reproductive rights issues by making Val a not wholly unsympathetic middle-woman between the men in power and one of the women impacted by their machinations.

— Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
But by rooting her tale in Maya’s family ties, the writer-director explores the complicity of well-to-do South Asian diasporas, and the foundations that afford them the luxury of emigrating in the first place.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026