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weight

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of weight

1 the amount that something weighs

Because of a back condition, I'm not allowed to lift anything with a weight of over 10 pounds.

Synonyms of weight

avoirdupois, heaviness, heft

Words Related to weight

poundage, tonnage

heftiness, massiveness, ponderousness, weightiness

solidity, solidness, substantiality, substantialness

2 the quality or state of being important

a matter of little weight that is a preoccupation solely of the news media

Synonyms of weight

account, consequence, import, importance, magnitude, moment, momentousness, significance, weightiness

Words Related to weight

celebrity, distinction, eminence, fame, note, noteworthiness, notoriety, preeminence, prominence, renown

store, substance, substantiveness, value, worth, worthiness

gravity, seriousness

authority, control, dominion, mastery, potency, power, sway

mark, name, report, reputation, repute

centrality, essentiality, essentialness

cachet, position, prestige, rank, standing, stature, status

glory, honor, illustriousness

Near Antonyms of weight

paltriness, pettiness, valuelessness, worthlessness

discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disrepute, ignominy, infamy, odium, opprobrium, shame

Antonyms of weight

insignificance, littleness, puniness, slightness, smallness, triviality

3 a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported

Those books are a heavy weight to have to carry around all day.

Synonyms of weight

burden, cargo, draft, freight, haul, lading, load, loading, payload

Words Related to weight

boatload, carload, shipload, trainload, truckload, wagonload

ballast, deadweight

overload, surcharge

bale, bundle, pack, package, packet, parcel, shipment

body, bulk, mass

4 a special notice or importance given to something

put extra weight on the matter by putting it at the top of the agenda

Synonyms of weight

accent, accentuation, emphasis, stress, underscoring

Words Related to weight

attention, concentration, focus, spotlight

consequence, import, moment, note, significance, value, worth

precedence, primacy, priority, top billing

consideration, heed, regard

Near Antonyms of weight

minimization, underemphasis

disregard, indifference

Antonyms of weight

5 the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts

The weight of the evidence supports my conclusion.

Synonyms of weight

body, brunt, bulk, chief, core, generality, main, mass, staple

Words Related to weight

aggregate, amount, entirety, quantum, sum, sum total, total, totality, whole

bottom, essence, essentiality, marrow, meat, nature, pith, quintessence, root, soul, stuff, substance

center, heart, hub, kernel, middle, nucleus, nut, seat

affair, argument, burden, crux, focus, gist, nub, pitch, point, purport

matter, motif, subject, text, theme, topic

Near Antonyms of weight

accessory (also accessary), adjunct, appendage, extension, offshoot

component, constituent, element, ingredient

division, part, piece, section, segment

angle, aspect, facet, feature, quality, side

6 the power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly

As a critic he has great weight in the theater world.

Synonyms of weight

authority, clout, credit, heft, in, influence, leverage, pull, sway

Words Related to weight

counterinfluence

command, dominance, dominion, mastery, predominance, reign, scepter, sovereignty (also sovranty), supremacy

consequence, eminence, importance, moment

impact, impress, impression, imprint, mark

Near Antonyms of weight

helplessness, impotence, impotency, powerlessness, weakness

7 the condition of having an excess of body fat

a doctor's recommendation to watch his weight and quit smoking

Synonyms of weight

chubbiness, corpulence, corpulency, fat, fatness, fattiness, fleshiness, grossness, obesity, plumpness, portliness, pudginess, rotundity

Words Related to weight

bulkiness, heaviness

huskiness, stoutness

brawniness, burliness

Near Antonyms of weight

fitness, trimness

gauntness, scrawniness, skinniness, weediness

Antonyms of weight

leanness, reediness, slenderness, slimness, svelteness, thinness

Synonym Discussion of weight

importance, consequence, moment, weight, significance mean a quality or aspect having great worth or significance. importance implies a value judgment of the superior worth or influence of something or someone.

- a region with no cities of importance

consequence generally implies importance because of probable or possible effects.

- the style you choose is of little consequence

moment implies conspicuous or self-evident consequence.

- a decision of great moment

weight implies a judgment of the immediate relative importance of something.

- the argument carried no weight with the judge

significance implies a quality or character that should mark a thing as important but that is not self-evident and may or may not be recognized.

- the treaty's significance

weight

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of weight

to place a weight or burden on

weighted the car with a ton of furniture and then headed off for college

Synonyms of weight

burden, encumber, freight, lade, laden, load, lumber, saddle

Words Related to weight

clog, clutter, fill, pack

heap, mound, pile, stack

overburden, overload, overtax, surcharge

hamper, handicap

afflict, oppress

Near Antonyms of weight

alleviate, ease, lighten, relieve

Antonyms of weight

disburden, discharge, disencumber, unburden, unlade, unload

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