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 avoirdupois, heaviness, heft Related Words bulk, mass; poundage, tonnage; deadweight; 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 account, consequence, import, magnitude, moment, momentousness, significance, importance, weightinessRelated Words 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, greatness, honor, illustriousnessNear Antonyms paltriness, pettiness, valuelessness, worthlessness; discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disrepute, ignominy, infamy, odium, opprobrium, shame; anonymity; obscurityAntonyms 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 burden, cargo, draft, freight, haul, lading, loading, payload, loadRelated Words consignment; boatload, carload, shipload, trainload, truckload, wagonload; ballast, deadweight; overload, surcharge; bale, bundle, pack, package, packet, parcel, shipment; manifest; 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 accent, accentuation, stress, underscoring, emphasisRelated Words attention, concentration, focus, spotlight; consequence, import, moment, note, significance, value, worth; precedence, primacy, priority, top billing; consideration, heed, regardNear Antonyms minimization, underemphasis; disregard, indifferenceAntonyms de-emphasis

5 the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts the weight of the evidence supports my conclusion Synonyms brunt, bulk, chief, core, generality, heft [archaic], main, mass, staple, bodyRelated Words majority; 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, topicNear Antonyms 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 authority, clout, credit, heft, in, juice [slang], leverage, pull, sway, influenceRelated Words counterinfluence; command, dominance, dominion, mastery, predominance, reign, scepter, sovereignty (also sovranty), supremacy; consequence, eminence, importance, moment; impact, impress, impression, imprint, markNear Antonyms helplessness, impotence, impotency, powerlessness, weakness

7 the condition of having an excess of body fat finally decided to do something about his weight and began a rigorous program of diet and exercise Synonyms adiposity, chubbiness, corpulency, embonpoint, fat, fatness, fattiness, fleshiness, grossness, obesity, plumpness, portliness, pudginess, pursiness, rotundity, corpulenceRelated Words bulkiness, heaviness; huskiness, stoutness; brawniness, burliness; endomorphyNear Antonyms fitness, trimness; gauntness, scrawniness, skinniness, weedinessAntonyms leanness, reediness, slenderness, slimness, svelteness, thinness

to place a weight or burden on weighted the car with a ton of furniture and then headed off for college Synonyms burden, encumber, freight, lade, laden, lumber, saddle, loadRelated Words clog, clutter, fill, pack; heap, mound, pile, stack; press, weigh; strain, tax; overburden, overload, overtax, surcharge; hamper, handicap; afflict, oppressNear Antonyms alleviate, ease, lighten, relieveAntonyms disburden, discharge, disencumber, unburden, unlade, unload