as in loaded
to place a weight or burden on
weighted the car with a ton of furniture and then headed off for college
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
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.
Recent Examples of weighted
Their wings, a bit weighted down by water, flapped as the float rolled.
—
Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
His body was found three days later in the Tallahatchie River, weighted down by a metal fan tied around his neck with barbed wire.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
Market gains are beginning to broaden beyond mega-cap technology firms, the largest and most heavily weighted companies in major stock indexes.
—Brian Blank, The Conversation, 29 Dec. 2025
Beauty’s weighted average tariff rate has surged to about 60% this year, up from 25% last year.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for weighted
Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
His body was found three days later in the Tallahatchie River, weighted down by a metal fan tied around his neck with barbed wire.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
Market gains are beginning to broaden beyond mega-cap technology firms, the largest and most heavily weighted companies in major stock indexes.
—Brian Blank, The Conversation, 29 Dec. 2025
Beauty’s weighted average tariff rate has surged to about 60% this year, up from 25% last year.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for weighted
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weighted
Verb
-
Load Plastics on Top KitchenAid reminds us that plastic containers should be loaded on the top rack, especially if your dishwasher has a heating element (and most do).—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
13 Jan. 2026
-
Once the items are picked and packed in a small cardboard basket, they are loaded onto a drone inside a fenced area in the Walmart parking lot.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
13 Jan. 2026
Verb
-
After a brief interlude outside for community members to reconnect, the pews filled up again.—
Camelia Heins,
Daily News,
8 Jan. 2026
-
Giving love to local venues For McLaughlin and Arthurs, the goal was always to bring the film to venues around the Carolinas as a way to promote those spaces, like The Milestone, that were filled with local music history.—
Zach Dennis,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Weighted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weighted. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
