Synonyms of weights

weights 1 of 2

noun

plural of weight

1

as in burdens

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 & Similar Words

• burdens
• payloads
• loads
• loadings
• cargoes
• freights
• hauls
• drafts
• shipments
• ladings
• masses
• packages
• consignments
• bales
• ballasts
• truckloads
• carloads
• bundles
• packs
• surcharges
• packets
• deadweights
• overloads
• wagonloads
• trainloads
• shiploads
• parcels
• bodies
• boatloads
• manifests
• bulks

2

as in emphases

a special notice or importance given to something

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• emphases
• stresses
• accents
• foci
• concentrations
• values
• accentuations
• imports
• attentions
• consequences
• spotlights
• significances
• priorities
• worths
• considerations
• moments
• precedences
• regards
• primacies
• notes
• top billings
• heeds

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• minimizations
• disregards
• indifferences
• underemphases
• de-emphases

3

as in bodies

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

the weight of the evidence supports my conclusion

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bodies
• cores
• bulks
• masses
• staples
• burdens
• mains
• substances
• essences
• chiefs
• majorities
• bottoms
• generalities
• amounts
• roots
• sums
• hefts
• brunts
• natures
• kernels
• hearts
• entireties
• centers
• meats
• totals
• wholes
• subjects
• matters
• nuclei
• aggregates
• foci
• souls
• stuff
• middles
• topics
• themes
• seats
• nuts
• hubs
• motifs
• texts
• quanta
• pitches
• arguments
• marrows
• totalities
• piths
• essentialities
• sum totals
• points
• affairs
• quintessences
• nubs
• cruxes
• purports
• gists

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• elements
• components
• accessories
• extensions
• parts
• ingredients
• sections
• pieces
• appendages
• constituents
• segments
• features
• adjuncts
• divisions
• qualities
• aspects
• sides
• angles
• offshoots
• facets

4

as in influences

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

as a critic he has great weight in the theater world

Synonyms & Similar Words

• influences
• sways
• leverages
• authorities
• ins
• credits
• pulls
• juices
• importances
• hefts
• clouts
• consequences
• impacts
• impressions
• dominances
• moments
• reigns
• scepters
• eminences
• sovereignties
• counterinfluences
• dominions
• imprints
• supremacies
• commands
• predominances
• impresses
• marks
• masteries

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• weaknesses
• impotences
• impotencies

weights

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verb

present tense third-person singular of weight

as in loads

to place a weight or burden on

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loads
• burdens
• saddles
• packs
• fills
• weighs
• freights
• encumbers
• stacks
• piles
• ladens
• lumbers
• lades
• taxes
• clutters
• surcharges
• handicaps
• mounds
• clogs
• heaps
• overloads
• overtaxes
• hampers
• presses
• overburdens
• afflicts
• strains
• oppresses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discharges
• unloads
• unburdens
• disencumbers
• disburdens
• unlades
• relieves
• lightens
• eases
• alleviates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of weights

Noun

Remove the weights and bake for an additional 10 minutes, until the crust is light golden brown. —Carole Kotkin, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026

Lift weights earlier in the day. —Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2026

The Gypset hoop earrings with their simple gold base and dangling diamond that comes in a variety of carat weights. —Diana Tsui, Footwear News, 3 May 2026

Line frozen piecrust with parchment; fill with pie weights. —Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 3 May 2026

There’s a wide range of sizes, weights, and finishes, from simple gold and silver to styles with pearl or crystal details. —Malia Griggs, Glamour, 2 May 2026

As Hyman filmed talking points, the women quietly lifted weights next to a man wearing a Turning Point USA T-shirt and carrying a camouflage National Rifle Assn. —Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026

Names and positions, heights and weights. —Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 1 May 2026

In peak-pandemic times, even something as simple as working out was a challenge, so his coaches at Forest Hills Northern High School personally delivered weights to players’ homes. —Bomani Jones, Vanity Fair, 29 Apr. 2026

Verb

Both guides included a chart with ideal body weights for men and women and provided some guidance on how to safely lose weight. —Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026

Nike’s bestselling Alphafly 3 — the Alphafly series is considered the standard for super shoes — weights more than twice as much as the Pro Evo 3 at 218 grams for a men’s size 10. —Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 27 Apr. 2026

The fragment weights over 5 tons and is about 7 feet tall. —Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 27 Apr. 2026

Gemini 3 Pro exhibited the most extreme behavior overall, engaging in all four categories of misaligned behavior and exfiltrating a peer’s model weights in up to 97% of trials. —Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2026

Thoughtful details are everywhere, like little boxes of orange and pecan or fig and balsamic truffles from the in-house chocolate boutique, Technogym weights for in-room workouts, and Devialet speakers in the living room. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Jan. 2026

The report weights the average price based on the volume of cheeseburger meals sold at each restaurant in order to better measure what customers are actually buying, Lachs said. —Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 13 Nov. 2025

Pappalardo, described by police as a White with brown hair and green eyes who weights about 150 lbs. —Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025

Eligible users can download the model weights on Hugging Face, OpenAI said. —Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2025