WEIGHTS Synonyms: 197 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of weight

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

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Relevance

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

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as in bodies

the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts the weight of the evidence supports my conclusion

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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

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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

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Recent Examples of weights

Noun

One number in it describes how open weights travel better than any benchmark chart. — Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 The drive clutch, which is connected to the engine, is tower-shaped with springs and shift weights inside. — New Atlas, 17 Aug. 2026 Speaking on a recent episode of the podcast, the former Miss Kansas USA and marathon runner dispelled misconceptions around women's fitness — specifically the belief that lifting heavy weights leads to a bulky physique. — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026 To make the exercise more challenging, try adding ankle weights or a resistance band. — Rikkilynn Shields Hannigan, HEALTH, 13 Aug. 2026 There is a gym, which has one treadmill, one rower, a stationary bike, and an elliptical machine, plus bands and weights. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Aug. 2026 Meta made the model's weights publicly available through Hugging Face. — Paulina Likos,jeff Marks, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026 The proud mom leaned down in the image, holding her hands on two weights with a resistance band wrapped around her legs, as her son copied her. — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026 In 2024 DeepMind released AlphaFold3’s inference code and made its model weights available for academic research, and independent groups have since developed their own versions and extensions. — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026

Verb

Williams is 6 feet, 7 inches tall, and weights around 220 pounds, Boyd said. — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026 The readings run from plain commercial interest, since Anthropic sells closed frontier access, to a substantive safety position that weights once released cannot be recalled. — Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026 Nasdaq’s index methodology weights stocks based on the amount of shares available for trading. — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 7 July 2026 This is largely because the model developers have made what's known as the model weights available to the public. — Huo Jingnan, NPR, 31 May 2026 Lipman recommends lifting weights two to three times per week and walking daily, and Desai suggests prioritizing movement that easily fits into your life, like taking a walk with your baby in a carrier or doing a few push-ups between meetings. — Renée Onque, CNBC, 12 May 2026 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for weights

Noun

Elections were still routinely held, largely free from undue burdens or autocratic manipulation.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026
These burdens can discourage families from returning and, in some cases, contribute to their decision not to visit at all.

— Jillian Turanovic, The Conversation, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of burdens

Noun

No doubt many other religious institutions have seized on the World Cup with these and other emphases, including evangelizing and otherwise stressing their uniqueness.

— Vahe Gregorian July 10, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
This resulted in a deliberate shifting of certain emphases, new characters being introduced, and other adjustments.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 30 June 2026

Definition of emphases

Noun

On July 26, a hiker reported finding two bodies on the glacier in southern Switzerland, near the Italian border, the regional police in Wallis canton said in a statement.

— CBS News, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
The team used a technique called metabolomics to measure small molecules circulating in the blood, providing a biochemical snapshot of how the astronauts' bodies — and the microbes living inside them — were responding to spaceflight.

— Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of bodies

Noun

The tradition has also integrated influences from Christianity as well as various European and Native American folk traditions, resulting in the formation of a uniquely American religious practice.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
Her lyrics, like those of many of her biggest musical influences, are dense texts, full of winking allusions and subtle references to records, bands, and albums that have shaped her own songwriting.

— Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of influences

Verb

If a page loads its content dynamically or sits behind a login, a standard retrieval step never sees it.

— Vaidotas Juknys, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Turnover and the shelter’s euthanasia rates were trending down; officers’ shifts were shorter and case loads smaller.

— Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of loads

Noun

Today, according to publicly available data, launch costs in Europe are now three times higher than for comparable payloads in the United States.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026
It will be used to integrate Department of Defense payloads for not just Blue Origin, but other launch providers with national security missions.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of payloads

Noun

These thermal gradients generate stresses that may crack or spall – chip or flake off – the outer surface, but the heat often does not penetrate deeply enough to compromise the structural core.

— Giorgia Giardina, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2026
The book includes a glossary and stresses that collecting can start affordably, demystifying the process and encouraging wealth building through art.

— Richard Fowler, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of stresses

Noun

In our own solar system, giant planets such as Jupiter and Saturn are thought to have begun rapidly accumulating their massive gaseous envelopes once their growing cores reached roughly 20 times Earth's mass.

— Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Modders have been able to unlock the two additional CPU cores, bringing the total to eight and massively improving overall performance.

— Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 14 Aug. 2026