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

When lighter works better Fitness goals aside, there are plenty of people for whom heavy weights simply aren't as appropriate. — Jennifer Heimlich, Time, 6 July 2026 The formula includes eight different types of Hyaluronic acid at three different weights. — ABC News, 6 July 2026 Guests also visited a memory table filled with photos of Love and her father together, along with some of his favorite things, including a football, weights and his scriptures. — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026 Proponents say the workout’s minimal movements, like short sets of squats and lifting light weights, leave them with soreness but also increase their muscle. — Diana Anos, CNN Money, 3 July 2026 The trouble is that model weights and techniques don't stay contained for long in an industry moving this fast, and the ban fell on allies and ordinary customers as heavily as on any adversary. — Craig S. Smith, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 Beginners may benefit from starting with bodyweight movements to learn proper form and build confidence before adding weights. — Jakob Roze, Health, 1 July 2026 Second, the sample was weighted using energy balancing, which finds weights by minimizing the energy distance — a statistical measure of the difference between two multivariate distributions — between the survey and the target population. — New York Times, 1 July 2026 Full-body workouts can be completed at home by using your weights on both your ankles and your wrists to perform lower- and upper-body exercises. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 29 June 2026

Verb

Nasdaq’s index methodology weights stocks based on the amount of shares available for trading. — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 7 July 2026 May is 5 feet 2 inches tall and weights approximately 170 pounds. — Kendrick Calfee june 12, Kansas City Star, 12 June 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 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

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Noun

Efforts to revitalize Pittsburgh often focus on issues such as economic burdens, housing affordability and job growth.

— Katelyn Frey, The Conversation, 10 July 2026
Financial institutions must still navigate unchanged FinCEN compliance burdens, requiring specialized tools and enhanced due diligence.

— Peter Su, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of burdens

Noun

This resulted in a deliberate shifting of certain emphases, new characters being introduced, and other adjustments.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 30 June 2026
The traditional Quaker emphases of participation and community are embedded in the organization’s structure.

— Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 28 June 2026

Definition of emphases

Noun

Most people have some intuitive sense that their bodies operate on a daily clock.

— The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2026
Shared excitement and a vibrant social atmosphere — like all those bodies packed into the Power & Light District for watch parties — create chances for real-life connections that dating apps can’t.

— Lisa Gutierrez July 7, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026

Definition of bodies

Noun

The culture, food and music of Cape Verde is a blend of African and Portuguese influences, and life moves at a relaxed pace.

— Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Food and drink Offering breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner, and room service, Casa Gangotena specializes in cocina mestiza, which reflects the Indigenous, European, American, and African influences that have shaped Ecuadorian cuisine.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026

Definition of influences

Noun

In JadePuffer, Sysdig caught useful traces because the payloads were self narrating and included natural language reasoning, target ranking and unusually verbose comments.

— Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Japan seeks to catch up with the technology Elon Musk’s SpaceX has been using for several years to cut launch costs of delivering payloads into space.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026

Definition of payloads

Noun

Sadly, the couple broke up in 2021 amid stresses during the COVID-19 pandemic, TMZ reported.

— Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
This structural arrangement causes the unwanted electrical stresses to cancel out at the system level, resulting in zero total common-mode voltage and zero net neutral-point current under ideal operating conditions.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 8 July 2026

Definition of stresses

Noun

The results show that the boundary cores carry a local electrical charge that blocks lithium ions while trapping electrons.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 July 2026
As Sokolski explains, the technical steps needed to convert plutonium into bomb cores are not fundamentally more difficult than those involved in weaponizing uranium.

— Ilan Berman, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026