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weighty
Synonyms and Antonyms of weighty
1
having a matter of importance as its topic
2
having great meaning or lasting effect
decisive, fatal, fateful, strategic
earnest, grave, heavy, serious, sincere
distinctive, exceptional, impressive, outstanding, prominent, remarkable
distinguished, eminent, great, illustrious, noble, notable, noteworthy, outstanding, preeminent, prestigious
all-important, central, critical, crucial, essential, key, pivotal, seminal, vital
3
having great weight
4
not joking or playful in mood or manner
antic, comic, comical, droll, farcical, funny, hilarious, hysterical (also hysteric), laughable, light, light-headed, ludicrous, ridiculous, riotous, risible, screaming, sidesplitting, uproarious
featherbrained, flighty, frivolous, goofy, harebrained, lighthearted, puerile, scatterbrained
absurd, asinine, balmy, brainless, cockeyed, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, dotty, fatuous, foolish, half-witted, insane, jerky, kooky (also kookie), loony (also looney), lunatic, mad, nonsensical, nutty, preposterous, sappy, screwball, senseless, silly, unwise, wacky (also whacky), weak-minded, witless, zany
5
having power over the minds or behavior of others
cogent, controlling, dominating, masterful
dominant, predominant, regnant, sovereign (also sovran), supreme
Synonym Discussion of weighty
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- a heavy child for his age
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- a load of weighty boxes
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- ponderous elephants in a circus parade
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- wrestled with the cumbrous furniture
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- early cameras were cumbersome and inconvenient
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