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- DictionaryWeight·y/ˈwādē/
adjective
- 1. weighing a great deal; heavy: "a weighty candelabra" Similar heavymassivethickbulkyheftycumbersomeclumsyponderousoverweightOpposite light
- ▪ of great seriousness and importance: "he threw off all weighty considerations of state" Similar importantof great import/importancesignificantof significancemomentousof momentconsequentialof consequencefar-reachingkeymajorvitalcriticalcruciallife-and-deathhigh-prioritydecisiveseriousgravesolemnno jokeno laughing matterburdensomeonerousheavyoppressivestressfultaxingtroublesomeworrisomevexatiousOpposite unimportanttrivial
- ▪ having a great deal of influence on events or decisions: "the evidence for proprietorial interference has become even more weighty" Similar compellingcogentstrongforcefulpowerfulpotentconvincingplausibleeffectiveefficaciouseffectualsoundvalidwell foundedtellingimpressivepersuasiveinfluentialauthoritativeOpposite weak
Derivatives
- 1. weightily adverb
- 2. weightiness noun
Scrabble Points: 17
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