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   Weight·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

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   What does weighty mean?

   • If something is heavy, it weighs more than normal. These are words and phrases related to weighty. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of weighty. The flatcar held a weighty shipment of ore. How long has she had this weighty responsibility?. This is a weighty problem with no quick answer.

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   What does weightiness mean?

   • Define weightiness. weightiness synonyms, weightiness pronunciation, weightiness translation, English dictionary definition of weightiness. adj. weight·i·er , weight·i·est 1. Having considerable weight; heavy. See Synonyms at heavy. 2. Burdensome; oppressive: weighty problems.

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   What does weight mean?

   • Having a lot of weight; heavy . To fund the purchase, he had to sell a late Renoir, The Judgment of Paris, with its depiction of weighty ladies frolicking in a roseate garden. ( figurative) Important; serious; not trivial or petty .

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   • Some common synonyms of weighty are cumbersome, cumbrous, heavy, and ponderous. While all these words mean "having great weight," weighty suggests having actual and not just relative weight. How are the words cumbrous and cumbersome related as synonyms of weighty?

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   Definitions of 'weighty' 1. If you describe something such as an issue or a decision as weighty, you mean that it is serious or important. [formal] [...] 2. You use weighty to describe something, especially a book, that is heavy or heavier than you would expect. [literary] [...] More. Pronunciations of the word 'weighty'

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   Weighty definition: having considerable weight; heavy; ponderous. See examples of WEIGHTY used in a sentence.

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   Define weighty. weighty synonyms, weighty pronunciation, weighty translation, English dictionary definition of weighty. adj. weight·i·er , weight·i·est 1. Having considerable weight; heavy. See Synonyms at heavy. 2. Burdensome; oppressive: weighty problems. See Synonyms at...

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   weighty ( comparative weightier, superlative weightiest) Having a lot of weight; heavy . To fund the purchase, he had to sell a late Renoir, The Judgment of Paris, with its depiction of weighty ladies frolicking in a roseate garden. ( figurative) Important; serious; not trivial or petty .

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