weighty
Americanadjective
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having considerable weight; heavy; ponderous.
a weighty bundle.
- Antonyms:
- light
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burdensome or troublesome.
the weightier cares of sovereignty.
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important or momentous.
weighty negotiations.
- Synonyms:
- consequential, grave, serious, significant
- Antonyms:
- unimportant, light
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having or exerting influence, power, etc.; influential.
a weighty merchant of Boston.
adjective
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having great weight
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important or momentous
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causing anxiety or worry
Related Words
See heavy.
Other Word Forms
- unweighty adjective
- weightily adverb
- weightiness noun
Etymology
Origin of weighty
Example Sentences
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France have eyes on a Slam but Scotland have weighty ambitions, too.
From BBC
The city's historically lucrative wholesale and retail trade remains one of its weightiest sectors, accounting for almost 25 percent of GDP in the first nine months of 2024.
From Barron's
Yet despite the strong ratings of these audition programmes, some critics question if teenagers and young hopefuls can do justice to a genre that is so emotionally weighty.
From BBC
A couple of the disputes are a bit weightier than a question of whether someone’s yard goes to here . . . or to here.
She’s only in the movie for about half an hour, and though her character drives the action and ends the movie in spectacular fashion, that wasn’t enough in a category flush with weightier work.
From Los Angeles Times
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