What are some opposite words for weighty?
Antonyms for weighty
ˈweɪ tiweighty
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term weighty.
Princeton's WordNet
weightyadjective
having relatively great weight; heavy
"a weighty load"; "a weighty package"
Antonyms:
light, thin, dissuasive, lean, unimportant, weightlessSynonyms:
heavy, corpulent, obese, grave, rotund, telling, grievous, cogentcogent, telling, weightyadjective
powerfully persuasive
"a cogent argument"; "a telling presentation"; "a weighty argument"
Antonyms:
weightless, thin, unimportant, light, lean, dissuasiveSynonyms:
heavy, corpulent, obese, grave, revealing, telltale(a), rotund, impressive, telling, grievous, cogentgrave, grievous, heavy, weightyadjective
of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
"grave responsibilities"; "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"; "a grievous fault"; "heavy matters of state"; "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference"
Antonyms:
unimportant, light, thin, lean, dissuasive, weightlessSynonyms:
heartrending, sullen, laborious, heavy, overweight, toilsome, intemperate, corpulent, sound, serious, gruelling, dense, grueling, wakeless, with child(p), threatening, solemn, grave, profound, backbreaking, severe, cloggy, heavy(a), large(p), great(p), clayey, enceinte, flagitious, grievous, monstrous, fleshy, atrocious, weighed down, hard, impenetrable, life-threatening, expectant, lumbering, ponderous, sedate, heartbreaking, sonorous, dangerous, arduous, operose, sober, rotund, heavy(p), big(a), labored, obese, laboured, punishing, cogent, telling, gravid, big(p), lowering, leadenweightyadjective
weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry
"weighty problems"
Antonyms:
light, unimportant, lean, weightless, dissuasive, thinSynonyms:
heavy, corpulent, obese, grave, rotund, telling, grievous, cogentcorpulent, obese, weighty, rotundadjective
excessively fat
"a weighty man"
Antonyms:
lean, weightless, unimportant, thin, dissuasive, lightSynonyms:
pear-shaped, heavy, corpulent, obese, round, rotund, orotund, grave, telling, grievous, cogent
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How to use weighty in a sentence?
Humor is not a postscript or an incidental afterthought it is a serious and weighty part of the world's economy. One feels increasingly the height of the faculty in which it arises, the nobility of things associated with it, and the greatness of services it renders.
It's an unusual case, an important case and it's a challenge for all of us to deal with some pretty weighty issues that really haven't been dealt with before.
I take this action only after significant consideration and reflection, there is perhaps no more weighty a responsibility assigned to the governor than his or her role as the final check in the capital punishment process.
Federal courts may not decline to resolve a controversy within their traditional competence and proper jurisdiction simply because, as is the situation here, the question is difficult, the consequences weighty, or the potential real for conflict with the policy preferences of the political branches.
The United States and the DPRK [ North Korea ] will not overcome a legacy of 70 years of war and hostility on the Korean Peninsula through the course of Earlier Saturday, these are weighty issues, and they require a strong commitment by both countries. United States has that commitment.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#613 | light | |
#4349 | thin | |
#8525 | lean | |
#32026 | unimportant | |
#48375 | weighty | |
#71390 | weightless | |
#268647 | dissuasive |
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