Synonyms for weight
weɪtweight

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. weightnoun

   A burden (from the Anglo-Saxon byrthen, from the verb beran, bear) is what one has to bear, and the word is used always of that which is borne by a living agent. A load (from the Anglo-Saxon lād, a way, course, carrying, or carriage) is what is laid upon a person, animal, or vehicle for conveyance, or what is customarily so imposed; as, a two-horse load. Weight measures the pressure due to gravity; the same weight that one finds a moderate load when in his full strength becomes a heavy burden in weariness or weakness. A ship's load is called distinctively a cargo, or it may be known as freight or lading. Freight denotes merchandise in or for transportation and is used largely of transportation or of merchandise transported by rail, which is, in commercial language, said to be "shipped." A load to be fastened upon a horse or mule is called a pack, and the animal is known as a pack-horse or pack-mule.

   Synonyms:
   burden, cargo, charge, clog, encumbrance, freight, incubus, lading, load, pack

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. weight

   Synonyms:
   gravity, ponderosity, heaviness, pressure, burden, importance, power, influence, efficacy, consequence, moment, impressiveness

   Antonyms:
   lightness, levity, portableness, alleviation, unimportance, insignificance, weakness, inefficacy, unimpressiveness, triviality, worthlessness

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. weightnoun

   the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity

   Synonyms:
   weighting, weight unit, exercising weight, weightiness, free weight, system of weights

2. weight, free weight, exercising weightnoun

   sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms

   Synonyms:
   weighting, weight unit, exercising weight, weightiness, free weight, system of weights

3. weight, weightinessnoun

   the relative importance granted to something

   "his opinion carries great weight"; "the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed"

   Synonyms:
   weightiness, exercising weight, heaviness, weight unit, system of weights, free weight, weighting

4. weightnoun

   an artifact that is heavy

   Synonyms:
   weighting, weight unit, exercising weight, weightiness, free weight, system of weights

5. weightnoun

   an oppressive feeling of heavy force

   "bowed down by the weight of responsibility"

   Synonyms:
   weighting, weight unit, exercising weight, weightiness, free weight, system of weights

6. system of weights, weightnoun

   a system of units used to express the weight of something

   Synonyms:
   weighting, weight unit, exercising weight, weightiness, free weight, system of weights

7. weight unit, weightnoun

   a unit used to measure weight

   "he placed two weights in the scale pan"

   Synonyms:
   weightiness, exercising weight, weight unit, system of weights, metric weight unit, free weight, weighting

8. weight, weightingverb

   (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance

   Synonyms:
   weighting, weight unit, exercising weight, weightiness, free weight, system of weights

9. burden, burthen, weight, weight downverb

   weight down with a load

   Synonyms:
   slant, saddle, burden, weight down, burthen, angle, charge

10. slant, angle, weightverb

    present with a bias

    "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"

    Synonyms:
    burden, slant, fish, pitch, angle, cant, weight down, burthen, lean, tip, tilt, cant over

Matched Categories

1. • Artifact
   • Importance
   • Oppression
   • Physical Property
   • Sports Equipment
   • System Of Measurement
   • Unit Of Measurement

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. weightnoun

   Synonyms:
   heaviness, gravity, ponderousness, ponderosity

2. weightnoun

   Synonyms:
   pressure, burden, load

3. weightnoun

   Synonyms:
   importance, influence, power, efficacy, consequence, moment, significance, import, pith

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. weightnoun

   Synonyms:
   heaviness, ponderousness, gravity, ponderosity, poise, heft, encumbrance, pressure, incubus, clog, burden, importance, consequence, moment, significance

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "weight":

   weights, weighting, mass, peso, poids, burden, wgt, wt., importance, brunt, wt, clout, philippine, weighing, weigh, influence, weighty, underweight, emphasis, significance, compelling, pesos

How to pronounce weight?

How to say weight in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use weight in a sentence?

1. Skye Simpson:

   I didn’t want to give up food, or exercise. I was too lazy for that. I loved snacking on chips, bread and biscuits, at first, I was only skipping one injection a day. But as the weight dropped off, I became hooked and in just a few weeks, I was skipping my insulin all together.

2. Paul Whelan:

   He has lost a lot of weight. We hope that he just continues to survive day to day until he's able to come home.

3. Edward Farrell:

   Many times in my practice we comes across individuals with minimal or moderate osteoarthritis that are unfortunately becoming more sedentary due to some pain, the result is potential weight gain, reduced cardiovascular health, and of course joint stiffness and muscle weakness.

4. Mara Keisling:

   Having President Obama and the weight of the White House behind efforts to ban conversion therapy is so critical in the fight for transgender and LGB young people, my hope is that when a transgender person's struggle is acknowledged by one of the most recognizable figures in the world, it positively changes the way they view themselves. The pseudo-science that propels conversion therapy cannot match the self-acceptance that comes with this kind of change.

5. Mukul Chawla:

   No one suggests... that Tom Hayes should bear the full weight of Libor manipulation on Tom Hayes shoulders.