weight

Nouns

  • (n) the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
  • (n) 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 exercising weight, free weight,
  • (n) the relative importance granted to something
    • his opinion carries great weight
    • the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed
    weightiness,
  • (n) an artifact that is heavy
  • (n) an oppressive feeling of heavy force
    • bowed down by the weight of responsibility
  • (n) a system of units used to express the weight of something system of weights,
  • (n) a unit used to measure weight
    • he placed two weights in the scale pan
    weight unit,
  • (n) (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance weighting,

Verbs

Synonyms

burden burthen weight down slant angle exercising weight free weight weightiness system of weights weight unit weighting

Antonyms

disburden unburden

Words of close approximity

weigh
weight down weighted weight gainer weight gaining weightily weightiness weighting weightless weightlessness weightlift weight-lift weightlifter weightlifting weight unit weighty