'Weighty' definitions:
Definition of 'weighty'
From: WordNet
adjective
Having relatively great weight; heavy; "a weighty load"; "a weighty package" [ant: weightless]
adjective
Powerfully persuasive; "a cogent argument"; "a telling presentation"; "a weighty argument" [syn: cogent, telling, weighty]
adjective
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" [syn: grave, grievous, heavy, weighty]
adjective
Weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry; "weighty problems"
adjective
Definition of 'Weighty'
From: GCIDE
- Weighty \Weight"y\, a. [Compar. Weightier; superl. Weightiest.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Adapted to turn the balance in the mind, or to convince; important; forcible; serious; momentous. "For sundry weighty reasons." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Let me have your advice in a weighty affair. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Rigorous; severe; afflictive. [R.] "Attend our weightier judgment." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Heavy; ponderous; burdensome; onerous; forcible; momentous; efficacious; impressive; cogent. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'weighty'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute,
- adducible,
- admissible,
- amplitudinous,
- ascendant,
- astronomical,
- attestative,
- attestive,
- authentic,
- authoritarian,
- authoritative,
- authorized,
- autocratic,
- awe-inspiring,
- awesome,
- based on,
- big,
- binding,
- boundless,
- bulky,
- burdensome,
- certain,
- charismatic,
- charming,
- circumstantial,
- clothed with authority,
- cogent,
- colossal,
- commanding,
- competent,
- conclusive,
- consequential,
- considerable,
- consistent,
- controlling,
- convincing,
- corpulent,
- cosmic,
- cumbersome,
- cumbrous,
- cumulative,
- damning,
- decisive,
- decorous,
- demanding,
- demure,
- determinative,
- dignified,
- documentary,
- documented,
- dominant,
- duly constituted,
- earnest,
- effective,
- effectual,
- efficacious,
- elevated,
- eminent,
- empowered,
- enchanting,
- enormous,
- estimable,
- evidential,
- evidentiary,
- ex officio,
- ex parte,
- exacting,
- exhausting,
- exigent,
- extensive,
- eye-witness,
- factual,
- fat,
- fatal,
- fateful,
- final,
- firsthand,
- fleshy,
- formal,
- formidable,
- founded on,
- frowning,
- galactic,
- Gargantuan,
- gigantic,
- good,
- governing,
- grand,
- grave,
- great,
- grievous,
- grim,
- grim-faced,
- grim-visaged,
- grinding,
- gross,
- grounded on,
- harsh,
- hearsay,
- heavy,
- heavyweight,
- hefty,
- hegemonic,
- hegemonistic,
- huge,
- immeasurable,
- immense,
- imperative,
- implicit,
- important,
- imposing,
- incontrovertible,
- indicative,
- indisputable,
- infinite,
- influential,
- inspiring,
- irrefutable,
- irresistible,
- just,
- king-size,
- large,
- lawful,
- leaden,
- leading,
- legal,
- legitimate,
- lofty,
- logical,
- long-faced,
- magnetic,
- majestic,
- mammoth,
- massive,
- massy,
- material,
- meaningful,
- mighty,
- momentous,
- monocratic,
- monster,
- monstrous,
- monumental,
- mountainous,
- moving,
- no-nonsense,
- noble,
- nuncupative,
- obese,
- official,
- onerous,
- oppressive,
- outsize,
- overburdensome,
- overgrown,
- overweight,
- overwhelming,
- personable,
- persuasive,
- ponderous,
- portentous,
- portly,
- potent,
- powerful,
- preeminent,
- prestigious,
- presumptive,
- probative,
- prodigious,
- prominent,
- puissant,
- ranking,
- reliable,
- reputable,
- ruling,
- sedate,
- self-consistent,
- senior,
- serious,
- severe,
- significant,
- sizable,
- sober,
- sober-minded,
- sobersided,
- solemn,
- solid,
- somber,
- sound,
- spacious,
- staid,
- stately,
- stone-faced,
- stout,
- straight-faced,
- strong,
- stupendous,
- suasive,
- sublime,
- substantial,
- sufficient,
- suggestive,
- superincumbent,
- superior,
- supreme,
- sure,
- symptomatic,
- taxing,
- telling,
- thoughtful,
- titanic,
- totalitarian,
- tough,
- tremendous,
- tyrannous,
- unsmiling,
- valid,
- vast,
- voluminous,
- wearing,
- wearying,
- well-founded,
- well-grounded,
- winning