weighty
adjective
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
having relatively great weight; heavy
a weighty load
Related & opposite
- weightless antonym
- weight derivation
- heaviness derivation
Sense 2 adjective
powerfully persuasive
a cogent argument
Related & opposite
- weightiness derivation
- cogency derivation
- persuasive similar to
Sense 3 adjective
of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
grave responsibilities
Related & opposite
- graveness derivation
- weightiness derivation
- important similar to
Sense 4 adjective
weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry
weighty problems
Related & opposite
Sense 5 adjective
excessively fat
a weighty man
Related & opposite
- fleshiness derivation
- corpulence derivation
- heaviness derivation
- fat similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | weightless |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | weight |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | heaviness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | weightiness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cogency |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | persuasive |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | graveness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | weightiness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | important |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | weight |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | heavy |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | fleshiness |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | corpulence |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | heaviness |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | fat |