Found 2 items, similar to Weighty.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: weighty
weighty
adj 1: having relatively great weight; heavy;
“a weighty load”;
“a
weighty package” [ant:
weightless]
2: 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]
3: weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry;
“weighty problems”
4: excessively fat;
“a weighty man” [syn:
corpulent,
obese,
rotund]
5: powerfully persuasive;
“a cogent argument”;
“a telling
presentation”;
“a weighty argument” [syn:
cogent,
telling]
[also:
weightiest,
weightier]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Weighty
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]