1. be heavier, greater, or more significant than:"the advantages greatly outweigh the disadvantages"Similarbe heavier thanbe greater thanexceedbe superior totake precedence/priority overprevail overhave the edge on/overpreponderate overoverridetip/turn the scales/balance againstsupersedeoffsetcancel out(more than) make up foroutbalanceoverbalancecompensate forredress