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adjective
- 1. weighing a great deal; heavy: "a weighty tome" Similar Opposite
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weighty adjective (SERIOUS) A weighty subject, book, or piece of work is important or serious: weighty matters / issues. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. (Definition of weighty from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
The meaning of WEIGHTY is of much importance or consequence : momentous. How to use weighty in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Weighty.
Weighty things are either very heavy or extremely important and worrisome. Putting your weighty cat on a diet might be a weighty issue that nags at you. If your luggage is too weighty, you'll have to pay an extra fee at the airport.
You use weighty to describe something, especially a book, that is heavy or heavier than you would expect. [ literary ] Simon lifted a weighty volume from the shelf.
Synonyms for WEIGHTY: serious, important, big, heavy, meaningful, major, grave, substantial; Antonyms of WEIGHTY: light, small, little, trivial, minor, slight, frivolous, unimportant
weighty adjective (SERIOUS) A weighty subject, book, or piece of work is important or serious: weighty matters / issues. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. (Definition of weighty from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Definition of weighty adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you describe something such as an issue or a decision as weighty, you mean that it is serious or important.
weighty - 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"
having or exerting influence, power, etc.; influential: a weighty merchant of Boston. weighty. / ˈweɪtɪ / adjective. having great weight. important or momentous. causing anxiety or worry.
