weight - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

an artifact that is heavy

Synonyms

• weight

More generic

• artefact
• artifact

More specific

• balance
• bob
• burden
• counterbalance
• counterpoise
• counterweight
• equaliser
• equalizer
• load
• loading
• makeweight
• paperweight
• sinker

Noun

sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms

Synonyms

• exercising weight
• free weight
• weight

More generic

• sports equipment

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• barbell
• dumbbell

Noun

the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity

Synonyms

• weight

More generic

• physical property

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• body weight
• dead weight
• heaviness
• lightness
• poundage
• tare
• throw-weight
• weightiness
• weightlessness

Noun

the relative importance granted to something

Synonyms

• weight
• weightiness

More generic

• importance

Noun

an oppressive feeling of heavy force

Synonyms

• weight

More generic

• oppression
• oppressiveness

Noun

(statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance

Synonyms

• weight
• weighting

More generic

• coefficient

Noun

a unit used to measure weight

Synonyms

• weight
• weight unit

More generic

• unit
• unit of measurement

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• apothecaries' unit
• apothecaries' weight
• arroba
• cattie
• catty
• crith
• frail
• last
• maund
• obolus
• oka
• picul
• pood
• rotl
• tael
• tod
• troy unit
• welterweight

Noun

a system of units used to express the weight of something

Synonyms

• system of weights
• weight

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• metric
• system of measurement

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• avoirdupois
• avoirdupois weight
• troy
• troy weight

Verb

present with a bias

Synonyms

• angle
• slant
• weight

More generic

• bias
• predetermine

Verb

weight down with a load

Synonyms

• burden
• burthen
• weight
• weight down

More generic

• charge

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• overburden
• plumb
• saddle

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