weighty
/ˈweɪti/
weighty adjective: having a lot of weight; heavy.
Adjective
weighty (comparative weightier, superlative weightiest)
- Having a lot of weight; heavy.
- And so a weighty rock she aimed / With much enthusiasm1898, Guy Wetmore Carryl, The Confiding Peasant and the Maladroit Bear
- To fund the purchase, he had to sell a late Renoir, The Judgment of Paris, with its depiction of weighty ladies frolicking in a roseate garden.2018, Thom Nickels, Philadelphia Mansions: Stories and Characters behind the Walls
- Important; serious; not trivial or petty.
- a weighty argument
- But I have now reached a point in the progress of my narrative, when it becomes necessary to turn away from these light descriptions, to the more grave and weighty matter of the second battle with Master Tibeats, and the flight through the great Pacoudrie Swamp.1853, Solomon Northup, chapter IX, in [David Wilson], editor, Twelve Years a Slave. […], London: Sampson Low, Son & Co.; Auburn, N.Y.: Derby and Miller, →OCLC, page 130
- Synonyms:
- grave, solemn, austere, frightful, demure, serious, earnest, grievous, lack-laughter, thoughtful
- Rigorous; severe; afflictive.
weighty meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
weighty in Hindi
- weighty, heavy
- संगीन saṅgīn
- weighty
- दीर्घ dīrgh
weighty in Urdu
- weighty, heavy
- سنگین saṅgīn
- weighty
- دیرگھ dīrgh
weighty in Bengali
- weighty, judicious, important
- খাঁটি khãṭi
weighty in Telugu
- weighty, heavy, venerable
- గరిష్ఠము gariṣṭhamu
More languagesFewer languages
- weighty in Malayalam
- ഭാരമുള്ള bhāramuḷḷa
- weighty in Kannada
- ತುಂಬಾ ತೂಕದ, ಹೊರೆಯಾದ, ಹೆಚ್ಚುಗಾರಿಕೆಯ, ಭಾರವಾದ
- weighty in Gujarati
- ભારું bhārũ, વજનદાર vajandār
- weighty in Sanskrit
- गुरु guru
Examples of weighty in a sentence
- Usage note: "instruct" is less forceful than "order", but weightier than "advise"
- "He broke with French formality; he broke with fat and weighty flavours.
- Scott talks at length with commentatress Shirley Englehorn concerning the weighty decisions to be made.
Synonyms of weighty
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Forms of weighty
| comparative | weightier |
|---|---|
| superlative | weightiest |
| alternative form (obsolete) | weightie |
Origin of weighty
From Middle English weighti, weghti, wighti, equivalent to weight + -y. Cognate with Scots weichty, wechty, wichty, Saterland Frisian wichtich, West Frisian wichtich, Dutch wichtig, gewichtig, German wichtig, Danish vigtig, Swedish viktig. Compare typologically Russian ве́ский (véskij), весо́мый (vesómyj) (< вес (ves)). Also compare the same meaning development from cognate (by borrowing) Polish waga (< ... < Proto-Germanic *wēgō): ważny (whence Russian ва́жный (vážnyj)).
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Questions about weighty
- What does weighty mean?
- Weighty means having a lot of weight; heavy.
- What is weighty in Hindi?
- Weighty in Hindi is संगीन (saṅgīn), दीर्घ (dīrgh). See Weighty meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is weighty?
- Weighty is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce weighty?
- Weighty is pronounced /ˈweɪti/.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: weighty (page history and authors); दीर्घ (Hindi) (page history and authors); دیرگھ (Urdu) (page history and authors); খাঁটি (Bengali) (page history and authors); గరిష్ఠము (Telugu) (page history and authors); ഭാരമുള്ള (Malayalam) (page history and authors); weighty (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ભારું (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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