English-Thai Dictionary

weighty

ADJ มี น้ำหนัก มาก  heavy ma-nam-nak-mak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WEIGHTY

a. 1. Having great weight; heavy; ponderous; as a weighty body.
2. Important; forcible; momentous; adapted to turn the balance in the mind, or to convince; as weighty reasons; weighty matters; weighty considerations or arguments.
3. Rigorous; severe; as our weightier judgment. [Not in use. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WEIGHTY

Weight "y, a. [Compar. Weightier; superl. Weightiest.]

 

1. Having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body.

 

2. Adapted to turn the balance in the mind, or to convince; important; forcible; serious; momentous. "For sundry weighty reasons." Shak. Let me have your advice in a weighty affair. Swift.

 

3. Rigorous; severe; afflictive. [R.] "Attend our weightier judgment. " Shak.

 

Syn. -- Heavy; ponderous; burdensome; onerous; forcible; momentous; efficacious; impressive; cogent.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

weighty

weight y |ˈwātē ˈweɪdi | ▶adjective ( weightier, weightiest ) weighing a great deal; heavy: a weighty candelabra. • of great seriousness and importance: he threw off all weighty considerations of state. • having a great deal of influence on events or decisions. DERIVATIVES weight i ly |-təlē |adverb, weight i ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

weighty

weighty |ˈweɪti | ▶adjective ( weightier, weightiest ) weighing a great deal; heavy: a weighty tome. • of great seriousness and importance: he threw off all weighty considerations of state. • having a great deal of influence on events or decisions. DERIVATIVES weightily adverb, weightiness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

weighty

weighty adjective 1 a weighty tome: heavy, thick, bulky, hefty, cumbersome, ponderous. ANTONYMS light. 2 a weighty subject: important, significant, momentous, consequential, far-reaching, impactful, key, major, big, vital, critical, crucial; serious, grave, solemn. ANTONYMS unimportant, trivial. 3 a weighty responsibility: burdensome, onerous, heavy, oppressive, taxing, troublesome, solemn. 4 weighty arguments: compelling, cogent, strong, forceful, powerful, beefy, potent, effective, sound, valid, telling; impressive, persuasive, convincing, influential, authoritative. ANTONYMS weak.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

weighty

weighty adjective 1 a weighty tome of rules and regulations: heavy, massive, thick, bulky, hefty, cumbersome, clumsy, ponderous, overweight. ANTONYMS light. 2 a weighty subject: important, of great import /importance, significant, of significance, momentous, of moment, consequential, of consequence, far-reaching, key, major, vital, critical, crucial, life-and-death, high-priority, decisive, serious, grave, solemn; no joke, no laughing matter. ANTONYMS unimportant, trivial. 3 it is a rather weighty responsibility to shoulder: burdensome, onerous, heavy, oppressive, stressful, taxing, troublesome, worrisome, vexatious. 4 weighty arguments: compelling, cogent, strong, forceful, powerful, potent, convincing, plausible, effective, efficacious, effectual, sound, valid, well founded, telling; impressive, persuasive, influential, authoritative. ANTONYMS weak.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

weighty

weight y /wéɪti /形容詞 1 ｟かたく ｠〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗重要な, 重大な 〈問題 考え 〉(｟よりくだけて ｠important ).2 ｟主に文 ｠〈本などが 〉重い .3 重荷になる, わずらわしい .w é ight i ly 副詞 w é ight i ness 名詞