Weight meaning

What does “weight” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“weight” is a noun and verb with 10 meanings. Its most common meaning is: the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity.

weight

the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
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
Synonymsfree weight exercising weight
the relative importance granted to something
“his opinion carries great weight”
“the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed”
Synonymsweightiness
an artifact that is heavy
an oppressive feeling of heavy force
“bowed down by the weight of responsibility”
a system of units used to express the weight of something
Synonymssystem of weights
a unit used to measure weight
“he placed two weights in the scale pan”
Synonymsweight unit
(statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
Synonymsweighting

weight down with a load
Synonymsburden burthen weight down
present with a bias
“He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders”
Synonymsslant angle

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University