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Adjective: weighty (weightier,weightiest)  wey-tee
  1. Powerfully persuasive
    "a weighty argument";
    - cogent, telling
     
  2. Of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
    "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference";
    - grave, grievous, heavy
     
  3. Weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry
    "weighty problems"
     
  4. Excessively fat
    "a weighty man";
    - corpulent, obese, rotund, lardy [informal], overweight, porky [informal]
     
  5. Having relatively great weight; heavy
    "a weighty load"; "a weighty package"

Derived forms: weightier, weightiest

See also: fat, heavy, important, of import, persuasive, suasive [rare]

Antonym: weightless

Encyclopedia: Weighty