Synonyms for weighty
- adjective
Most common
serious massive ponderous portentous persuasive cogent corpulent ponderable
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Heavy — important; serious; not trivial or petty
heavy, important, serious, grave, massive, ponderous, grievous, portentous, solemn, momentous, solid, somber US, sombre UK, great, gurt UK, significant, material, burdensome, thoughtful, onerous, sound, earnest, remarkable, sedate
2. Cogent
cogent, persuasive, influential, efficacious formal, valid, telling
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Important; serious; not trivial or petty.
- adj. 2
Having a lot of weight; heavy.
- adj. 3
Rigorous; severe; afflictive.
Related words
- Word family
- weightiness
Example sentences
- serious Loss of health is more serious than loss of money.
- massive Algeria exports massive quantities of natural gas.
- ponderous The old professor's lectures are long-winded and ponderous.
- persuasive Tom is listened to because of his persuasive power.
- cogent It's not the most cogent argument.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| weighty | steady | |
| serious | steady | |
| massive | steady | |
| ponderous | steady | |
| portentous | steady | |
| persuasive | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- big1, fat1
- 4 letters
- gurt
- 5 letters
- great1, sound1, heavy2, solid2, valid2, grave1, obese2
- 6 letters
- solemn2, somber2, sombre, sedate2, cogent2, rotund2
- 7 letters
- serious3, telling2, massive2, earnest2, onerous3
- 8 letters
- material4, grievous2
- 9 letters
- important3, momentous3, ponderous3, corpulent
- 10 letters
- remarkable4, thoughtful2, persuasive3, burdensome3, portentous3, ponderable
- 11 letters
- significant4, influential4, efficacious4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (heavy2 = 2 syllables).