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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (5)

1. having relatively great weight; heavy;
- Example: "a weighty load"
- Example: "a weighty package"

2. powerfully persuasive;
- Example: "a cogent argument"
- Example: "a telling presentation"
- Example: "a weighty argument"
[syn: cogent, telling, weighty]

3. of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought;
- Example: "grave responsibilities"
- Example: "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"
- Example: "a grievous fault"
- Example: "heavy matters of state"
- Example: "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference"
[syn: grave, grievous, heavy, weighty]

4. weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry;
- Example: "weighty problems"

5. excessively fat;
- Example: "a weighty man"
[syn: corpulent, obese, weighty, rotund]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Weighty \Weight"y\, a. [Compar. Weightier; superl.
   Weightiest.]
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   1. Having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body.
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   2. Adapted to turn the balance in the mind, or to convince;
      important; forcible; serious; momentous. "For sundry
      weighty reasons." --Shak.
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            Let me have your advice in a weighty affair.
                                                  --Swift.
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   3. Rigorous; severe; afflictive. [R.] "Attend our weightier
      judgment." --Shak.
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   Syn: Heavy; ponderous; burdensome; onerous; forcible;
        momentous; efficacious; impressive; cogent.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

weighty
    adj 1: having relatively great weight; heavy; "a weighty load";
           "a weighty package" [ant: weightless]
    2: powerfully persuasive; "a cogent argument"; "a telling
       presentation"; "a weighty argument" [syn: cogent,
       telling, weighty]
    3: of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious
       thought; "grave responsibilities"; "faced a grave decision in
       a time of crisis"; "a grievous fault"; "heavy matters of
       state"; "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace
       conference" [syn: grave, grievous, heavy, weighty]
    4: weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry;
       "weighty problems"
    5: excessively fat; "a weighty man" [syn: corpulent, obese,
       weighty, rotund]