weighty : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: weighty	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for weighty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
weighty adj having relatively great weight; heavy; "a weighty load"; "a weighty package" Antonym(s): weightless powerfully persuasive; "a cogent argument"; "a telling presentation"; "a weighty argument" Synonym(s): cogent, telling, weighty 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" Synonym(s): grave, grievous, heavy, weighty weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry; "weighty problems" excessively fat; "a weighty man" Synonym(s): corpulent, obese, weighty, rotund
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. [bd]For sundry weighty reasons.[b8] --Shak. Let me have your advice in a weighty affair. --Swift. 3. Rigorous; severe; afflictive. [R.] [bd]Attend our weightier judgment.[b8] --Shak. Syn: Heavy; ponderous; burdensome; onerous; forcible; momentous; efficacious; impressive; cogent.