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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something giving balance |
| Synonyms: | balance, brace, bracket, counterbalance, counterweight, equilibrium, sandbag, stability, stabilizer, support, weight |
| Main Entry: | freight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | goods being shipped |
| Synonyms: | bales, ballast, bulk, burden, carriage, consignment, contents, conveyance, encumbrance, fardel, haul, lading, load, merchandise, pack, packages, payload, shipment, shipping, tonnage, transportation, wares, weight |
| Main Entry: | load |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burden, saddle |
| Synonyms: | arrange, ballast, bear, carry, charge, chock, choke, containerize, cram, fill, flood, freight, glut, gorge, heap, heap up, jam*, lade, lumber, mass, oversupply, pack, pile, pile it on, pile up, place, pour in, put aboard, ram in, stack, store, stow, stuff, surfeit, swamp, top, top off, weigh, weigh down, weight |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, benefit, bless, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | poise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | balance, suspend |
| Synonyms: | ballast, be ready, brood, float, hang, hold, hover, position, stabilize, stand, steady, support, wait |
| Antonyms: | drop, fall |
| Main Entry: | stabilize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or keep in steady state; make resistant to change |
| Synonyms: | balance, ballast, bolt, brace, buttress, counterbalance, counterpoise, equalize, fasten, firm, firm up, fix, freeze*, maintain, ossify, poise, preserve, prop, secure, set, settle, stabilitate, steady, stiffen, support, sustain, uphold |
| Antonyms: | change, shake, vary, weaken, wobble |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | weight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heaviness |
| Synonyms: | G-factor, adiposity, avoirdupois, ballast, burden, density, gravity, gross, heft, heftiness, load, mass, measurement, net, ponderosity, ponderousness, poundage, pressure, substance, tonnage |
| Main Entry: | weight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something used to measure heaviness |
| Synonyms: | anchor, ballast, bob, counterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight, mass, pendulum, plumb, plumb bob, poundage, pressure, rock, sandbag, sinker, stone |
| Main Entry: | counterpoise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | counterweight |
| Synonyms: | balance, ballast, compensation, counteraction, equalization, equilibrium, offset, stabilization |
| Main Entry: | preponderancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weight |
| Synonyms: | G-factor, adiposity, avoirdupois, ballast, bulk, burden, density, gravity, gross*, heft, heftiness, load, mass, measurement, net, ponderosity, ponderousness, poundage, preponderance, pressure, substance, tonnage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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