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weighty
[wey-tee] 
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weighty
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | heavy |
| Synonyms: | burdensome, cumbersome, cumbrous, dense, fat, fleshy, hefty, massive, obese, overweight, ponderous, porcine, portly, stout |
| Antonyms: | light, small, thin, unsubstantial |
| Main Entry: | weighty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | troublesome, difficult |
| Synonyms: | backbreaking, burdensome, crushing, demanding, exacting, exigent, grievous, onerous, oppressive, superincumbent, taxing, tough, worrisome, worrying |
| Antonyms: | easy, facile, solvable |
| Main Entry: | big |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | important |
| Synonyms: | big league, big-time, consequential, considerable, eminent, heavy-duty, heavyweight, influential, leading, main, major league, material, meaningful, momentous, paramount, popular, powerful, prime, principal, prominent, serious, significant, substantial, super, super colossal, valuable, weighty |
| Antonyms: | blah, bland, dull, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | bulky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | huge |
| Synonyms: | awkward, beefy, big, colossal, cumbersome, cumbrous, enormous, gross, heavy, hefty, high, hulking, immense, large, long, mammoth, massive, ponderous, substantial, unhandy, unmanageable, unwieldy, voluminous, weighty |
| Antonyms: | insubstantial, miniature, small, thin, tiny |
| Main Entry: | burdensome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | troublesome |
| Synonyms: | carking, crushing, demanding, difficult, disturbing, exacting, exigent, heavy*, irksome, onerous, oppressive, superincumbent, taxing, tough, trying, wearing, wearying, weighty |
| Antonyms: | aiding, helpful, helping, relieving, unburdensome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chief |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | most important, essential |
| Synonyms: | arch, capital, cardinal, central, champion, consequential, controlling, crucial, effective, especial, first, foremost, grand, head, highest, key, leading, main, major, momentous, number one, outstanding, paramount, potent, predominant, preeminent, premier, primal, primary, prime, principal, ruling, significant, star, stellar, superior, supreme, telling, uppermost, vital, weighty |
| Antonyms: | inessential, minor, secondary, subordinate, unimportant, unnecessary |
| Main Entry: | cogent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | effective |
| Synonyms: | apposite, apt, compelling, conclusive, consequential, convictive, convincing, fitting, forceful, forcible, inducing, influential, irresistible, justified, meaningful, momentous, persuasive, pertinent, potent, powerful, puissant, relevant, satisfactory, satisfying, significant, solid, sound, strong, suasive, telling, urgent, valid, weighty, well-grounded |
| Antonyms: | impotent, ineffective, invalid, weak |
| Main Entry: | consequential |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | significant |
| Synonyms: | big, considerable, eventful, far-reaching, grave, important, material, meaningful, momentous, serious, substantial, weighty |
| Antonyms: | inconsequential, insignificant, uneventful, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | considerable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | important |
| Synonyms: | big, consequential, distinguished, doozie, dynamite, essential, fab, fat, influential, material, meaningful, momentous, mondo, noteworthy, renowned, significant, solid gold, something, something else, substantial, super, super-duper, to the max, unreal*, venerable, weighty |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, unimportant, unnoteworthy, unnoticeable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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