Antonyms for weight


Grammar : Noun
Spell : weyt
Phonetic Transcription : weɪt


Definition of weight

Origin :
  • Old English gewiht, from Proto-Germanic *(ga)wekhtiz, *(ga)wekhtjan (cf. Old Norse vætt, Old Frisian wicht, Middle Dutch gewicht, German Gewicht), from *weg- (see weigh). The verb meaning "to load with weight" is attested from 1747; sense in statistics is recorded from 1901. To lose weight "get thinner" is recorded from 1961. Weight Watcher as a trademark name dates from 1960. To pull one's weight (1921) is from rowing.
  • noun heaviness
  • noun something used to measure heaviness
  • noun importance
  • noun burden
Example sentences :
  • The whole rested on a golden image of Atlas, bending beneath the weight.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • At first the solid blackness seemed to lay a weight on their foreheads.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • Their weight was too great not to count, but it counted first this way and then that.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • First he shifted to one foot, and then he shifted his weight to the other.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • It squeaked under his weight, he felt the rungs bow and tremble.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • The weight on my mind was removed, and I felt happy and thankful.
  • Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
  • It haunted him every moment, and added to the weight of sorrow which seemed crushing him.
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
  • Your wife can have her Trine back again; and tell her she was worth her weight in gold.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • And I say, Sandy, what's the weight of that old-fashioned bar of iron you have in your hands?
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • "He's as good as we could make him," answered the Trainer, as he adjusted the weight cloth.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

Synonyms for weight

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