n. 1 heaviness, avoirdupois, mass, tonnage, Dialect heft They sell peaches by weight but melons are individually priced The weight of these books must be enormous. 2 burden, load, millstone, onus, pressure, strain, albatross, cross He has to support the weight of the entire family's expenses 3 influence, authority, power, substance, force, moment, importance, consequence, impact, persuasiveness, value, worth, Colloq clout Clyde brought down his full weight in favour of the liberal candidate Clyde's opinion carries little weight with me. He must stop throwing his weight around. 4 mass, majority, preponderance or preponderancy, bulk, superiority The weight of the voters is in favour of reducing taxes The weight of the evidence is against us.
v. 5 load, charge, ballast The policemen's truncheons are weighted with lead 6 arrange, manipulate, bias, incline, slant, Colloq rig The statistics are weighted so as to make the advertiser's product look superior