outweighing
Being heavier than
Outweighing means exceeding in weight, value, or importance.
The term is almost always figurative rather than literal—benefits outweigh costs, risks outweigh rewards, evidence outweighs doubt: The advantages of the new system far outweighed any inconvenience during the transition.
What outweighs tips the balance in a decision or judgment.
Going beyond limits
- eclipsingObscuring by surpassing
- overshadowingDominating by comparison
- trumpingDefeating with superior card
- outstrippingGoing beyond in speed
transcending · outpacing · outdoing · outperforming · surpassing · topping · beating · besting
Exercising supreme control
- prevailingMost common or accepted
- dominantHaving superior influence
- paramountOf supreme significance
- overridingOf chief importance
ascendant · controlling · governing · preponderant · decisive · determinative · conclusive · commanding
Quality of mattering
- gravityMutual mass attraction
- weightinessState of being consequential
- consequenceResult of an action
- momentBrief period of time
priority · precedence · primacy · criticality · urgency · relevance · pertinence · magnitude
Offsetting with equal force
- offsettingCounteracting with equivalence
- compensatingCounterbalancing a lack
- tippingPaying beyond the bill
- scaleMeasure of relative size
equilibrium · neutralizing · overbalancing · heavier · tilting · unbalancing · disproportion · asymmetry
Measuring mass or heft
- assessingEvaluating worth or significance
- consideringMentally evaluating something
- judgingForming an opinion
- comparingExamining for differences
measuring · calculating · factoring · deliberating · balancing · cost-benefit · pros and cons · reckoning
exceeding
Going beyond limits
- eclipsingObscuring by surpassing
- overshadowingDominating by comparison
- trumpingDefeating with superior card
outstripping · transcending · outpacing · outdoing · outperforming · surpassing · topping · beating · besting · outmatching
dominating
Exercising supreme control
- prevailingMost common or accepted
- dominantHaving superior influence
- paramountOf supreme significance
overriding · ascendant · controlling · governing · preponderant · decisive · determinative · conclusive · commanding · overpowering
significance
Quality of mattering
- gravityMutual mass attraction
- weightinessState of being consequential
- consequenceResult of an action
moment · priority · precedence · primacy · criticality · urgency · relevance · pertinence · magnitude · import
counterbalancing
Offsetting with equal force
- offsettingCounteracting with equivalence
- compensatingCounterbalancing a lack
- tippingPaying beyond the bill
scale · equilibrium · neutralizing · overbalancing · heavier · tilting · unbalancing · disproportion · asymmetry · preponderance
weighing
Measuring mass or heft
- assessingEvaluating worth or significance
- consideringMentally evaluating something
- judgingForming an opinion
comparing · measuring · calculating · factoring · deliberating · balancing · cost-benefit · pros and cons · reckoning · accounting for
outweighingequaling
Being the same as
balancing · matching · evening out · counterbalancing · offsetting
weight, weigh, overweight, weighted, weights, weightless, outweigh, counterweight, underweight