outweighs
Tips the scales
Outweighs means to exceed in importance, value, or influence.
When benefits outweigh costs, the advantages matter more than the disadvantages: The risks outweigh the potential rewards.
The metaphor comes from scales—one side literally weighing more than the other.
Can also apply to physical weight: The luggage outweighs the passenger.
Goes past a boundary
- surpassesExceeds in quality
- eclipsesAstronomical occultations
- outstripsSurpasses in performance
- overshadowsDominates by comparison
transcends · outdoes · outmatches · trumps · tops · beats · overrides · outbalances
Plates or weighing devices
- counterbalanceOffsetting force or weight
- equilibriumState of balance
- tippingPaying beyond the bill
- offsetCompensate by opposing force
compensates · tilts · tips · overbalances · preponderance
Quality of mattering
- priorityStatus of greater importance
- valueImportance or price
- relevanceState of mattering here
- gravityMutual mass attraction
consequence · substance · merit · worth · magnitude · import · moment · criticality
Rock back and forth
- leverageBorrowed capital for amplified returns
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
- predominanceSuperior influence or control
- ascendancyDominant power or influence
impact · clout · power · authority · supremacy · control · potency · forcefulness
Careful weighing of choices
- considerationCareful thought or compensation
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- weighingMeasuring mass or heft
balancing · reasoning · analysis · calculation · reckoning · appraisal · estimation · determination
exceeds
Goes past a boundary
overshadows · transcends · outdoes · outmatches · trumps · tops · beats · overrides · outbalances · predominates
scales
Plates or weighing devices
- counterbalanceOffsetting force or weight
- equilibriumState of balance
- tippingPaying beyond the bill
offset · compensates · tilts · tips · overbalances · preponderance
significance
Quality of mattering
gravity · consequence · substance · merit · worth · magnitude · import · moment · criticality · essentiality
sway
Rock back and forth
- leverageBorrowed capital for amplified returns
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
- predominanceSuperior influence or control
ascendancy · impact · clout · power · authority · supremacy · control · potency · forcefulness · pull
deliberation
Careful weighing of choices
- considerationCareful thought or compensation
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
weighing · balancing · reasoning · analysis · calculation · reckoning · appraisal · estimation · determination · scrutiny
outweighsequals
Matches in value
balances · matches · counterbalances · offsets · cancels out