overweighs
Tips scales against
Overweighs means outweighs or exceeds in weight, importance, or influence: The benefit overweighs the risk.
This is a less common variant of outweighs, appearing occasionally in older or more formal writing.
To overweigh can also mean to weigh down excessively or burden: Guilt overweighed his conscience.
Exceeds in importance
- tipsExtras for servers
- tiltsInclines from vertical
- skewsDistorts or angles
- unbalancesDisturbs equilibrium or stability
disproportions · distorts · biases · favors · prioritizes · eclipses · overshadows · exceeds
Exceeds safe capacity
- strainsVarieties, injuries, or sifts
- encumbersImpedes with weight
- overtaxesBurdens beyond capacity
- oppressesGoverns through harsh control
weighs down · overbears · overwhelms · pressures · stresses · taxes · handicaps · drags
Adjusts for accuracy
- measuresQuantifies or evaluates
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
- balancesKeeps from toppling
- assessesJudges worth or quality
quantifies · calculates · portions · distributes · allots · apportions · heavy-handed · overestimates
outweighs
Exceeds in importance
unbalances · disproportions · distorts · biases · favors · prioritizes · eclipses · overshadows · exceeds · surpasses
overloads
Exceeds safe capacity
oppresses · weighs down · overbears · overwhelms · pressures · stresses · taxes · handicaps · drags · anchors
calibrates
Adjusts for accuracy
assesses · quantifies · calculates · portions · distributes · allots · apportions · heavy-handed · overestimates · miscalculates
overweighsequals
Matches in value
balances · matches · counterbalances · offsets · cancels out
- overweight feeCharge for heavy luggage