weigh
Measure the heft
Weigh is to measure how heavy something is, typically using a scale: She weighed the package before mailing it.
Extended uses involve careful consideration: weigh the options, weigh the evidence.
To weigh on someone is to burden them: The decision weighed heavily on her conscience.
To weigh in is to offer an opinion or, for athletes, to be officially measured before competition.
Weigh anchor means to raise it before sailing.
Think deeply about
- contemplateConsider something thoroughly
- reflectReturn light or thought
- considerThink about carefully
- mullDeliberate at length
ruminate · think · reason · meditate · cogitate · muse · brood · dwell
Measure of relative size
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- gramsMetric mass units
- kilogramsMetric mass units
- poundsMass measurement units
ounces · mass · calibration · tare · weighbridge · digital · analog · readout
Determine value or quality
- considerThink about carefully
- appraiseDetermine value of
- judgeOne who decides
- estimateInformed guess at quantity
analyze · gauge · determine · calculate · examine · review · scrutinize · rate
Carried weight or burden
- encumbranceHindrance or legal claim
- strainExcessive stretching force
- heavinessState of being weighty
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
onus · albatross · drag · millstone · anchor · responsibility · obligation · liability
Rock back and forth
- factorContributor to result
- matterSpace-occupying substance with mass
- countReckon a total
- signifyTo convey meaning
impact · bear · importance · significance · clout · leverage · pull · consideration
ponder
Think deeply about
- contemplateConsider something thoroughly
- reflectReturn light or thought
- considerThink about carefully
mull · ruminate · think · reason · meditate · cogitate · muse · brood · dwell · speculate
scale
Measure of relative size
pounds · ounces · mass · calibration · tare · weighbridge · digital · analog · readout · precision
evaluate
Determine value or quality
estimate · analyze · gauge · determine · calculate · examine · review · scrutinize · rate · value
load
Carried weight or burden
- encumbranceHindrance or legal claim
- strainExcessive stretching force
- heavinessState of being weighty
oppression · onus · albatross · drag · millstone · anchor · responsibility · obligation · liability · trouble
sway
Rock back and forth
signify · impact · bear · importance · significance · clout · leverage · pull · consideration · relevance
nautical
Of ships and sailing
mooring · hoist · raise · depart · maritime · voyage · seafaring
- comparisonscomparison, compare, comparative, analogy, metaphor
- weightpound, pounds, kilogram, kilograms, gram
- deliberationdeliberation, consideration, ponder, contemplate, deliberate
- examineexamine, analyze, assess, evaluate, inspect
- Judgment Wordsjudge, assess, evaluate, rate, rank
- judgmentsjudgment call, judge, moral judgment, criticize, value judgment
- lose weightReduce body mass
- gain weightIncrease body mass
- weight lossReduction in body mass
- weighed downMade heavy by burden
- weigh downAdd heaviness to something
- weight gainBody mass accumulation
weight, weighty, overweight, weighed, weighing, lightweight, weighs, weights, heavyweight