weightiness
Burden of importance
Weightiness is the quality of being weighty—heavy in a physical sense, but more often serious, significant, or substantial.
A matter of great weightiness demands careful consideration: The weightiness of the decision kept her up at night.
The word often carries a slightly formal or literary tone, suggesting gravity that lighter synonyms like "importance" don't quite capture.
Main mass or size
- massQuantity of matter
- densityMass-to-volume ratio
- ponderousnessQuality of being cumbersomely heavy
- solidityFirmness of structure
substantiality · load · burden · tonnage · heftiness · thickness · sturdiness · leaden
Quality of mattering
- gravityMutual mass attraction
- consequenceResult of an action
- momentousnessState of great significance
- seriousnessEarnest, weighty demeanor
substance · import · magnitude · criticality · relevance · influence · impact · noteworthiness
State of being serious
- earnestnessGenuine seriousness of intent
- sombernessGrave, serious quality
- severityIntensity of sternness
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
dignity · formality · seriousness · austerity · staidness · sedateness · pensiveness · thoughtfulness
bulk
Main mass or size
- massQuantity of matter
- densityMass-to-volume ratio
- ponderousnessQuality of being cumbersomely heavy
solidity · substantiality · load · burden · tonnage · heftiness · thickness · sturdiness · leaden · cumbersome
significance
Quality of mattering
- gravityMutual mass attraction
- consequenceResult of an action
- momentousnessState of great significance
seriousness · substance · import · magnitude · criticality · relevance · influence · impact · noteworthiness · prominence
graveness
State of being serious
- earnestnessGenuine seriousness of intent
- sombernessGrave, serious quality
- severityIntensity of sternness
sobriety · dignity · formality · seriousness · austerity · staidness · sedateness · pensiveness · thoughtfulness · portentousness
- importanceimportance, significance, consequence, gravity, magnitude
- humorlessnesshumorlessness, seriousness, deadpan, poker face, stone face
weightinesslightness
Minimal weight or gravity
weightlessness · airiness · insubstantiality · flimsiness · superficiality
weightinesstriviality
Unimportant small matter
insignificance · unimportance · inconsequence · frivolity · levity
weightinesslevity
Lack of seriousness
frivolity · lightheartedness · flippancy · playfulness · breeziness
weight, weigh, weighty, overweight, heaviness, weighted, weights, weightless, underweight