Synonyms for weigh
verb
To take the weight of
measure, scale, put on the scales, hold the scales, put in the balance, counterbalance, heft*; see also balance 2, measure 1.
To have weight
be heavy, carry weight, be important, tell, count, show, register, press, pull, be a load, burden, tip the beams*, tip the scales*.
To consider
ponder, contemplate, balance; see consider 3, estimate 1, 2, think 1. See syn. study at consider.
See weigh in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To be of significance or importance:
count, import, matter, signify. See importantTo think or think about carefully and at length:
chew on (or over), cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, entertain, excogitate, meditate, mull, muse1, ponder, reflect, revolve, ruminate, study, think, think out, think over, think through, turn over. Idioms: cudgel one's brains, put on one's thinking cap, rack one's brain. See thoughts
phrasal verb weigh downTo make sad or gloomy:
deject, depress, dispirit, oppress, sadden. See happy
phrasal verb weigh on or
uponTo come to mind continually:
haunt, obsess, torment, trouble. See repetition
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