The state or quality of being physically heavy

• avoirdupois

  1. Avoirdupois weight.
  2. Weight or heaviness, especially of a person.

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• weightiness

  1. The quality of being weighty

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• ponderousness

  1. The quality of being ponderous.

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• ponderosity

  1. The quality of requiring extensive thought.

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• massiveness

  1. The property of being massive.

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• heftiness

  1. The property of being hefty.

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• heaviness

  1. a heavy quality or state

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A duty or responsibility that is a source of anxiety, worry, or hardship

• headache

  1. A pain in the head.
  2. Something, such as a problem, that causes annoyance or trouble.

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• tax

  1. A contribution for the support of a government required of persons, groups, or businesses within the domain of that government.
  2. A fee or dues levied on the members of an organization to meet its expenses.
  3. A burdensome or excessive demand; a strain.

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• onus

  1. A difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity; a burden or obligation.
  2. Responsibility for an error or fault; blame:
  3. The burden of proof:

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• millstone

  1. One of a pair of cylindrical stones used in a mill for grinding grain.
  2. A source of worry or distress:
  3. An obstacle to success.

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• burden

  1. Something that is carried.
  2. Something that is emotionally difficult to bear.
  3. A source of great worry or stress; weight:

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The greatest part or portion

• preponderancy

  1. Archaic form of preponderance.

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• preponderance

  1. Superiority in weight, force, importance, or influence.

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• mass

  1. A unified body of matter with no specific shape:
  2. A grouping of individual parts or elements that compose a unified body of unspecified size or quantity:
  3. A large but nonspecific amount or number:

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• bulk

  1. Size, mass, or volume, especially when very large.
  2. A distinct mass or portion of matter, especially a large one:
  3. The body of a human, especially when large or muscular.

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The power to produce an effect by indirect means

• pull

  1. To apply force to (something) so as to cause or tend to cause motion toward the source of the force:
  2. To remove from a fixed position; extract:
  3. To tug at; jerk or tweak:

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• clout

  1. A piece of cloth, especially a baby's diaper.

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• sway

  1. To swing back and forth or to and fro.
  2. To incline or bend to one side; veer:
  3. To incline toward change, as in opinion or feeling:

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• leverage

  1. The action of a lever.
  2. The mechanical advantage of a lever.
  3. Positional advantage; power to act effectively:

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• influence

  1. A power affecting a person, thing, or course of events, especially one that operates without any direct or apparent effort:
  2. Power to sway or affect based on prestige, wealth, ability, or position:
  3. A person who exerts such power:

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Effective means of influencing, compelling, or punishing

• muscle

  1. A tissue composed of fibers capable of contracting to effect bodily movement.
  2. A contractile organ consisting of a special bundle of muscle tissue, which moves a particular bone, part, or substance of the body:
  3. Muscular strength:

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• clout

  1. A piece of cloth, especially a baby's diaper.

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• power

  1. The ability or capacity to act or do something effectively:
  2. A specific capacity, faculty, or aptitude:
  3. Physical strength or force exerted or capable of being exerted:

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• force

  1. The capacity to do work or cause physical change; energy, strength, or active power:
  2. Power made operative against resistance; exertion:
  3. The use of physical power or violence to compel or restrain:

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The quality or state of being important

• weightiness

  1. The quality of being weighty

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• significancy

  1. (dated) significance

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• significance

  1. The state or quality of being significant:
  2. A meaning that is expressed or implied:

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• moment

  1. A brief, indefinite interval of time.
  2. A specific point in time, especially the present time:
  3. A point in time that is gratifying or noteworthy:

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• importance

  1. The quality or condition of being important; significance.
  2. Personal status; standing:
  3. Meaning; import.

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• import

  1. To bring or carry in from an outside source, especially to bring in (goods or materials) from a foreign country for trade or sale.
  2. To receive (data) into one program from another.
  3. To carry or hold the meaning of; signify:

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• consequence

  1. Something that logically or naturally follows from an action or condition.
  2. A logical conclusion or inference.
  3. Importance in rank or position:

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• concernment

  1. A matter that is of concern.
  2. Reference, relation, or importance.
  3. Anxiety; worry.

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• concern

  1. To have to do with or relate to:
  2. To be of interest or importance to:
  3. To engage the attention of; involve:

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To place a burden or heavy load on

• tax

  1. A contribution for the support of a government required of persons, groups, or businesses within the domain of that government.
  2. A fee or dues levied on the members of an organization to meet its expenses.
  3. A burdensome or excessive demand; a strain.

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• saddle

  1. A leather seat for a rider, secured on an animal's back by a girth.
  2. Similar tack used for attaching a pack to an animal.
  3. The padded part of a driving harness fitting over a horse's back.

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• load

  1. A weight or mass that is supported:
  2. The overall force to which a structure is subjected in supporting a weight or mass or in resisting externally applied forces.
  3. Something that is carried, as by a vehicle, person, or animal:

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• lade

  1. To load with or as if with cargo.
  2. To place (something) as a load for or as if for shipment.
  3. To burden or oppress; weigh down.

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• freight

  1. Goods carried by a vessel or vehicle, especially by a commercial carrier; cargo.
  2. A burden; a load.
  3. Commercial transportation of goods.

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• encumber

  1. to hold back the motion or action of, as with a burden; hinder; hamper
  2. to fill in such a way as to obstruct; block up; obstruct
  3. to load or weigh down, as with claims, debts, etc.; burden

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• cumber

  1. to hinder by obstruction or interference; hamper
  2. to burden in a troublesome way
  3. to perplex or distress

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• charge

  1. To impose a duty, responsibility, or obligation on:
  2. To instruct or urge authoritatively; command:
  3. To instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence.

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• burden

  1. Something that is carried.
  2. Something that is emotionally difficult to bear.
  3. A source of great worry or stress; weight:

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Heaviness

• G-factor

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• substance

  1. That which has mass and occupies space; matter.
  2. A material of a particular kind or constitution.
  3. A drug, chemical, or other material (such as glue) that one is dependent on or uses habitually and that is often illegal or subject to government regulation:

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• ballast

  1. Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship or the gondola of a balloon to enhance stability.
  2. Coarse gravel or crushed rock laid to form a bed for roads or railroads.
  3. The gravel ingredient of concrete.

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• tonnage

  1. The number of tons of water that a ship displaces when afloat.
  2. The capacity of a merchant ship in units of 100 cubic feet.
  3. A duty or charge per ton on cargo, as at a port or canal.

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• ponderousness

  1. The quality of being ponderous.

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• adiposity

  1. the state of being fat; obesity
  2. a tendency to become obese

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• density

  1. The quality or condition of being dense.
  2. The quantity of something per unit measure, especially per unit length, area, or volume.
  3. The mass per unit volume of a substance under specified conditions of pressure and temperature.

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• mass

  1. A unified body of matter with no specific shape:
  2. A grouping of individual parts or elements that compose a unified body of unspecified size or quantity:
  3. A large but nonspecific amount or number:

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• burden

  1. Something that is carried.
  2. Something that is emotionally difficult to bear.
  3. A source of great worry or stress; weight:

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• heft

  1. Weight; heaviness; bulk.
  2. To lift (something) in order to judge or estimate its weight.
  3. To hoist (something); heave.

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• gravity

  1. The natural attraction between physical bodies, especially when one of the bodies is a celestial body, such as the earth.
  2. Grave consequence; seriousness or importance:
  3. Solemnity or dignity of manner.

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• molecular-weight

  1. The sum of the atomic weights of all the atoms in a molecule.

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• dead-weight

  1. The unrelieved weight of a heavy, motionless mass.
  2. An oppressive burden or difficulty.
  3. The fixed weight of a structure or piece of equipment, such as a bridge on its supports.

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• net-weight

  1. the weight of a product (especially food) without the weight of its packaging
  2. the weight of a vehicle without that of its fuel, cargo, personnel etc

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• gross-weight

  1. the total weight of a commodity, including the weight of the packaging or container

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• load

  1. A weight or mass that is supported:
  2. The overall force to which a structure is subjected in supporting a weight or mass or in resisting externally applied forces.
  3. Something that is carried, as by a vehicle, person, or animal:

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• pressure

  1. The act of pressing.
  2. The condition of being pressed.
  3. The application of continuous force by one body on another that it is touching; compression.

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An object used for its weight

• sandbag

  1. A bag filled with sand and used as ballast, in the formation of protective walls, or as a weapon.
  2. To put sandbags in or around.
  3. To hit with a sandbag.

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• plumb

  1. A weight on the end of a line, used to determine water depth.
  2. A weight on the end of a line, used especially by masons and carpenters to establish a true vertical.
  3. In a vertical or perpendicular line.

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• anchor

  1. A heavy object attached to a vessel by a cable, rope, or chain and dropped into the water to keep the vessel in place either by its weight or by its flukes, which grip the bottom.
  2. A rigid point of support, as for securing a rope.
  3. A source of security or stability.

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• sinker

  1. One that sinks, as a weight used for sinking fishing lines or nets.
  2. A doughnut.
  3. A sinkerball.

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• leadweight

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• rock

  1. Relatively hard, naturally formed mineral or petrified matter; stone.
  2. A relatively small piece or fragment of such material.
  3. A relatively large body of such material, as a cliff or peak.

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• stone

  1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; rock.
  2. Such concreted matter of a particular type. Often used in combination:
  3. A small piece of rock.

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• paperweight

  1. A small, heavy, often decorative object that is placed on loose papers to hold them down.

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• ballast

  1. Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship or the gondola of a balloon to enhance stability.
  2. Coarse gravel or crushed rock laid to form a bed for roads or railroads.
  3. The gravel ingredient of concrete.

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• counterpoise

  1. A counterbalancing weight.
  2. A force or influence that balances or equally counteracts another.
  3. The state of being in equilibrium.

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• counterweight

  1. A weight used as a counterbalance.
  2. A force or influence equally counteracting another.

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• counterbalance

  1. A force or influence equally counteracting another.
  2. A weight that acts to balance another; a counterpoise or counterweight.
  3. To act as a counteracting force, influence, or weight to; counterpoise.

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Importance

• sway

  1. To swing back and forth or to and fro.
  2. To incline or bend to one side; veer:
  3. To incline toward change, as in opinion or feeling:

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• authority

  1. The power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge.
  2. One that is invested with this power, especially a government or body of government officials:
  3. Power assigned to another; authorization:

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• influence

  1. A power affecting a person, thing, or course of events, especially one that operates without any direct or apparent effort:
  2. Power to sway or affect based on prestige, wealth, ability, or position:
  3. A person who exerts such power:

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