weigh

Synonyms: analyze, appraise, balance, brainstorm, deliberate, estimate, evaluate, examine, excogitate, give thought to, hash over, meditate, mind, mull over, perpend, ponder, rate, reflect upon, rehash, sort out, study, sweat, think about, think out, think over, track

Antonyms: ignore, neglect

measure heaviness

Synonyms: counterbalance, have a weight of, heft, measure, put in the balance, put on the scale, scale, tip the scales at

consider, contemplate

have influence

Synonyms: be heavy, be important, be influential, be something, burden, carry weight, charge, count, cumber, cut, cut some ice, import, impress, lade, matter, mean, militate, press, pull, register, saddle, show, signify, stack up against, tax, tell

I weighed myself.

They weigh the meat carefully.

The advantages of this drug must be weighed against its disadvantages.

Experts are weighing the importance of this event.

to weigh up one's chance of success

We have to weigh our next move carefully.

He weighed the sack with stones so that it would sink.

Parvin weighed out equal portions to all of us.

to weigh one's words

The suitcase weighs ten pounds.

The lawyer's words weighed heavily with the jury.

What he had done weighed on his conscience.

The old rifle was weighing on his shoulder.

Taxes weighed heavily on the people.

branches weighed down with fruit

Depression weighs him down.

weigh anchor

weigh down

weigh in

weighing machine