Weight, v. a. Load, make heavy, load down.
Weightily, ad.
- 1. Heavily, ponderously.
- 2. Forcibly, impressively, significantly.
Weightiness, n.
- 1. Ponderousness, gravity, heaviness.
- 2. Solidity, force, impressiveness.
- 3. Importance, gravity, consequence, moment.
Weighty, a.
- 1. Heavy (intrinsically), ponderous, onerous.
- 2. Important, influential, efficacious, forcible, momentous, grave, serious, of consequence.
Weir, n. [Written also Wear, Wier, and Were.] Dam.
Weird, n.
- 1. Fate, destiny.
- 2. Spell, charm.
- 3. Prediction.
Weird, a.
- 1. Skilled in witchcraft.
- 2. Supernatural, unearthly, wild.
Weird Sisters. [Scotch.] The Fates, the Sisters three, Parcœ.
Welcome, n.
- 1. Greeting, salutation.