weightiness
1. the property of being comparatively great in weight - the heaviness of lead • Syn: heaviness • Ant: lightness (for: heaviness) • Derivationally related forms: weighty, heavy (for: heaviness) • Hypernyms: weight • Hyponyms: heft, heftiness, massiveness, ponderousness, ponderosity, preponderance 2. the relative importance granted to something - his opinion carries great weight - the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed • Syn: weight • Derivationally related forms: weighty, weighty (for: weight) • Hypernyms: importance
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