weighty

weighty
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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. ponderous, heavy; burdensome, onerous; influential. See gravity, importance, influence.
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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
1. heavy hefty, massive, ponderous, cumbersome, dense, hard to lift.
2. burdensome hard, difficult, oppressive, demanding, backbreaking, onerous, taxing.
3. important consequential, significant, serious, influential, valuable, important, powerful, momentous, crucial, critical, life or death.
4. influential powerful, forceful, persuasive, having clout.
ANT.: 1. light, airy, light as a feather. 2. easy, effortless, simple. 3. unimportant, insignificant, inconsequential. 4. powerless, unconvincing
III
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Having a relatively great weight: heavy, heavyweight, hefty, massive, ponderous. See HEAVY. 2. Having too much flesh: corpulent, fat, fatty, fleshy, gross, obese, overblown, overweight, porcine, portly, stout. See FAT. 3. Requiring great or extreme bodily, mental, or spiritual strength: arduous, backbreaking, burdensome, demanding, difficult, effortful, exacting, exigent, formidable, hard, heavy, laborious, onerous, oppressive, rigorous, rough, severe, taxing, tough, trying. See HEAVY. 4. Having great consequence or weight: earnest1, grave2, heavy, momentous, serious, severe. See IMPORTANT. 5. Having or exercising influence: consequential, important, influential, powerful. See AFFECT, IMPORTANT, STRONG.

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