Synonyms of the word weigh


WEIGHBE - CONSIDER - COUNT - LIBRATE - MATTER - MEASURE - PRESS - QUANTIFY - WEIGH

weigh

  • v. (transitive) To determine the weight of an object.
  • v. (transitive) Often with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale.
  • v. (transitive, figuratively) To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate.
  • v. (intransitive, figuratively, obsolete) To judge; to estimate.
  • v. (transitive) To consider a subject.
  • v. (transitive) To have a certain weight.
  • v. (intransitive) To have weight; to be heavy; to press down.
  • v. (intransitive) To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.
  • v. (transitive, nautical) To raise an anchor free of the seabed.
  • v. (intransitive, nautical) To weigh anchor.
  • v. To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up.
  • v. (obsolete) To consider as worthy of notice; to regard.

be

  • v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence.
  • v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
  • v. (intransitive) To occupy a place.
  • v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place.
  • v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from"…
  • v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
  • v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are…
  • v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
  • v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
  • v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun…
  • v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice.
  • v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses.
  • v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate…
  • v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic.
  • v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement.
  • v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
  • v. (with a dummy subject it) Used to indicate the time of day.
  • v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
  • v. (often impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
  • v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense,…
  • v. (African American Vernacular, Caribbean, auxiliary, not conjugated) To tend to do, often do; marks the…

consider

  • v. (transitive) To think about seriously.
  • v. (transitive) To think of doing.
  • v. (ditransitive) To assign some quality to.
  • v. (transitive) To look at attentively.
  • v. (transitive) To take up as an example.
  • v. (transitive, parliamentary procedure) To debate or dispose of a motion.
  • v. To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.

count

  • v. (intransitive) To recite numbers in sequence.
  • v. (transitive) To determine the number (of objects in a group).
  • v. (intransitive) To be of significance; to matter.
  • v. (intransitive) To be an example of something: often followed by as and an indefinite noun.
  • v. (transitive) To consider something an example of something.
  • v. (obsolete) To take account or note (of).
  • v. (Britain, law) To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count.
  • n. The act of counting or tallying a quantity.
  • n. The result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set; a quantity counted.
  • n. A countdown.
  • n. (law) A charge of misconduct brought in a legal proceeding.
  • n. (baseball) The number of balls and strikes, respectively, on a batter's in-progress plate appearance.
  • n. (obsolete) An object of interest or account; value; estimation.
  • n. The male ruler of a county.
  • n. A nobleman holding a rank intermediate between dukes and barons.

librate

  • n. (obsolete) A piece of land having a value of one pound per year.
  • v. To oscillate (like the beam of a balance).

matter

  • n. Substance, material.
  • n. A condition, subject or affair, especially one of concern.
  • n. An approximate amount or extent.
  • n. (obsolete) The essence; the pith; the embodiment.
  • n. (obsolete) Inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.
  • n. (dated) Pus.
  • v. (intransitive) To be important.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete outside dialects) To care about, to mind; to find important.
  • v. To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.

measure

  • n. A prescribed quantity or extent.
  • n. The act or result of measuring.
  • n. Metrical rhythm.
  • n. A course of action.
  • v. To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.
  • v. To estimate the unit size of something.
  • v. To judge, value, or appraise.
  • v. To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments.
  • v. (rare) To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over.
  • v. To adjust by a rule or standard.
  • v. To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with out or off.

press

  • n. (countable) A device used to apply pressure to an item.
  • n. (countable) A printing machine.
  • n. (uncountable) A collective term for the print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
  • n. (countable) A publisher.
  • n. (countable, especially in Ireland and Scotland) An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
  • n. (countable, weightlifting) An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the…
  • n. (countable, wagering) An additional bet in a golf match that duplicates an existing (usually losing) wager…
  • n. (countable) Pure, unfermented grape juice.
  • n. A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
  • n. (obsolete) A crowd.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) to exert weight or force against, to act upon with with force or weight.
  • v. (transitive) to compress, squeeze.
  • v. (transitive) to clasp, hold in an embrace; to hug.
  • v. (transitive) to reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.
  • v. (transitive, sewing) To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding,…
  • v. (transitive) to drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) to weigh upon, oppress, trouble.
  • v. (transitive) to force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly, impel.
  • v. To try to force (something upon someone); to urge or inculcate.
  • v. (transitive) to hasten, urge onward.
  • v. (transitive) to urge, beseech, entreat.
  • v. (transitive) to lay stress upon, emphasize.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) to throng, crowd.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) to print.
  • v. To force into service, particularly into naval service.

quantify

  • v. To assign a quantity to.
  • v. To determine the value of (a variable or expression).

weigh

  • v. (transitive) To determine the weight of an object.
  • v. (transitive) Often with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale.
  • v. (transitive, figuratively) To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate.
  • v. (intransitive, figuratively, obsolete) To judge; to estimate.
  • v. (transitive) To consider a subject.
  • v. (transitive) To have a certain weight.
  • v. (intransitive) To have weight; to be heavy; to press down.
  • v. (intransitive) To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.
  • v. (transitive, nautical) To raise an anchor free of the seabed.
  • v. (intransitive, nautical) To weigh anchor.
  • v. To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up.
  • v. (obsolete) To consider as worthy of notice; to regard.

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