WEIGHING Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

weighing

verb

present participle of weigh

as in mattering

to be of importance evidence that will weigh heavily against the defendant

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as in pondering

to give serious and careful thought to weighed the options for weeks before making a decision

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Recent Examples of weighing The 10-photo carousel included the first photos of their baby boy, who entered the world weighing 8 lbs. — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026 But Karen Guzzo, an expert on family development and demographic trends at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said many American couples who are weighing parenthood need this kind of help. — Brian Mann, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026 Teamsters California sued the California Department of Motor Vehicles earlier this month over the DMV’s decision to lift a ban on autonomous vehicles weighing more than 10,001 pounds. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026 What Applicants Should Do Now Companies weighing a charter can work backward from what the two letters found, and three of the OCC’s findings are worth addressing before filing. — Aj Dhaliwal, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 The Venice Film Festival is weighing scrapping its traditional opening jury press conference on the Lido. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 29 Aug. 2026 Naturally, these requirements demand thoughtfully picked travel essentials and bags that can pull their weight in packing space without actually weighing a lot. — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2026 Made for pretty much every texture, the airy foam gives fine-to-medium hair body without weighing it down, while helping define and smooth thicker waves and curls without sacrificing movement. — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 28 Aug. 2026 All while weighing around 3,400 to 3,500 lb (1,550 to 1,580 kg). — New Atlas, 24 Aug. 2026

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Until then, price will keep mattering more than where the panel was made.

— Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
My dad never chased the kind of mattering that consumed me and so many of my peers.

— Matthew Emerzian, PEOPLE, 21 June 2026

Definition of mattering

Verb

Instead, the fast-casual restaurant chain's CEO and co-founder woke up pondering the country's ongoing cyclospora outbreak.

— Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026
One lucky Maryland resident might be pondering that after becoming the state's third $1 million winner in the past two weeks.

— Michelle Richardson, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of pondering

Verb

Even so, exemptions limit this round of tariffs’ impact to about 5% of the $382 billion in Canadian imports to the United States recorded in 2025, meaning the hit to most Americans' budgets is also likely to be limited, economists said.

— Rachel Barber, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
An option for users under 18 to have a non-personalized feed, meaning a feed that doesn’t use an algorithm to target them with content aimed to keep them endlessly scrolling.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of meaning

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The central bank, meanwhile, is contemplating raising interest rates later this year, potentially issuing its first hike since 2023.

— Matt Richardson, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Earlier, writer-director Lanctôt won two prizes at Venice in 1984 for her first feature, Sonatine, about two teenage girls contemplating suicide.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of contemplating

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And that’s not counting the thousands who have been laid off, retired early, moved out of state or changed careers, just to survive.

— Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Refinancing debt and counting all the savings from it upfront is a common one-time fix tactic used by past mayors to close gaps large and small.

— A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of counting

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That is meaningful for schools, considering that around 90% of the United States' 480,000 school buses run on diesel.

— Willa Rubin, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026
Manish Tibrewal, co-founder of family office Farro Capital, said his firm has seen a sharp pickup in inquiries from Chinese families considering to relocate to Singapore.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026