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Weighty

Having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body.

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Fat 84% connected

A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.

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Fat 84% connected

A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.

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Heavy 84% connected

Having the heaves.

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Heavy 84% connected

Having the heaves.

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Important 84% connected

Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great interests; restless; anxious.

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Important 84% connected

Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great interests; restless; anxious.

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Persuasive 84% connected

Tending to persuade; having the power of persuading; as, persuasive eloquence.

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Persuasive 84% connected

Tending to persuade; having the power of persuading; as, persuasive eloquence.

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Derivationally related 4

Weight 74% connected

The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center of the earth; the effect of gravitative force, especially wh…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Weight 74% connected

The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center of the earth; the effect of gravitative force, especially wh…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Weightiness 74% connected

The quality or state of being weighty; weight; force; importance; impressiveness.

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Weightiness 74% connected

The quality or state of being weighty; weight; force; importance; impressiveness.

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Synonym 8

Cogent 92% connected

Compelling, in a physical sense; powerful.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Corpulent 92% connected

Very fat; obese.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Grave 92% connected

To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch; -- so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for t…

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Grievous 92% connected

Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Heavy 92% connected

Having the heaves.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Obese 92% connected

Excessively corpulent; fat; fleshy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rotund 92% connected

Round; circular; spherical.

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Telling 92% connected

of Tell

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Weightless 94% connected

Having no weight; imponderable; hence, light.

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Weightless 94% connected

Having no weight; imponderable; hence, light.

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