weighty

Meaning

1. Having a lot of weight; heavy.
2. (figuratively) Important; serious; not trivial or petty.
3. Rigorous; severe; afflictive.

Synonyms

heavy

important

grave

🪦

significant

onerous

serious

burdensome

ponderous

powerful

momentous

substantial

massive

major

corpulent

stodgy

profound

influential

ponderable

big

difficult

rotund

obese

appreciable

grievous

real

deep

key

🔑

sizable

leaden

cumbrous

lumbering

cogent

telling

meaningful

hefty

considerable

high

primary

principal

purposeful

resourceful

responsible

right

saturnine

solid

stable

stringent

strong

substantive

tangible

Translations

zwaar

zwaarwichtig

gravis

pesado

lourd

ağır

pesante

gewichtig

grave

wichtig

schwerwiegend

🪦

bedeutsam

grave

🪦

belangrijk

schwer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈweɪti/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: weighti

Cognate with Scots: weichty

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: wichtich

Cognate with Western Frisian: wichtich

Cognate with Dutch: wichtig

Cognate with German: wichtig

Cognate with Danish: vigtig

Cognate with Swedish: viktig

In summary

From Middle English weighti, weghti, wighti, equivalent to weight + -y.
Cognate with Scots weichty, wechty, wichty, Saterland Frisian wichtich, West Frisian wichtich, Dutch wichtig, gewichtig, German wichtig, Danish vigtig, Swedish viktig.
Compare typologically Russian ве́ский (véskij), весо́мый (vesómyj) (< вес (ves)). Also compare the same meaning development from cognate (by borrowing) Polish waga (< ... < Proto-Germanic *wēgō): ważny (whence Russian ва́жный (vážnyj)).