WEIGHTED Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

weighted

verb

Definition of weighted

past tense of weight

as in loaded

to place a weight or burden on weighted the car with a ton of furniture and then headed off for college

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Recent Examples of weighted The team’s collective age — the oldest lineup in the majors this year, according to Baseball Reference, weighted by at-bats and games played — may not have helped. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026 The Kospi, heavily weighted in chipmaker titans Samsung and SK Hynix, closed at a six-month low, erasing all of its gains since April. — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026 For areas that are part of multiple congressional districts, The Post weighted those population estimates based on the 2020 block-level population residing in each district. — Eric Lau, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026 Some determine whether a firm meets baseline requirements; others are weighted to determine its place in the final ranking. — Kelli Grant, Cfp®,riley De León, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026 Multiple employees told Deadline that the photos are weighted toward award shows, red carpets and the movie and TV stars Zaslav interacted with during his tenure. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026 European Union countries committed about 92 million barrels, a promise weighted toward refined products made from crude such as diesel. — Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026 If Cruise hadn’t spent the last 15 years trying not to be that Tom Cruise, Digger wouldn’t be so weighted by expectations. — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 2026 Recent polling suggests Nixon is a longshot to win, and Moody has the advantages of incumbency, far more money and the luxury of a state voter base heavily weighted toward Republicans. — Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026

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Officers then cuffed the youngster as he was loaded into an ambulance and hospitalized for a fractured femur and a nasty bruise on his head, according to the lawsuit, which was filed by the teen’s dad, Mahmoud Saleh, in Brooklyn Federal Court.

— John Annese, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026
Each assembly keeps its own filament loaded, ready for the next time it's needed.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026