weightless

weight·less
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/ˈweɪt.ləs/

adjective

Without weight.

Opposite
weighty
OriginProto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English weight →
UncommonScrabble 17
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Meanings

adjectiveweightless (comparative more weightless, superlative most weightless)

comparative more weightless · superlative most weightless

  1. Without weight.
  2. Not affected by gravity.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving little or no weight or apparent gravitational pull; light

Opposite
weighty

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishweight
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  4. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  5. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  6. Englishweightless

From weight + -less.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Ancient Greek ἀβαρής
  • ἀβαρής (abarḗs)which has no weight
Bulgarian безтегловен, безтегловен
  • безтегловен (beztegloven)which has no weight
  • безтегловен (beztegloven)which is not being affected by gravity
Catalan ingràvid, lleuger
  • ingràvidwhich has no weight
  • lleugerwhich has no weight
Chinese Mandarin 無重量的 /无重量的, 失重
  • 無重量的 /无重量的 (wú zhòngliàng de)which has no weight
  • 失重 (shīzhòng)which is not being affected by gravity
Czech beztížný
  • beztížnýwhich has no weight
Danish vægtløs, vægtløs
  • vægtløswhich has no weight
  • vægtløswhich is not being affected by gravity
Dutch gewichtloos
  • gewichtlooswhich has no weight
Finnish painoton, painoton
  • painotonwhich has no weight
  • painotonwhich is not being affected by gravity
French léger, en apesanteur
  • légerwhich has no weight
  • en apesanteurwhich is not being affected by gravity
German gewichtslos, schwerelos
  • gewichtsloswhich has no weight
  • schwereloswhich is not being affected by gravity
Greek αβαρής
  • αβαρής (avarís)which has no weight
Hungarian súlytalan
  • súlytalanwhich is not being affected by gravity
Norwegian Bokmål vektløs, vektløs
  • vektløswhich has no weight
  • vektløswhich is not being affected by gravity
Polish nieważki, nieważki
  • nieważkiwhich has no weight
  • nieważkiwhich is not being affected by gravity
Russian невесо́мый, невесо́мый
  • невесо́мый (nevesómyj)which has no weight
  • невесо́мый (nevesómyj)which is not being affected by gravity
Slovak beztiažový, bezváhový
  • beztiažovýwhich has no weight
  • bezváhovýwhich has no weight
Spanish ligero, leve
  • ligerowhich has no weight
  • levewhich has no weight
  • livianowhich has no weight
  • ingrávidowhich is not being affected by gravity
Swedish viktlös, tyngdlös
  • viktlöswhich has no weight
  • tyngdlöswhich is not being affected by gravity
Ukrainian неваго́мий, неваго́мий
  • неваго́мий (nevahómyj)which has no weight
  • неваго́мий (nevahómyj)which is not being affected by gravity
Vietnamese không trọng lượng
  • không trọng lượngwhich has no weight
Cite this entry
APA

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Chicago

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