outweigh Definition
out·weigh (o̵ut′wā′)
transitive verb
- to weigh more than
- to be more important, valuable, etc. than
outweigh Synonyms
outweigh
v.
outweigh Usage Examples
Object
- disadvantage: The benefits of city life far outweigh the disadvantages - in my opinion!
- disbenefits: As a result, the officers considered that the potential benefits outweighed the disbenefits and therefore recommended that permission be granted.
- harm: No very special circumstances exist to outweigh the harm caused.
- detriment: In summary, we do not think that the potential benefits outweigh the detriments we have identified.
- side-effect: For most people, the benefits from a medicine outweigh the side-effects.
- drawback: It does, however, have significant advantages over the pointer method which far outweigh the minor drawback of adding extra code.
Subject
- disadvantage: The advantages offered by 3D on the internet are still outweighed by the disadvantages of increased download time.
- benefit: Often the costs of any adjustment are outweighed by the longer term benefits of getting the employe back to work early.
- interest: Any question of unfairness was outweighed by the public interest.
- advantage: These disadvantages, however, are outweighed by the advantages of the unsecured tenant loans.
Modifying Another Word
- far: The costs of action taken far outweigh the upside to the argument.
- vastly: It's vastly outweighed by the amount of terrible imagery out there.
- massively: Like these two activities, the benefits massively outweigh any downsides.
- greatly: However, in general the benefits greatly outweigh the relatively small risks involved.
- substantially: These months have seen the new building of merchant ships which substantially outweigh the losses.
- considerably: She went on: " The cost of filming in Scotland considerably outweighed the cost of filming in New Zealand.
Preposition: by
- disadvantage: The advantages offered by 3D on the internet are still outweighed by the disadvantages of increased download time.
- benefit: Often the costs of any adjustment are outweighed by the longer term benefits of getting the employe back to work early.
- interest: Any question of unfairness was outweighed by the public interest.
- advantage: These disadvantages, however, are outweighed by the advantages of the unsecured tenant loans.

