Standard Lemma guide

weightless

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈweɪt.ləs/
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  • CMU ARPABET: W EY1 T L AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Without weight.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Not affected by gravity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

having little or no weight or apparent gravitational pull; light

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • floating freely in a weightless condition
  • a baby bat...fluffy and weightless as a moth
  • jackets made of a weightless polyester fabric

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: weighty

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English weight Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English weightless From weight + -less.

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: անկշիռ (ankšiṙ) — which has no weight
  • Belarusian: неваго́мы (njevahómy) — which has no weight
  • Belarusian: бязва́жкі (bjazvážki) — which has no weight
  • Bulgarian: безтегло́вен (bezteglóven) — which has no weight
  • Catalan: ingràvid — which has no weight
  • Catalan: lleuger — which has no weight
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無重量的 /无重量的 (wú zhòngliàng de) — which has no weight
  • Czech: beztížný — which has no weight
  • Danish: vægtløs — which has no weight
  • Dutch: gewichtloos — which has no weight
  • Finnish: painoton — which has no weight
  • French: léger — which has no weight
  • German: gewichtslos — which has no weight
  • Greek: αβαρής (avarís) — which has no weight
  • Ancient Greek: ἀβαρής (abarḗs) — which has no weight
  • Macedonian: бестежински (bestežinski) — which has no weight
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vektløs — which has no weight
  • Polish: nieważki — which has no weight
  • Russian: невесо́мый (nevesómyj) — which has no weight
  • Slovak: beztiažový — which has no weight
  • Slovak: bezváhový — which has no weight
  • Slovene: breztežen — which has no weight
  • Spanish: ingrávido — which has no weight
  • Swedish: viktlös — which has no weight
  • Ukrainian: неваго́мий (nevahómyj) — which has no weight
  • Vietnamese: không trọng lượng — which has no weight
  • Armenian: անկշիռ (ankšiṙ) — which is not being affected by gravity
  • Belarusian: неваго́мы (njevahómy) — which is not being affected by gravity
  • Belarusian: бязва́жкі (bjazvážki) — which is not being affected by gravity
  • Bulgarian: безтегло́вен (bezteglóven) — which is not being affected by gravity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 失重 (shīzhòng) — which is not being affected by gravity
  • Danish: vægtløs — which is not being affected by gravity
  • Faroese: tyngdarleysur — which is not being affected by gravity
  • Finnish: painoton — which is not being affected by gravity
  • French: en apesanteur — which is not being affected by gravity
  • German: schwerelos — which is not being affected by gravity
  • Hungarian: súlytalan — which is not being affected by gravity
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vektløs — which is not being affected by gravity
  • Polish: nieważki — which is not being affected by gravity
  • Russian: невесо́мый (nevesómyj) — which is not being affected by gravity
  • Swedish: tyngdlös — which is not being affected by gravity
  • Ukrainian: неваго́мий (nevahómyj) — which is not being affected by gravity