Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun makeweight

2 senses of makeweight

Sense 1
makeweight, filler -- (anything added to fill out a whole; "some of the items in the collection are mere makeweights")
       => object, physical object -- (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects")

Sense 2
makeweight -- (a weight added to the scale to reach a required weight)
       => weight -- (an artifact that is heavy)