English Explanatory Dictionary

overweight

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having a higher weight, especially body fat, than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height.
  2. Weighing more than what is allowed for safety or legal commerce.
  3. Having a portfolio relatively heavily invested in.
noun
  1. An excess of weight.
  2. The condition of being overweight.
  3. An overweight person.
  4. A security or class of securities in which one has a heavy concentration.
verb
  1. To weigh down: to put too heavy a burden on.
  2. To place excessive weight or emphasis on; to overestimate the importance of.

Pronunciation

/ˌəʊvəˈweɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-overweight (adj).wav ō'vər-wātʹ /ˌoʊvɚˈweɪt/ /ˈəʊvəweɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-overweight (noun).wav ōʹvər-wāt /ˈoʊvɚweɪt/

Word forms

overweight more overweight most overweight overweights overweighting overweighted

Etymology

From over- + weight.

Synonyms

ample beer-bellied big bulky chubby chunky embonpoint flabby fleshy full-figured fulsome gorbellied gorrel-bellied heavy heavyset love-handled meaty paunchy pleasantly plump plump plus-size portly potbellied podgy pudgy roly-poly rotund Rubenesque sonsy swagbellied thick tubby well-covered well-padded well-rounded well-upholstered wide fat morbidly obese obese overnourished adiposity obesity

Antonyms

underweight scrawny slender strapping thin

Related words

gelatinous fat person paunch

Derived words

overweightness overweight spaceship
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