He was dressed in khaki pants tucked into mud-flecked black gumboots, his torso swallowed up by a silver-grey suit jacket that was several sizes too large for his featherweight frame.
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Featherweight
/ˈfɛðɚˌweɪt/
Synonyms for "featherweight" (80 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (16)
bantambantamweightbantyblack beltboxerbrown beltbruiserbuttoncatchweightchinese boxerchitcluckdiminutivedimwitdumb
Noun(1 words)
featherweight class
Strong matches (24)
Noun(9 words)
insubstantiallightlighterlighter divisionlightnesslightweightlightweight classlightweight divisionlow mass
Related words (40)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
14 entriesboxerfigurative meaninggladiatorgrapplerimportancemetaphorical usagephysical propertyprizefighterpugilistqualitysport categorysporting categoryweight classwrestler
More specific
11 entriesboxing weight classfeatherweight argumentfeatherweight boutfeatherweight boxerfeatherweight championfeatherweight claimfeatherweight proposalinsubstantialminortrivialultralight
Collocations
6 entriesfeatherweight athletefeatherweight camerafeatherweight devicefeatherweight equipmentfeatherweight materialfeatherweight packaging
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
10 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- перо noun (weight division)
Catalan
1 entries- pes ploma noun (weight division)
Finnish
1 entries- höyhensarja noun (weight division)
French
1 entries- poids plume noun (weight division)
German
1 entries- Federgewicht noun (weight division)
Hungarian
1 entries- pehelysúly noun (weight division)
Polish
1 entries- waga piórkowa noun (weight division)
Portuguese
1 entries- peso-pena noun (weight division)
Romanian
1 entries- categorie pană noun (weight division)
Swedish
1 entries- fjädervikt noun (weight division)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Safety and fairness in female sport was one of the most prominent topics at this summer’s Olympic Games, where boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu Ting took gold in the women’s welterweight and featherweight categories respectively.
Source: wiktionary
Watson specializes in adiposeness; none of his chorus beauties may be considered featherweights.
Source: wiktionary