Overweight

/ˌoʊvɚˈweɪt/

Synonyms for "overweight" (216 found)

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Closest matches (44)

Adjective(2 words)

heavyexcess weight

adipose avoirdupoisbear hard uponbeef beefiness beefy big-bellied bloated blowzy bosomy brawny burden burly burthen buxom charge choke chubby chunky congest

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congestion corpulent cram crowd cumber deadweight distended drench dumpy encumber engorgement fat fatness

Noun(2 words)

adiposis corpulence

Adjective(7 words)

ample beer-bellied big bulky chubby chunky embonpoint

Strong matches (64)

fattish fleshy freight full giantism gigantism glut gluttonize gorge gravity grossgross weighthamper handicap heaviness heavy heavyset heavyweight heft heftiness

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hefty hippy hyperemia hypertrophy imposing jam jam-packking sizelade large leaden liveweight load lusty massive massy meatyneat weightnetnet weightobese oppress outbalance outpoise outsize outsized outweigh overbalance overbig overblown overbrimming

Adjective(3 words)

fatty fleshy obese

Adjective(10 words)

flabby fleshy full-figured fulsome gorbellied gorrel-bellied heavy heavyset love-handled meaty

Related words (108)

overburden overcharge overdeveloped overdevelopment overfed overfeed overfill overflow overfreight overfullness overgrown overgrowth overlade overlarge overlargeness overload overpoise oversized overspill overstuff

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overtax overweigh pack paunchy plethora plump podgy ponderability ponderosity ponderous ponderousness portly potbellied poundagepress hard uponpudgy puffy pursy repletionrest hard uponroly polyroly-poly rotund saddlesaddle withsatiate satiety saturate saturation soak square squat squatty stalwart stocky stout strapping stuff supercharge supersaturate supersaturation surcharge surfeit swollen tax thick-bodied thickset tonnagetoo bigtop heavytop-heavy tubby underweightweigh heavy onweigh onweigh uponweight weightiness weightywell fedwell-fed

Adjective(6 words)

overweight peopleoverweight populationportlysurplus weightweight excessweighty

Adjective(20 words)

paunchypleasantly plumpplump plus-size podgy portly potbellied pudgy roly-poly rotund rubenesque sonsy swagbellied thick tubby well-covered well-padded well-rounded well-upholstered wide

Noun(1 words)

stoutness

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More general

9 entries

corpulency fleshinesshealth conditionhealth descriptorload categoryload descriptorobesity peoplephysical attribute

More specific

9 entries

excess cargo weightexcess luggage weightmild overweightobeseoverweight adultsoverweight baggageoverweight cargooverweight childrensevere overweight

Collocations

12 entries

excessive weighthealth riskoverweight adultsoverweight baggageoverweight cargooverweight categoryoverweight childoverweight childrenoverweight conditionoverweight individualsoverweight statusweight management

Inflections

3 entries

more overweightmost overweightoverweights

Derivations

1 entries

overweightness

similar

1 entries

fat

Sample sentences

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What with having no exercise and being overweight, he had a heart attack.

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Mrs. Brown warned Beth that if she didn't eat properly she would be permanently overweight.

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This bag is 4 kilograms overweight.

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My sister is thin, but I'm a little overweight.

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