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Synonyms for overweight
ˈoʊ vərˈweɪt; ˈoʊ vərˌweɪt; ˌoʊ vərˈweɪtover·weight

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  1. overweightnoun

    Antonyms:
    underweight

  2. overweightadjective

    heavier than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height.

    Antonyms:
    underweight

  3. overweightadjective

    Synonyms:
    morbidly obese, clinically obese, super obese, obese, fat

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  1. corpulence, overweight, stoutness, adiposisadjective

    the property of excessive fatness

    Synonyms:
    corpulence, adiposis, stalwartness, stoutness

    Antonyms:
    lean, thin

  2. fleshy, heavy, overweightadjective

    usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it

    Synonyms:
    laboured, sullen, laborious, heavy, toilsome, intemperate, sound, wakeless, dense, grueling, with child(p), threatening, grave, profound, sarcoid, cloggy, heavy(a), large(p), clayey, enceinte, grievous, fleshy, weighed down, hard, weighty, impenetrable, gruelling, expectant, lumbering, ponderous, backbreaking, sonorous, great(p), arduous, operose, heavy(p), big(a), labored, punishing, gravid, big(p), lowering, leaden

    Antonyms:
    thin, lean

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  1. overweightnoun

    Synonyms:
    preponderance

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  1. List of paraphrases for "overweight":

    overweight-, obese, obesity, over-weight, bulge, girth

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How to use overweight in a sentence?

  1. Temo Waqanivalu:

    Up to 95% of the adult population are overweight or obese in some countries.

  2. Andrea Williams:

    Anything that might ease the regulatory process would be good, we're already overweight on pharmaceutical stocks and have been for some time. We think they offer good value in terms of their dividend yield, free cashflow, and have better growth prospects than many other sectors.

  3. Stephen Arnold:

    Most of us are overweight, diabetic, with heart conditions, i mean, we’re prime targets for a disease like COVID.

  4. Jessica Bartfield:

    A lot of our overweight patients aren’t necessarily overeating, but their eating patterns have become so erratic—they have a cup of coffee in the morning and then no real food until late afternoon, they key is to avoid that and keep a consistent schedule, whether that’s three meals a day and a couple of snacks, or five mini meals.

  5. Brooke Aggarwal:

    Added sugars are often found in processed foods which have little nutritional value and may lead to overeating and excess calorie intake, which in turn leads to overweight/obesity, a well-established risk factor for heart disease.


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