Synonyms for weightlifting
ˈweɪtˌlɪf tɪŋweightlift·ing

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1. weightliftingnoun

   Synonyms:
   weight training

2. weightliftingnoun

   A sport in which competitors lift heavy weights in two events: the snatch and the clean and jerk.

   Synonyms:
   weight training

3. weightliftingnoun

   A form of exercise in which weights are lifted.

   Synonyms:
   weight training

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1. weightlift, weightliftingnoun

   bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights

   Synonyms:
   weightlift

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1. List of paraphrases for "weightlifting":

   volleyball

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1. Neelam Riaz:

   Usually in Pakistan girls are discouraged from sports, and often coaches push back, now my family is happy with me doing weightlifting.

2. Patrick Fepulea’i:

   Samoa has 11 athletes who have qualified to compete at the Olympic Games, of these three are based in Samoa( all members of weightlifting team), two are based in Australia( boxing team), four are based in New Zealand( sailing and canoeing team), one in the U.S.( athletics) and one already in Japan( judo).

3. Antonio Urso:

   People outside the sport know weightlifting for the wrong reasons, only for all the positive tests, we need to change the image of weightlifting, to promote our heroes. We must focus more on the human side of our top athletes.

4. The Olympian:

   What drives me in sport, I think, is the sport itself, and this is the pinnacle event for weightlifting, as it is for so many sports. And I suppose that’s what’s drawn me here, because anyone I think can train in their own time, but to actually be called to account on the platform. We’ve got one minute to make it all happen. That’s the real test for, I suppose, anyone and weightlifting.

5. Mohammad Arif:

   Akwasi Frimpong of Ghana can do most of that in Akwasi Frimpong of Ghana own country in Africa. We do track and field training, we do weightlifting, I'll be able to test for three, four months at a time in areas where there are tracks. It's not like it's impossible, infrastructure is not something that The IOC invests in.