OVERWEIGHT

fleshy, heavy, overweight

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

corpulence, overweight, stoutness, adiposis

(noun) the property of excessive fatness

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

overweight (comparative more overweight, superlative most overweight)

(of a person) Heavier than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height.

(transportation, legal, of a vehicle) Weighing more than what is allowed for safety or legal commerce.

(investment, finance, followed by a noun or prepositional phrase indicating a security or type of security) Having a portfolio relatively heavily invested in.

Synonyms

• (of a person): fat, morbidly obese, obese, overnourished (often euphemistic)

• See also obese

Noun

overweight (countable and uncountable, plural overweights)

(uncountable, chiefly, transport, legal, healthcare) An excess of weight.

(countable) An overweight person.

(countable, investment, finance) A security or class of securities in which one has a heavy concentration.

Verb

overweight (third-person singular simple present overweights, present participle overweighting, simple past and past participle overweighted)

(transitive) To weigh down: to put too heavy a burden on.

(transitive) To place excessive weight or emphasis on; to overestimate the importance of. [from 17th c.]

Antonyms

• underweight

Source: Wiktionary

O"ver*weight`, n.

1. Weight over and above what is required by law or custom.

2. Superabundance of weight; preponderance.

O"ver*weight", a.

Definition: Overweighing; excessive. [Obs.] "Of no overweight worth." Fuller.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

OVERWEIGHT

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