overweightadjective
uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈweɪt/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈweɪt/B2 fat:
He used to be very overweight.
I'm only a few pounds overweight, but I just can't seem to lose them.
an overweight man/woman/child
Opposite
underweight
B2 heavier than is allowed:
If your luggage is overweight, you have to pay extra.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Animal physiology: fat or well-built
- ample
- baby fat
- beefy
- blubber
- broad in the beam idiom
- buxom
- chubby
- dumpy
- fatness
- fatten sb/sth up
- fatty
- heavyset
- husky
- middle-age spread
- obesity
- pudgy
- puppy fat
- roly-poly
- rotund
- well built
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