overweight A2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˌoʊvɚˈweɪt/ UK /ˌəʊvəˈweɪt/ See IPA manual Freq #16139 Meanings 1 adj Weighing more than is healthy for your height and body type; carrying too much body fat. The doctor warned him that he was overweight and should exercise more. 2 adj Weighing more than is allowed by law or safe to carry. The truck was fined for being overweight at the inspection station. 3 noun The condition of weighing more than is healthy. Childhood overweight has become a serious concern in many countries. Thesaurus Synonyms amplebeer-belliedbigbulkychubbychunkyembonpointflabbyfleshyfull-figuredfulsomegorbellied ↔ Opposites scrawnyslenderstrappingthinunderweight Word family Derived forms overweightness Related forms gelatinouspaunch Etymology AI details From over- + weight. Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # overweight **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** adj, noun **IPA (US):** /ˌoʊvɚˈweɪt/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌəʊvəˈweɪt/ **Frequency rank:** 16139 ## Meanings 1. Weighing more than is healthy for your height and body type; carrying too much body fat. 2. Weighing more than is allowed by law or safe to carry. 3. The condition of weighing more than is healthy. ## Examples - The doctor warned him that he was overweight and should exercise more. - The truck was fined for being overweight at the inspection station. - Childhood overweight has become a serious concern in many countries. ## Synonyms - ample - beer-bellied - big - bulky - chubby - chunky - embonpoint - flabby - fleshy - full-figured - fulsome - gorbellied ## Antonyms - scrawny - slender - strapping - thin - underweight ## Derived Forms - overweightness ## Related Forms - gelatinous - paunch ## Etymology From over- + weight. ## AI Etymology Overweight comes from over- + weight. Modern senses include weighing more than is healthy for your height and body type; carrying too much body fat and weighing more than is allowed by law or safe to carry. The wider word family includes derivatives such as overweightness and related forms such as gelatinous and paunch. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown