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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1. Amy Ellen Schwartz:

   A year later, if you're looking at the girls, the ones that got the overweight notice are no trimmer, no less likely to be overweight, or ... no less likely to be obese.

2. Christina Pollard:

   The inaction based on misguided perception is of major concern, taking action to improve diet and physical activity during childhood can help children avoid a lifetime of being overweight or obese.

3. Roxanne Sukol:

   Two-thirds of us are overweight or obese, fifty percent of Americans have either diabetes or prediabetes by age 65 now.

4. Davene Wright:

   Someone who recognizes that their child is overweight may not be willing to say so, even in an anonymous survey, part of the problem may be that parents are worried about being labeled ` bad parents. ’ Additionally, parents of overweight children may hope that their child will ` grow out of it ’ or that their height will catch up to their weight.

5. Greg Potter:

   Our findings suggest that people sleeping in this seven to nine hour range are less likely to be overweight than those sleeping less.