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. Samantha Heller:

   Unfortunately, although coffee contains compounds that have antioxidant effects and anti-inflammatory properties, drinking a few cups of coffee a day can not undo the systematic damage that is the result of being overweight or obese, sedentary, excessive alcohol consumption or drastically mitigate an unhealthy diet.

2. Dustin Duncan:

   Parents may be looking to peers at their child’s preschool and in their local neighborhoods as the standard, and these peers may also be overweight or obese.

3. Shane Norris:

   Many countries now across the continent are facing a double burden of malnutrition, there's still persistent undernutrition in early life and overweight and obesity in later life.

4. Pandu Riono:

   People in densely populated areas are more susceptible to being infected with Covid-19, the higher the body mass index, the more infected, in this case [ those who are ] overweight and obese. People with high blood sugar levels are also more at risk.

5. Francesco Branca:

   We have solid evidence that keeping intake of free sugars to less than 10 percent of total energy intake reduces the risk of overweight, obesity and tooth decay.