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View definitions for over-weight

over-weight

adjective as in overweight

adjective as in portly

adjective as in roly-poly

adjective as in weighty

adjective as in top-heavy

noun as in obesity

noun as in corpulence

noun as in obesity

noun as in corpulence

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Example Sentences

It was rather over weight, but it ran at times as fast as fourteen miles per hour.

He can begin with steady work, to redevelop his muscles, and to reduce his bulk (if he is much over weight) by degrees.

"Why, he's top weight, of course; but you're carryin' ever so much over weight," responded Mr. Boone.

It also saves an undue waste of food, the burden of over-weight, and above all things, the waste of disease.

If found over weight, the merchant had to pay extra duty; and if short weight, he had to make up the deficiency in salt.

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On this page you'll find 366 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to over-weight, such as: corpulent, obese, pudgy, fat, heavy, and outsize.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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