overweight
English
/ˌəʊvəˈweɪt/, /ˌoʊvɚˈweɪt/, /ˈəʊvəweɪt/, /ˈoʊvɚweɪt/
adj
Definitions
- (of a person) Heavier than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height.
- (transportation) Weighing more than what is allowed for safety or legal commerce.
- (investment) Having a portfolio relatively heavily invested in.
Etymology
Affix from English weight.
Origin
English
weight
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- atomweight English
- backweight English
- bantamweight English
- birthweight English
- biweight English
- bobweight English
- bodyweight English
- clockweight English
- counterweight English
- cruiserweight English
- cwt. English
- deweight English
- doubleweight English
- downweight English
- draw weight English
- featherweight English
- flyweight English
- heavyweight English
- hundredweight English
- laceweight English
- letterweight English
- lightweight English
- makeweight English
- mediumweight English
- middleweight English
- midweight English
- minimumweight English
- multiweight English
- normoweight English
- paperweight English
- pennyweight English
- preweight English
- pseudoweight English
- reweight English
- sportweight English
- strawweight English
- summerweight English
- topweight English
- underweight English
- unweight English
- upweight English
- weight English
- weightable English
- weighten English
- weighteth English
- weightful English
- weightism English
- weightist English
- weightless English
- weightlifter English
- weightlifting English
- weightlike English
- weightsome English
- weightwise English
- weighty English
- welter-weight English
- winterweight English
- witherweight English
- ウエイト Japanese
- weight Middle English
- overvægt Danish
- overvægtig Danish
- vægt Danish
- ဝိတ် Burmese
- cwt.
- weight
- weighty
- unweight
- reweight
- weighten
- upweight
- biweight
- deweight
- preweight
- weightist
- weighteth
- bobweight
- topweight
- flyweight
- midweight
- weightism
- weightful
- downweight
- weightlike
- weightwise
- makeweight
- atomweight
- bodyweight
- weightless
- backweight
- weightable
- laceweight
- weightsome
- sportweight
- birthweight
- underweight
- clockweight
- strawweight
- lightweight
- multiweight
- paperweight
- draw weight
- heavyweight
- pennyweight
- normoweight
- doubleweight
- weightlifter
- middleweight
- summerweight
- mediumweight
- winterweight
- letterweight
- pseudoweight
- bantamweight
- witherweight
- cruiserweight
- weightlifting
- minimumweight
- featherweight
- counterweight
- welter-weight
- hundredweight