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avoirdupois

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of avoirdupois

1 the amount that something weighs

the coach limited his recruiting to linebackers of a certain avoirdupois

Synonyms of avoirdupois

heaviness, heft, weight

Words Related to avoirdupois

poundage, tonnage

heftiness, massiveness, ponderousness, weightiness

solidity, solidness, substantiality, substantialness

2 the state or quality of being heavy

told his patient that he had to do something about his unhealthy avoirdupois and that exercising would be a good start

Synonyms of avoirdupois

heaviness, heftiness, massiveness, ponderousness, weightiness

Words Related to avoirdupois

solidity, solidness, substantiality, substantialness

bulk, bulkiness, hugeness

Near Antonyms of avoirdupois

airiness, delicacy, ethereality, etherealness

flimsiness, fluffiness, insubstantiality, slightness

Antonyms of avoirdupois

lightness, weightlessness

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