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- it's going to be hot, so wear mostly lightweight clothing
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- big,
- considerable,
- extensive,
- goodly,
- great,
- handsome,
- huge,
- hulking,
- jumbo,
- king-size
- (or king-sized),
- large,
- largish,
- massive,
- overscale
- (or overscaled),
- oversize
- (or oversized),
- sizable
- (or sizeable),
- substantial,
- super,
- voluminous,
- whacking
Antonyms for lightweight
lightweight
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of lightweight (Entry 2 of 2)
- among astronomers she's considered a lightweight
Synonyms for lightweight
- cipher,
- dwarf,
- half-pint,
- insect,
- insignificancy,
- morsel,
- nobody,
- nonentity,
- nothing,
- nullity,
- number,
- pip-squeak,
- pygmy
- (also pigmy),
- shrimp,
- snippersnapper,
- twerp,
- whippersnapper,
- zero,
- zilch
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“Lightweight.” The Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lightweight. Accessed 20 January 2020.
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The first known use of lightweight was in 1773
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