as in plump
having an excess of body fat
an overweight person who had difficulty running even a short distance
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Recent Examples of overweight
Cathy Cassata, Health, 6 May 2025
Until his early thirties, Zahab was an overweight, pack-a-day smoker.
—Owen Clarke, Outside Online, 2 May 2025
Fred Imbert, CNBC, 27 Apr. 2025
The categorizations of obesity and overweight can contribute to weight stigma, and they are often based on body mass index (BMI), which is not an accurate measure of health.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 26 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
That’s especially the case if the skin has been stretched for a while or if collagen and elastin levels are reduced due to factors such as age, genetics, and the duration of prior overweight status.
—Cathy Cassata, Health, 6 May 2025
Until his early thirties, Zahab was an overweight, pack-a-day smoker.
—Owen Clarke, Outside Online, 2 May 2025
Noun
What to watch: KeyBanc downgraded Microsoft to sector weight from overweight earlier in April ahead of the report, highlighting a few risks such as flattening cloud demand and a tricky AI landscape.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 27 Apr. 2025
The categorizations of obesity and overweight can contribute to weight stigma, and they are often based on body mass index (BMI), which is not an accurate measure of health.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overweight
Adjective
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The selection of works indeed revealed a preference for male subjects unique in a movement typically associated with fetching representations of young women in sun-dappled gowns and bonnets and plump, rose-cheeked children.—
James Meyer,
Artforum,
1 May 2025
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The brand’s Hyaluronic Rose Complex includes Damascus rosewater and 11 types of hyaluronic acid to nourish skin, as well as niacinamide, working to improve the appearance of skin texture and minimize pores, plus plump and firm.—
Celia Shatzman,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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And Latifah said said her cousin, died from obesity and its effects.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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Frequently Asked Questions What is metabolically healthy obesity?—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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The remote location offers an experience that lets guests disconnect from the hustle of urban life, with adventures like horseback rides, fly fishing, fat biking, and heli-skiing.—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
14 May 2025
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After 72 weeks, two out of three patients on semaglutide had significant improvements in fat accumulation and scarring in the liver.—
Cathy Nelson,
Health,
13 May 2025
Adjective
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Maintain a Healthy Weight PCOS raises the risk of having a body weight that is considered overweight or obese.—
Peter Weiss,
Verywell Health,
13 May 2025
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The 2022 Health Survey for England estimated that men were more likely than women to be overweight or obese (67% of men compared with 61% of women).—
Chloe Laws,
Glamour,
9 May 2025
Noun
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Whimsy was also the domain of the Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero, whose signature was a race of voluptuously bloated figures — denizens, from priests to bullfighters, of an almost cartoonish world that, to him, had to do not with corpulence but with the sensuality of human life.—
William McDonald,
New York Times,
28 Dec. 2023
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His thick musculature having bloated into unhealthy corpulence, Maradona was hospitalized in Buenos Aires in April 2004 with what doctors described as a weakened heart and acute breathing problems.—
Jeré Longman,
New York Times,
25 Nov. 2020
Adjective
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Fowler got off to a scorching hot start, firing a 7-under 63 on Thursday to sit tied for third place after round one at The Philadelphia Cricket Club.—
Troy Finnegan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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The ballets are folded, placed on a round plate and then slid into an urn.—
Maria Pasquini,
People.com,
7 May 2025
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“Overweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overweight. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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