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
Michael Bloom, CNBC, 13 June 2025
People also have more sedentary lifestyles that can lead to higher chances of overweight and obesity in the U.S. and other areas in the world.1214
What Factors Influence Your Weight?
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 9 June 2025
Dan Irvine, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
The participants were overweight or obese and had slightly high blood pressure or hypertension.
—Jenna Anderson, Health, 12 June 2025
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Adjective
Wells Fargo reiterates Microsoft as overweight Wells Fargo raised its price target on the stock to $565 per share from $515.
—Michael Bloom, CNBC, 13 June 2025
People also have more sedentary lifestyles that can lead to higher chances of overweight and obesity in the U.S. and other areas in the world.1214
What Factors Influence Your Weight?
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 9 June 2025
Noun
For investors, being overweight in U.S. aerospace stocks—particularly Boeing—carries significant downside risk.
—Dan Irvine, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
The participants were overweight or obese and had slightly high blood pressure or hypertension.
—Jenna Anderson, Health, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overweight
Adjective
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After the treatment, skin was visibly more plump, smooth, hydrated and radiant.—
Bianca Salonga,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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Its hero ingredients include niacinamide (a.k.a. vitamin B3), known for minimizing pores and reducing fine lines, along with Premium Elastin from France, shea butter, and hyaluronic acid, all of which moisturize and plump skin for a more youthful, glowy appearance.—
Melony Forcier,
People.com,
19 June 2025
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While most Medicare and Medicaid plans pay for weight loss drugs for diabetics, they aren’t currently covered for obesity.—
Sonya Collins,
Fortune,
20 June 2025
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The chemical compound has been linked to fetal abnormalities, low birth weight, and brain and behavior disorders in infants and children, as well as diabetes, heart disease, cancer and obesity in adults.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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One is for chocolate, ketchup, and mustard; another is for fat and cooking oil; another is for blood, dairy, and ice cream; and another is for coffee, tea, wine, and juice.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
19 June 2025
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That’s not fat or muscle loss, but simply water shifting out of your muscles.—
Kathleen Ferraro,
Verywell Health,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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Scientists are still piecing together the reason for this trend, especially since many young patients aren’t obese and don’t have a family history of the disease.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
3 June 2025
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People who are obese, over 65, or have darker skin may be more at risk for deficiency—and about 50% to 60% of nursing home residents and patients in hospitals are vitamin D deficient.—
Erica Sweeney,
Time,
28 May 2025
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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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Richie’s hairstylist George Curran opted for movement in the form of a bouncy blowout, using a round brush and blow-dryer to create volume and a soft curve.—
Bella Cacciatore,
Glamour,
27 June 2025
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Aside from a round diamond pendant, nothing is more classic—and timeless—than initial necklaces.—
Jessie Quinn,
StyleCaster,
25 June 2025
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“Overweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overweight. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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