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
Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
Viewers see painful flashbacks throughout the show of classmates teasing Kelly about being overweight and daring her to drink urine.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 8 Jan. 2026
Sohaib Imtiaz, Verywell Health, 5 Jan. 2026
The pill will contain 25 mg of semaglutide—the same compound in the injectable version of Wegovy—to treat overweight or obesity, either for people who use the pills to start a weight-loss program or for those who use them to maintain weight loss.
—Alice Park, Time, 23 Dec. 2025
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Adjective
The president, who is 6-foot-3, is currently in the overweight category on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's BMI calculator.
—Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
Viewers see painful flashbacks throughout the show of classmates teasing Kelly about being overweight and daring her to drink urine.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 8 Jan. 2026
Noun
These drugs help people with overweight and obesity—meaning a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or more—lose up to 15% to 20% of their body weight over 68 weeks (around 15 months).3
Factors Affecting Weight Loss Speed
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—Sohaib Imtiaz, Verywell Health, 5 Jan. 2026
The pill will contain 25 mg of semaglutide—the same compound in the injectable version of Wegovy—to treat overweight or obesity, either for people who use the pills to start a weight-loss program or for those who use them to maintain weight loss.
—Alice Park, Time, 23 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overweight
Adjective
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Take this eye cream—retinol, Indonesian ginger, and iris extract are an unexpected trio that prevent the degradation of and promote the creation of collagen, increase hyaluronic acid production, improve circulation, firm, and plump skin.—
Tamim Alnuweiri,
InStyle,
14 Jan. 2026
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In fact, when deciding on a slab of salmon or a plump whole branzino, many of our senses should come into play—including common sense!—
Randi Gollin,
Martha Stewart,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Colorado has the lowest obesity rate of any state.—
Tony Dokoupil,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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Lower fertility rates, higher obesity prevalence, alcohol consumption and lower physical activity are part of the explanation.—
Bloomberg,
Oc Register,
13 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Because of this, Nguyen recommends making a conscious effort to pair these items with other foods to ensure a balance of carbs, protein, fat, and produce (which is rich in fiber).—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
15 Jan. 2026
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Eating ham regularly can increase blood pressure due to its high content of salt, fat, and preservatives.—
Mark Gurarie,
Verywell Health,
15 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Even so, the results offer new insight into the biological processes that may help explain how fatty liver disease can progress to liver cancer, a condition that can also affect people who are not morbidly obese.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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University of Oxford researchers assessed a range of clinical trials as well as Medline, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Cochrane and Web of Science databases, with a focus on what happened after cessation of treatment regarding adults who were overweight or obese.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Jan. 2026
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As president, George H.W. Bush compared his dog, Ranger, to a blimp in a playful memo to White House staff noting a need to curb doggie treats because of canine corpulence.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
5 Sep. 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
Adjective
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Dotson is returning to practice this week ahead of the Rams’ divisional round game against the Chicago Bears.—
Adam Grosbard,
Oc Register,
15 Jan. 2026
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Penn State won the first matchup, a 74-69 victory in a 1991 NCAA Tournament first round game at Syracuse's Carrier Dome.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Overweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overweight. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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