top-heavy

adjective

Definition of top-heavynext
as in bulky

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Recent Examples of top-heavy The Philadelphia Phillies have made little secret of their intentions ahead of this year's trade deadline, with a top-heavy roster in need of some reinforcements. — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 The commission also recommended, as an alternative, shortening the arch itself while making the gilded statue even taller—a compromise that would leave the arch squat beneath a top-heavy sculpture. — Janay Kingsberry, The Atlantic, 19 July 2026 For travelers, those top-heavy numbers present an opportunity, said Leigh Barnes, president of the Americas for tour company Intrepid Travel. — Jen Rose Smith, CNN Money, 10 July 2026 Support top-heavy plants by wrapping a slit pool noodle around stems or pairing it with a stake for stability. — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for top-heavy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for top-heavy
  1. bulky
  2. overweight
  3. voluminous
  4. massy
  5. outsize
  6. substantial
Adjective
  • While the original New York Couch Doctor (516-779-1720) is famed for disassembling bulky furniture in emergency situations 24/7, the charge is anywhere from a few hundred to a couple thousand dollars.
    — Cassie Hurwitz, Curbed, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Work on delivering maximum power and the setup will be too bulky to carry around.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of bulky
Adjective
  • But the people who need them, the seniors who are overweight, can now, for the first time, afford these drugs.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The investment bank began research coverage of the fertility benefits provider with an overweight rating and $37 price target on the stock, suggesting 45% upside from Wednesday's close.
    — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of overweight
Adjective
  • After the meeting, Welsch argued the city should be allowing more time for the public to evaluate and scrutinize a voluminous plan that stretches beyond 500 pages.
    — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026
  • While the bride wore a satin, strapless Danielle Frankel wedding gown for the ceremony, the voluminous, floor-length skirt obscured her shoes on her big day.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of voluminous
Adjective
  • While the attempts to create massy cinema land fine for most parts, Dhawan does not quite emerge as the larger-than-life south-Indian hero set to rule the audience merely with his presence.
    — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
  • All objects that have mass interact with other massy objects—that’s called gravitational interaction.
    — Wired, Wired, 6 Nov. 2019
Definition of massy
Adjective
  • Nvidia counts on the group known as the hyperscalers — Amazon, Google and Microsoft — for an outsized amount of revenue, as those companies buy GPUs in bulk for their own workloads, and sell access to them through their giant cloud businesses.
    — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026
  • He has been sorely missed, and injuries have played an outsized role in how the Tigers got here and why the front office chose to trade Skubal and Casey Mize this month.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of outsize
Adjective
  • Some prediction market companies have received unflattering media headlines based on false premises—Kalshi doesn’t take bets directly involving war or wildfires despite substantial news coverage suggesting otherwise.
    — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 24 Aug. 2026
  • In another time, the MacBook Neo could have caused a substantial realignment of the lowish-end laptop business.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of substantial

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“Top-heavy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/top-heavy. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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