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heavy-set

heavy-set is the alternative spelling of heavyset.

Meaning of heavyset

Adjective

heavyset (comparative more heavyset, superlative most heavyset)

  1. Overweight.
    Synonyms:
    heavy, husky
    1. (euphemistic) Obese.
  2. Having a large, solid, imposing bodily appearance.
    • No Soviet political figure has been as irreverently outspoken about Soviet life or as ambitious to change it as Boris Yeltsin, 58, a heavyset, 6-ft. 2-in. man from Sverdlovsk in the Ural Mountains.1989 March 20, “One Bear Of a Soviet Politician”, in Time
    Synonyms:
    thickset, stout, stocky

Forms of heavy-set

comparativemore heavy-set
superlativemost heavy-set

Questions about heavy-set

What is heavy-set the alternative spelling of?
Heavy-set is the alternative spelling of heavyset.

Words near heavy-set in the dictionary

  1. heavy-hitters
  2. heavy-lidded
  3. heavy-lifting
  4. heavy-metal umlaut
  5. heavy-metal umlauts
  6. heavy-set
  7. heavy-tailed
  8. heavy-water
  9. heavy-water reactor
  10. heavy-water reactors
  11. heavyeyed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: heavy-set (page history and authors); heavyset (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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