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heavyset

/ˈhɛviˌsɛt/

heavyset adjective: overweight.

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

Synonyms of heavyset

All synonyms of heavyset

Forms of heavyset

comparativemore heavyset
superlativemost heavyset
alternative formheavy-set

Origin of heavyset

From heavy + set.

Questions about heavyset

What does heavyset mean?
Heavyset means overweight.
What part of speech is heavyset?
Heavyset is an adjective.
How do you pronounce heavyset?
Heavyset is pronounced /ˈhɛviˌsɛt/.

Words near heavyset in the dictionary

  1. heavying
  2. heavyish
  3. heavylidded
  4. heavyonium
  5. heavys
  6. heavyset
  7. heavywater
  8. heavyweight
  9. heavyweight spaceship
  10. heavyweights
  11. Heawood

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