overweight

adjective/ˌoʊvərˈweɪt/

Frequency rank: #5,759 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

weighing more than is considered healthy or normal.

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Example sentence

The doctor told him that he was overweight and should exercise more.

Synonyms & related words

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