Meaning

3 senses
  1. Overweight.

  2. Overweight.

    (euphemistic)Obese.

  3. Having a large, solid, imposing bodily appearance.

    having a short and solid form or stature

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Tom is heavyset.

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  2. He looked small next to my heavyset father.

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  3. Your opponent tonight in the ring is very heavyset, but you're stronger.

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  4. Layla was heavyset.

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  5. Sami and Layla were both heavyset.

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From heavy + set.

From heavy + set.

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Forms

more heavyset, most heavyset
Comparativemore heavyset Lesson
Superlativemost heavyset Lesson

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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