as in plump
having an excess of body fat
an overweight person who had difficulty running even a short distance
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Recent Examples of overweight
Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 6 Jan. 2026
The trial included roughly 450 adults with obesity or who were overweight and had knee osteoarthritis.
—Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 1 Jan. 2026
Alice Park, Time, 23 Dec. 2025
Also worth noting: The medication can help to reduce the risk of major cardiovascular events like heart attack, stroke, or death in adults with heart disease and obesity or overweight.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 23 Dec. 2025
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Adjective
Having a body weight that is classified as overweight or obese is a risk factor for high blood pressure and heart disease.
—Noun
The pill will contain 25 mg of semaglutide—the same compound in the injectable version of Wegovy—to treat overweight or obesity, either for people who use the pills to start a weight-loss program or for those who use them to maintain weight loss.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for overweight
Adjective
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By doing this, the fibers also go from flat to fluffy, making the cushions look much more plump.—
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In addition to buying in season, look for berries with smooth, plump, and firm skin, which indicate high quality, says Michelle Hall, chef instructor at Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts.—
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The increase was highest among older adults, as nearly 80% of participants over 70 years old met the obesity mark, the researchers noted.—
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Accepting that his obesity can be treated with GLP-1s changed Jake’s perspective on his struggle with weight.—
Adjective
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This is due to the polyphenols and healthy fat content, according to Bobrick.—
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Chicken has slightly more protein than salmon and contains less fat.—
Adjective
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There are many factors that make someone more at risk of becoming obese, such as a lack of physical activity, unhealthy eating patterns, poor quality sleep, stress, environmental factors, certain health conditions and medications, as well as genetics.—
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The programs already cover the companies' drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration for Type 2 diabetes, but under the deals they will also be covered for some patients who are overweight or obese.—
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As president, George H.W. Bush compared his dog, Ranger, to a blimp in a playful memo to White House staff noting a need to curb doggie treats because of canine corpulence.—
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Whimsy was also the domain of the Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero, whose signature was a race of voluptuously bloated figures — denizens, from priests to bullfighters, of an almost cartoonish world that, to him, had to do not with corpulence but with the sensuality of human life.—
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Safety Brandon Jones, who went on IR with a pectoral injury one week before Wattenberg, would be eligible to return ahead of Denver’s divisional round game, but Jones has not practiced since his injury.—
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The book is about early childhood, so the character design reflects a more warm, round style.—
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“Overweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overweight. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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