Noun: overweight ,ow-vu(r)'weyt
- The property of excessive fatness
"The doctor advised the patient to address his overweight condition";
- corpulence, stoutness, adiposis
- Excessively fat
"an overweight man";
- corpulent, obese, weighty, rotund, porky [informal], lardy [informal]
- Above the allowed weight
"The truck was overweight and not permitted on the bridge"
Derived forms: overweights, overweighting, overweighted
See also: fat
Type of: corpulency, fleshiness, lade [archaic], laden, load, load up, obesity
Encyclopedia: Overweight