Synonyms of underweight

underweight

adjective

as in lightweight

having little weight

the long illness left him frail and underweight

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lightweight
• fragile
• thin
• small
• weightless
• light
• feathery
• undersized
• tiny
• undersize
• puny
• diminutive
• featherlight
• smallish
• petite
• slender
• slim
• wee
• little
• flimsy
• insubstantial
• bantam
• minute
• slight

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• overweight
• heavy
• large
• leaden
• weighty
• ponderous
• hefty
• considerable
• extensive
• substantial
• handsome
• huge
• great
• big
• oversized
• massive
• super
• sizeable
• voluminous
• sizable
• oversize
• goodly
• jumbo
• bulky
• cumbersome
• unwieldy
• largish
• overscaled
• hulking
• king-size
• overscale
• king-sized
• whacking

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of underweight

Shadow, who is now 12, was underweight, covered with fleas and had seven teeth missing when Minckler adopted him. —Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2024

The rally is most inconvenient for foreign investors and strategists who remain on the sidelines/underweight China due to the US election. —Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024

But analysts at JPMorgan rated Tesla stock at underweight and set a price target of $135, implying downside of nearly 50%. —Jason Ma, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2024

The schools recruited players who were underweight or overlooked, players who could fit into their old-fashioned, run-first scheme—the triple option in flexbone formation, in which the objective is to hold the ball and use up the clock. —Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024