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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of underweight

Calculated by dividing a person's weight by their height, the result then classifies individuals into categories: underweight, normal weight, overweight, or obese. —David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025

Wells is sticking by its underweight rating on Tesla , a minority view among Wall Street analysts after the stock has soared in the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s promises to deregulate industry and his close ties to Tesla CEO Elon Musk. —Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 15 Jan. 2025

As a screening measure, BMI is a quick, cheap, and reliable measure of categorizing someone as underweight (less than 18.5 kg/m2), a healthy weight (18.5 to less than 25), overweight (25 to less than 30), or obese (30 or greater). —New Atlas, 14 Jan. 2025

Korean stocks were raised to neutral from underweight. —Chloe Berger, Fortune Asia, 9 Jan. 2025