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

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

United Parcel Service — The parcel delivery stock dropped more than 3% after Barclays downgraded it to underweight from equal weight . —Brian Evans, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2024

KeyBanc analyst Jackson Ader is underweight Adobe, and his price target of $450 suggests more than 7% downside from Monday’s close. —Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2024