lightweight

Definition of lightweight

Nouns

a professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds
Type of:
gladiator, prizefighter
a professional boxer
someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous
Synonyms:
jackanapes, whippersnapper
Type of:
cipher, cypher, nobody, nonentity
a person of no influence
an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds
Type of:
boxer, pugilist
someone who fights with his fists for sport
a wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds
Type of:
grappler, matman, wrestler
combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground

Adjectives

weighing relatively little compared with another item or object of similar use
"a lightweight fabric"
"lightweight wood"
Synonyms:
light
of comparatively little physical weight or density
having no importance or influence
"a lightweight intellect"
Synonyms:
unimportant
not important

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Words that contain lightweight

junior lightweight