Antonyms for featherweight

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : feth -er-weyt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɛð ərˌweɪt

Definition of featherweight

Origin : also feather-weight, the lightest allowable, 1812 (earlier as simply feather, 1760), from feather (n.) + weight. Originally in horse-racing; boxing use dates from 1889.

As in light : adj not heavy
As in lightweight : adj inconsequential
As in thin : adj fine, light, slender
As in lank : adj thin
As in twiggy : adj thin
As in weedy : adj thin
As in weightless : adj light
As in wimp : noun weakling

Example sentences :

With the featherweight the swing is very liable to get out of gear.
Extract from : « The Complete Golfer [1905] » by Harry Vardon

Some canoeists take with them a suit of featherweight oilskin.
Extract from : « Packing and Portaging » by Dillon Wallace

That was not a difficult feat since she was but a featherweight.
Extract from : « The Phantom Town Mystery » by Carol Norton

I am not as strong as I once was so I bought a featherweight one.
Extract from : « The Modern Pistol and How to Shoot It » by Walter Winans

Adams laughed, took the thing up with one hand, and raised it to his shoulder as though it had been a featherweight.
Extract from : « The Pools of Silence » by H. de Vere Stacpoole

"I had no idea Americans were so romantic," said Lady Sellingworth, with just a touch of featherweight malice.
Extract from : « December Love » by Robert Hichens

My stampede had carried his featherweight body a couple of yards, but it stopped me and I got my mind back, partly.
Extract from : « The Big Time » by Fritz Reuter Leiber

She seemed only a featherweight when the bewildered doctor helped her to alight—an undoubted sprite and creature of romance.
Extract from : « The Doctor's Family » by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

Then he set it down again in its old position as gently as though it had been a featherweight.
Extract from : « Roger the Bold » by F. S. Brereton

None of your featherweight, gas-lightened, paper-thin alloy shells, but toughened aluminum from stern to stern.
Extract from : « Friend Island » by Francis Stevens

Synonyms for featherweight

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