featherweight

The word “featherweight” has 3 syllables: feath-er-weight

It's pronounced as /ˈfɛðərˌweɪt/

What is synonym and antonym for featherweight?

In the thesaurus, “featherweight” has 148 synonyms and 29 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for featherweight along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for featherweight

agile
airy
all skin and bones
angular
atmospheric
attenuate
attenuated
baby
bantamweight
beanpole
beanstalk
bony
boxer
buoyant
cadaverous
chicken
chickenheart
coward
cream puff
cruiserweight
crumbly
crybaby
dainty
delicate
downy
easy
effervescent
emaciated
ethereal
feathery
fighter
filmy
fleshless
flimsy
floatable
floating
fluffy
flyweight
foolish
fragile
fraidy-cat
friable
frothy
gangling
gangly
gaunt
gladiator
gossamery
graceful
haggard
heavyweight
imponderous
incompetent
inconsequential
insignificant
insubstantial
jellyfish
lank
lanky
lean
light as a feather
light heavyweight
light-footed
lightweight
lily liver
lithe
little
loose
loser
meager
middleweight
milksop
namby-pamby
narrow
nimble
of no account
palooka
paltry
pansy
pantywaist
peaked
petty
pinched
pole
porous
portable
prizefighter
pug
pugilist
puny
pushover
rangy
rarefied
rawboned
reedy
rickety
sandy
scaredy-cat
schlemiel
scraggy
scrawny
shadow
sheer
shriveled
sissy
skeletal
skinny
slender
slight
slim
slinky
slugger
small
spare
spindly
spongy
sprightly
stalky
starved
stick
stilt
stumblebum
subtle
superheavyweight
sylphlike
thin
thin as a rail
threadlike
tissuelike
trifling
trivial
twiggy
twiglike
undernourished
underweight
unheavy
unimportant
unsubstantial
wan
wasted
weedy
weightless
welterweight
wizened
worthless
wuss
wussy
yellowbelly

Antonyms for featherweight

big
broad-minded
clumsy
coarse
colorful
concentrated
consequential
dense
efficient
fat
flushed
generous
heavy
heavyweight
important
inflated
large
liberal
major
obese
plump
significant
solid
strong
thick
undiluted
useful
weighted
wide

Meanings of featherweight

noun
1. A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 126 pounds or 57.2 kilograms.
2. A sportsman who fights in this division.
3. The lightest weight that may be carried by a racehorse.

Example Sentences

The boxer competed in the featherweight division.
She won the featherweight championship last year.
The featherweight title match drew a large crowd.
His speed and agility make him an excellent featherweight fighter.
The athlete trained hard to maintain his featherweight status.

On this page you'll find 177 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to featherweight, such as: agile, airy, all skin and bones, angular, atmospheric, attenuate, attenuated.

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