lightweightadjective
uk/ˈlaɪt.weɪt/us/ˈlaɪt.weɪt/lightweight adjective (NOT HEAVY)
weighing only a little or less than average:
I need a lightweight jacket for the summer evenings.
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Light and weightless
- (as) light as a feather idiom
- airy
- be (as) light as a feather idiom
- ethereal
- feather
- floaty
- fluffy
- foamy
- frothy
- insubstantial
- lather
- light
- lightness
- portable
- sheer
- weightless
- wispy
lightweight adjective (NOT SERIOUS)
disapproving not showing deep understanding or knowledge of any subject:
She's the author of some fairly lightweight historical novels.
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Not showing careful thought
- airy
- cuff
- flip
- flippant
- frivolity
- frivolous
- ill-conceived
- incautious
- off the cuff idiom
- pat
- preconceived
- shallow
- shoot
- shoot from the hip idiom
- skin-deep
- superficial
- thoughtless
- unconsidered
- unthinking
- wild
lightweightnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈlaɪt.weɪt/us/ˈlaɪt.weɪt/lightweight noun [ C ] (SPORTS PERSON)
in some sports, including boxing, a person whose weight is between featherweight and welterweight
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Fighting sports
- all-in wrestling
- arm-wrestling
- bantamweight
- black belt
- body blow
- flyweight
- foil
- gumshield
- heavyweight
- jab
- jiujitsu
- knockout
- left-hander
- punching bag
- rope
- roundhouse kick
- sabre
- savate
- spar
- wrestler
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lightweight noun [ C ] (NOT SERIOUS)
disapproving a person whose work in a particular area of activity does not show a deep understanding or knowledge of that subject:
In certain circles he has been dismissed as a literary lightweight.
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Inexperienced people and lack of experience
- beginner
- blind
- dilettante
- freshman
- functional illiterate
- greenhorn
- know
- layman
- laywoman
- neophyte
- newcomer
- not know the meaning of the word idiom
- rookie
- stranger
- the blind leading the blind idiom
- the uninitiated
- tyro
- upstart
- virgin
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People of little importance