top-heavyadjective [ after verb ]
uk/ˌtɒpˈhev.i/us/ˌtɑːpˈhev.i/If something is top-heavy, it has more weight in the higher part than in the lower part and will not balance correctly:
The main reason the ship capsized was that it was top-heavy.
figurative If they sacked a few senior managers, the company would be less top-heavy.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Balance and imbalance
- accord
- accord with sth
- align
- alignment
- balance (sth) out/up
- balance of power
- balanced
- equilibrium
- harmonize
- harmony
- imbalance
- jar
- off balance
- offset
- on an even keel idiom
- one man's loss is another man's gain idiom
- realign
- square (sth) with sth
- symmetry
- wash
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