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English 6 senses of the word *lightweight*:
ADJECTIVE	all	lightweight	weighing relatively little compared with another item or object of similar use
ADJECTIVE	all	lightweight	having no importance or influence
NOUN	person	lightweight	a professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds
	person	lightweight, whippersnapper, jackanapes	someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous
	person	lightweight	an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds
	person	lightweight	a wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds

lightweight pronunciation
Sounds	lay'twey't
Rhymes	abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt...

Englishlightweight: 6 senses adjective 1
Meaning	Weighing relatively little compared with another item or object of similar use.
Examples	"a lightweight fabric" "lightweight wood"
Broader	light	Of comparatively little physical weight or density / density
Spanish	ligero

Englishlightweight: 6 senses adjective 2
Meaning	Having no importance or influence.
Example	"a lightweight intellect"
Broader	unimportant	not important
Spanish	ligero
Nouns	lightweight	someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous

Englishlightweight: 6 senses noun 1, person
Meaning	A professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds.
Broader	prizefighter, gladiator	A professional boxer
Spanish	peso ligero

Englishlightweight: 6 senses noun 2, person
Meaning	someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous.
Synonyms	whippersnapper, jackanapes
Broader	cipher, cypher, nobody, nonentity	A person of no influence
Spanish	chiquilicuatro, fantoche, mequetrefe, mocoso
Catalan	fantotxe, mamarratxo, taral·lirot
Adjectives	lightweight	having no importance or influence

Englishlightweight: 6 senses noun 3, person
Meaning	An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds.
Broader	boxer, pugilist	someone who fights with his fists for sport
Spanish	peso ligero
Catalan	pes lleuger

Englishlightweight: 6 senses noun 4, person
Meaning	A wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds.
Broader	wrestler, grappler, matman	combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground
Spanish	peso ligero, peso liviano
Catalan	pes lleuger

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