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avoirdupois
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of AVOIRDUPOIS
1
the amount that something weighs <the coach limited his recruiting to linebackers of a certain avoirdupois>
Related Words bulk, mass; poundage, tonnage; deadweight; heftiness, massiveness, ponderousness, weightiness; solidity, solidness, substantiality, substantialness
2
the state or quality of being heavy <told his patient that he had to do something about his unhealthy avoirdupois and that exercising would be a good start>
Related Words overweight; solidity, solidness, substantiality, substantialness; bulk, bulkiness, hugeness; cumbersomeness
Near Antonyms airiness, delicacy, ethereality, etherealness; flimsiness, fluffiness, insubstantiality, slightness
Antonyms lightness, weightlessness
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