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Words with a similar base: lightweight

'lightweight'

[lightweight.n.01] as in: a professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds

'lightweight'

[whippersnapper.n.01] as in: someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous

'lightweight'

[lightweight.n.03] as in: an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds

'lightweight'

[lightweight.n.04] as in: a wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds

'lightweight'

[lightweight.s.01] as in: weighing relatively little compared with another item or object of similar use

Examples:
a lightweight fabric
lightweight wood

'lightweight'

[lightweight.s.02] as in: having no importance or influence

Examples:
a lightweight intellect

Origins

					lightweight (English)
├── light (English)
│   ├── leoht (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│   ├── light (Middle English (1100-1500))
│   ├── lighten (Middle English (1100-1500))
│   └── lihtan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
└── weight (English)
    └── wiht (Old English (ca. 450-1100))