Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for lightweight. Search instead for lichtweide.
Definitions

lightweight

[lahyt-wayt] / ˈlaɪtˌweɪt /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Their explanation involves a little-understood relative of the neutrino, an extremely lightweight particle that rarely interacts with ordinary matter.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

Both Samsung and Google pack dedicated triple-camera setups or ultra-high megapixel sensors into their foldables, whereas Apple makes modest hardware compromises on its camera array to keep the Duo thin and lightweight.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

The prime minister is due to tell Zelensky that Britain will quicken the delivery of British lightweight multirole missiles, which Ukraine has used against Russian jet-powered drones.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

Specifically, the prime minister would pledge to speed up the delivery of lightweight multirole missiles that can help bring down fast jet-powered Russian drones.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

A man whose handkerchiefs were not lightweight cotton poking from his jacket pocket, but red and large and spotted with white dots.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

It is one thing for Hibs to play on the front foot against European lightweights when their backs were against the wall, it is another doing it against Motherwell in the Premiership on Sunday.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

The audience might forget those things, but it will remember how silly the suits looked as they struggled to deal with perceived lightweights who had organized against them.

From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2023

The two lightweights aren’t even fighting for a title or a fringe belt — making it a true grudge match.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 20, 2023

I’m a high school speech and debate alumni too, though I competed in public forum debate — an event that I’ve been told is for the intellectual lightweights of the speech and debate community.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2022

"We're lightweights," Mabel tried to joke, but her voice was thick with regret.

From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour


Vocabulary lists containing lightweight

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 14,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training