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lose weight

VERB
diet
Synonyms
STRONG
fast reduce slim starve
WEAK
count calories eat sparingly fall off go without skinny down slim down tighten belt watch weight
Antonyms
WEAK
gorge indulge
VERB
reduce
Synonyms
STRONGEST
curtail cut cut down diminish dwindle knock off lessen lower pare scale down shorten slash trim weaken
STRONG
abate abridge bankrupt break cheapen chop clip contract debase deflate depreciate depress diet dilute discount drain impair impoverish moderate pauperize rebate recede ruin shave slim taper truncate
WEAK
bant cut back go on a diet mark down nutshell roll back slow down step down take off weight taper off tone down turn down wind down
Antonyms
STRONGEST
compliment develop enlarge expand extend grow increase lengthen praise prolong raise strengthen
STRONG
amplify enhance laud rise stretch upgrade
WEAK
invigorate win

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They also help many people lose weight by reducing appetite and changing eating behavior.

From Science Daily • May 7, 2026

"There's this idea that if you lose weight, you might escape stigma," Standen said.

From Science Daily • May 5, 2026

“It turns out people like to lose weight all around the world,” Ricks says, adding that the company is seeing “really strong numbers internationally across every geography.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

He began to lose weight and started guzzling water "like he was in a desert", his mum, Carys Hobbs-Sargeant, said.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

How would it know that it had to lose weight?

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking