What does heavy set mean?
Heavy set means (of a person) Overweight..
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/ˈhɛviˌsɛt/ · adjective
(of a person) Overweight..
No Soviet political figure has been as irreverently outspoken about Soviet life or as ambitious to change it as Boris Yeltsin, 58, a heavyset, 6-ft. 2-in. man from Sverdlovsk in the Ural Mountains.
Use heavy set when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Heavy set means (of a person) Overweight..
Common synonyms include heavy, husky, thickset, stout.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
No Soviet political figure has been as irreverently outspoken about Soviet life or as ambitious to change it as Boris Yeltsin, 58, a heavyset, 6-ft. 2-in. man from Sverdlovsk in the Ural Mountains.
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