Meanings
verbput on weight (third-person singular simple present puts on weight, present participle putting on weight, simple past and past participle put on weight)
present singular third person puts on weight · participle present putting on weight
- To experience a weight gain, to increase in weight.
Synonyms: gain weight
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo experience a weight gain, to increase in weight.
Similar
Opposite
Also see
Translations
Arabic اِزْدَادَ وَزْنًا, اِكْتَسَبَ وَزْنًا
- اِزْدَادَ وَزْنًا (izdāda waznan)to become heavier
- اِكْتَسَبَ وَزْنًا (iktasaba waznan)to become heavier
Bulgarian напълнявам, напълнея
- напълнявам (napălnjavam)to become heavier
- напълнея (napălneja)to become heavier
- надебелявам (nadebeljavam)to become heavier
- надебелея (nadebeleja)to become heavier
Chinese Mandarin 發胖 /发胖
- 發胖 /发胖 (fāpàng)to become heavier
Czech přibrat
- přibratto become heavier
Dutch aankomen
- aankomento become heavier
Finnish lihoa
- lihoato become heavier
French prendre du poids, grossir
- prendre du poidsto become heavier
- grossirto become heavier
German zunehmen, zulegen
- zunehmento become heavier
- zulegento become heavier
- Speck ansetzento become heavier
- Fett ansetzento become heavier
Hungarian hízik, felszed
- hízikto become heavier
- felszedto become heavier
Italian ingrassare, prendere peso
- ingrassareto become heavier
- prendere pesoto become heavier
Japanese 太る, 体重が増える
- 太る (futoru)to become heavier
- 体重が増える (taijū ga fueru)to become heavier
Korean 살이 찌다, 체중이 늘다
- 살이 찌다 (sar-i jjida)to become heavier
- 체중이 늘다 (chejung-i neulda)to become heavier
- 살찌다 (saljjida)to become heavier
Polish tyć, utyć
- tyćto become heavier
- utyćto become heavier
- przytyćto become heavier
- przybrać na wadzeto become heavier
- przybierać na wadzeto become heavier
Portuguese ganhar peso
- ganhar pesoto become heavier
Romanian se îngrășa
- se îngrășato become heavier
Russian набира́ть вес, набра́ть вес
- набира́ть вес (nabirátʹ ves)to become heavier
- набра́ть вес (nabrátʹ ves)to become heavier
- толсте́ть (tolstétʹ)to become heavier
- потолсте́ть (potolstétʹ)to become heavier
- полне́ть (polnétʹ)to become heavier
- пополне́ть (popolnétʹ)to become heavier
- поправля́ться (popravljátʹsja)to become heavier
- попра́виться (poprávitʹsja)to become heavier
Spanish subir de peso, coger peso
- subir de pesoto become heavier
- coger pesoto become heavier
- engordarto become heavier
- engordarseto become heavier
- engrosarto become heavier
- embarnecerto become heavier
- embastecerto become heavier
Swedish öka i vikt
- öka i viktto become heavier
Tagalog tumaba
- tumabato become heavier
Thai เพิ่มน้ำหนัก
- เพิ่มน้ำหนัก (pə̂əm nám-nàk)to become heavier
Turkish kilo almak, semirmek
- kilo almakto become heavier
- semirmekto become heavier
- yağlanmakto become heavier
- beslemekto become heavier
- yağ bağlamakto become heavier
- etlenmekto become heavier
- şişmanlamakto become heavier
- semizlemekto become heavier
- semizlenmekto become heavier
Ukrainian товсті́ти, потовсті́ти
- товсті́ти (tovstíty)to become heavier
- потовсті́ти (potovstíty)to become heavier
Cite this entry
APA
put on weight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/put%20on%20weight
MLA
“put on weight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/put%20on%20weight. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “put on weight,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/put%20on%20weight.
Source: put on weight on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.