weight loss

noun

The reduction of total body mass due to loss of fluid, fat, tissue, etc.

“John achieved 25 pounds in weight loss after abstaining from soda and running two miles in the morning every day.”

Opposite
weight gain
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Meanings

nounweight loss (uncountable)
  1. uncountablenutritionmedicineThe reduction of total body mass due to loss of fluid, fat, tissue, etc.

    John achieved 25 pounds in weight loss after abstaining from soda and running two miles in the morning every day.

    1 more example

    This isn’t the first time she has hidden a weight-loss management attempt from her husband. “I went to Turkey and had a gastric balloon, and I didn’t tell anyone, not even him,” she says.

    2025 May 11, Imogen West-Knights, “‘I lost so much weight, my husband thought I was terminally ill’: why do people lie about taking Ozempic?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

    Antonyms: weight gain

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe reduction of total body mass due to loss of fluid, fat, tissue, etc.

Opposite
weight gain

Translations

Bulgarian отслабване
  • отслабване (otslabvane)reduction of body mass
Catalan pèrdua de pes
  • pèrdua de pesreduction of body mass
Chinese Mandarin 減肥 /减肥, 體重下降 /体重下降
  • 減肥 /减肥 (jiǎnféi)reduction of body mass
  • 體重下降 /体重下降 (unintentional)reduction of body mass
Danish vægttab
  • vægttabreduction of body mass
Dutch gewichtsverlies
  • gewichtsverliesreduction of body mass
Esperanto malpeziĝo
  • malpeziĝoreduction of body mass
Finnish painonpudotus, painonmenetys
  • painonpudotusreduction of body mass
  • painonmenetysreduction of body mass
French perte de poids
  • perte de poidsreduction of body mass
German Gewichtsverlust, Gewichtsabnahme
  • Gewichtsverlustreduction of body mass
  • Gewichtsabnahmereduction of body mass
Greek αδυνάτισμα
  • αδυνάτισμα (adynátisma)reduction of body mass
Hungarian fogyás, súlyvesztés
  • fogyásreduction of body mass
  • súlyvesztésreduction of body mass
  • súlycsökkenésreduction of body mass
  • súlyveszteségreduction of body mass
Icelandic þyngdartap
  • þyngdartapreduction of body mass
Italian perdita di peso
  • perdita di pesoreduction of body mass
Japanese 体重減少
  • 体重減少 (taijū genshō)reduction of body mass
Korean 체중 감량, 체중 감소
  • 체중 감량 (chejung gamnyang)reduction of body mass
  • 체중 감소 (chejung gamso)reduction of body mass
Norwegian Bokmål vekttap
  • vekttapreduction of body mass
Polish odchudzanie
  • odchudzaniereduction of body mass
Portuguese perda de peso
  • perda de pesoreduction of body mass
Russian похуде́ние
  • похуде́ние (poxudénije)reduction of body mass
Spanish adelgazamiento, enflaquecimiento
  • adelgazamientoreduction of body mass
  • enflaquecimientoreduction of body mass
  • pérdida de pesoreduction of body mass
Swedish viktminskning, viktförlust
  • viktminskningreduction of body mass
  • viktförlustreduction of body mass
  • viktnedgångreduction of body mass
Thai น้ำหนักลด
  • น้ำหนักลด (nám-nàk-lót)reduction of body mass
Turkish kilo kaybı
  • kilo kaybıreduction of body mass
Ukrainian сху́днення
  • сху́днення (sxúdnennja)reduction of body mass
Cite this entry
APA

weight loss. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weight%20loss

MLA

“weight loss.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weight%20loss. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “weight loss,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weight%20loss.

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