/ Thesaurus / L Synonyms of light weight Find synonyms for: Noun1. lightweight, prizefighter, gladiatorusage: a professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds2. whippersnapper, jackanapes, lightweight, cipher, cypher, nobody, nonentityusage: someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous3. lightweight, boxer, pugilistusage: an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds4. lightweight, wrestler, grappler, matmanusage: a wrestler who weighs 139-154 poundsAdjective1. lightweight, light (vs. heavy)usage: weighing relatively little compared with another item or object of similar use; "a lightweight fabric"; "lightweight wood"2. lightweight, unimportant (vs. important)usage: having no importance or influence; "a lightweight intellect"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: languid Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language