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weightlifting

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈweɪtˌlɪftɪŋ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A form of exercise in which weights are lifted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A sport in which competitors lift heavy weights in two events: the snatch and the clean and jerk.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

present participle and gerund of weightlift

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: weightlift

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bodybuilding, anaerobic exercise, muscle building, musclebuilding

Narrower terms: jerk, bench press, clean and jerk, clean, press, military press, snatch

History

Etymology

From weight + lifting.

From weightlift + -ing.

Across languages

Translations

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Assamese: ওজনদঙা (üzondoṅa) — form of exercise
  • Assamese: ভাৰোত্তোলন (bharüttülon) — form of exercise
  • Azerbaijani: ağır atletika — form of exercise
  • Azerbaijani: ağırlıq qaldırma — form of exercise
  • Chinese Mandarin: 舉重 /举重 (jǔzhòng) — form of exercise
  • Danish: vægtløftning — form of exercise
  • Finnish: painonnosto — form of exercise
  • French: musculation — form of exercise
  • Georgian: ძალოსნობა (ʒalosnoba) — form of exercise
  • Georgian: სიმძიმეების აწევა (simʒimeebis ac̣eva) — form of exercise
  • Greek: άρση βαρών (ársi varón) — form of exercise
  • Hungarian: súlyzózás — form of exercise
  • Italian: sollevamento pesi — form of exercise
  • Japanese: 重量挙げ (jūryōage) — form of exercise
  • Kazakh: зілтемір (zıltemır) — form of exercise
  • Macedonian: кревање тегови (krevanje tegovi) — form of exercise
  • Norwegian: vektløftning — form of exercise
  • Polish: podnoszenie ciężarów — form of exercise
  • Portuguese: levantamento de peso — form of exercise
  • Romanian: haltere — form of exercise
  • Russian: тяжёлая атле́тика (tjažólaja atlétika) — form of exercise
  • Russian: подня́тие тя́жестей (podnjátije tjážestej) — form of exercise
  • Spanish: levantamiento de pesas — form of exercise
  • Swedish: tyngdlyftning — form of exercise
  • Ukrainian: важка́ атле́тика (važká atlétyka) — form of exercise
  • Armenian: ծանրամարտ (canramart) — sport in which competitors lift heavy weights
  • Armenian: ծանր աթլետիկա (canr atʻletika) — sport in which competitors lift heavy weights
  • Catalan: halterofília — sport in which competitors lift heavy weights
  • Chinese Mandarin: 舉重 /举重 (jǔzhòng) — sport in which competitors lift heavy weights
  • Czech: vzpírání — sport in which competitors lift heavy weights
  • Dutch: gewichtheffen — sport in which competitors lift heavy weights
  • Estonian: tõstmine — sport in which competitors lift heavy weights
  • Finnish: painonnosto — sport in which competitors lift heavy weights
  • French: haltérophilie — sport in which competitors lift heavy weights
  • Georgian: ძალოსნობა (ʒalosnoba) — sport in which competitors lift heavy weights
  • German: Gewichtheben — sport in which competitors lift heavy weights
  • Greek: άρση βαρών (ársi varón) — sport in which competitors lift heavy weights
  • Hungarian: súlyemelés — sport in which competitors lift heavy weights
  • Italian: sollevamento pesi — sport in which competitors lift heavy weights
  • Japanese: 重量挙げ (jūryōage) — sport in which competitors lift heavy weights
  • Japanese: ウエイトリフティング (ueitorifutingu) — sport in which competitors lift heavy weights
  • Korean: 역도 (yeokdo) — sport in which competitors lift heavy weights
  • Macedonian: кревање тегови (krevanje tegovi) — sport in which competitors lift heavy weights
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vektløfting — sport in which competitors lift heavy weights
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vektløfting — sport in which competitors lift heavy weights
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vektlyfting — sport in which competitors lift heavy weights
  • Persian: وزنهبرداری (vazne-bardâri) — sport in which competitors lift heavy weights
  • Polish: podnoszenie ciężarów — sport in which competitors lift heavy weights
  • Portuguese: levantamento de peso — sport in which competitors lift heavy weights
  • Romanian: halterofilie — sport in which competitors lift heavy weights
  • Russian: тяжёлая атле́тика (tjažólaja atlétika) — sport in which competitors lift heavy weights
  • Spanish: halterofilia — sport in which competitors lift heavy weights
  • Swedish: tyngdlyftning — sport in which competitors lift heavy weights
  • Ukrainian: важка́ атле́тика (važká atlétyka) — sport in which competitors lift heavy weights
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