light-duty

1. 1.

   not designed for heavy work

   “a light-duty detergent”

   Antonymsheavy-duty

   Similarlight

Questions about light-duty

What does light-duty mean?

light-duty means "not designed for heavy work".

How many syllables are in light-duty?

light-duty has 3 syllables: light--du-ty. The stress falls on "light-".

What is the opposite of light-duty?

The recorded antonyms are heavy-duty.

Is light-duty a common word?

light-duty is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.