weightlifting

Other forms of weightlifting

plural

weightliftings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about weightlifting

What does weightlifting mean?

weightlifting means "bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights".

How many syllables are in weightlifting?

weightlifting has 3 syllables: weight-lif-ting. The stress falls on "weight". In IPA it is /ˈweɪtˌlɪftɪŋ/.

What is another word for weightlifting?

Close synonyms include weightlift. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is weightlifting a common word?

weightlifting is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.