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| Main Entry: | plump |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | chubby, fat |
| Synonyms: | beefy*, burly, buxom, chunky*, corpulent, filled, fleshy, full, obese, portly, pudgy*, rotund, round, stout, tubby* |
| Antonyms: | lean, skinny, thin |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | buxom |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bosomy |
| Synonyms: | ample, built, chubby, comely, curvaceous, healthy, hearty, lusty, plump, robust, shapely, voluptuous, well-made, well-rounded, busty, curvy, full-bosomed, full-figured, stacked, well-proportioned, zaftig |
| Antonyms: | flat, petite, small |
| Main Entry: | chubby |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | slightly fat |
| Synonyms: | ample, big, buxom, chunky, fatty, flabby, fleshy, hefty, husky, plump, portly, pudgy, roly-poly*, rotund, round, stout, tubby, bearish, butterball, full-figured, pleasingly plump, plumpish, podgy, zaftig |
| Antonyms: | skinny, slim, thin |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | corpulent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fat, chubby |
| Synonyms: | beefy*, blimp*, bulky, burly, fat, fleshy, gross, heavy, hefty, husky, large, lusty, obese, overblown, overweight, plump, portly, roly-poly*, rotund, stout, tubby, weighty, baby elephant, embonpoint, having a bay window, having a spare tire, well-padded |
| Antonyms: | skinny, slender, slight, thin |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cuddly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | huggable, embraceable |
| Synonyms: | lovable, plump, soft, warm, caressible, cuddlesome, kissable, snuggly |
| Antonyms: | despicable, disgusting |
| Main Entry: | dumpy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | short and stout |
| Synonyms: | chubby, chunky, fat, homely, plump, pudgy, roly-poly, squat, stocky, stumpy, tubby, podgy |
| Main Entry: | fatten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grow or make bigger; nourish |
| Synonyms: | augment, bloat, broaden, build up, cram, distend, expand, feed, fill, increase, plump, spread, stuff, swell, thicken, thrive, wax, coarsen, gain weight, overfeed, put flesh on, put on weight, round out |
| Antonyms: | thin, undernourish |
| Main Entry: | fleshy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overweight |
| Synonyms: | ample, beefy*, brawny, chubby*, chunky*, corpulent, fat, gross, heavy, hefty, husky, meaty*, obese, plump, porcine, portly, pudgy*, stout, tubby*, weighty, adipose, pulpy, sarcous, well-padded, zaftig |
| Antonyms: | skinny, thin, underweight |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | obese |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very overweight |
| Synonyms: | corpulent, fat, fleshy*, gross*, heavy, plump, porcine, portly, pudgy, rotund, stout, adipose, avoirdupois, outsize, paunchy |
| Antonyms: | emaciated, skinny, underweight |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | overweight |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | heavier than average |
| Synonyms: | ample, bulky, corpulent, fat, fleshy, gross, heavy, hefty, huge, massive, obese, plump, portly, pudgy, rotund, stout, weighty, outsize, overfed, overstuffed, upholstered |
| Antonyms: | skinny, thin, underweight |
| Main Entry: | plunk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw down |
| Synonyms: | drop, dump, plump, unload, plonk, plop |
| Main Entry: | portly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bulky, fat |
| Synonyms: | ample, beefy*, broad, burly, corpulent, fleshy, heavy, hefty, husky, large, obese, overweight, plump, rotund, stout, avoirdupois |
| Antonyms: | skinny, slender, thin |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pudgy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | slightly fat |
| Synonyms: | chubby*, hefty, plump, rotund, round, stout, tubby*, plumpish, thick-bodied |
| Antonyms: | skinny, slight, thin |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | roly-poly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pudgy |
| Synonyms: | buxom, chubby*, dumpy, fat, hefty, obese, overweight, plump, rotund, round, stout, tubby*, plumpish, thick-bodied |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stocky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | short and overweight; short and muscular |
| Synonyms: | chunky, corpulent, fat, plump, solid, squat, stout, stubby, sturdy, thick, heavyset, thickset |
| Antonyms: | lanky, skinny, tall, thin, underweight |
| Main Entry: | swell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become larger |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, add to, aggravate, amplify, augment, balloon, belly, billow, blister, bloat, bulge, dilate, distend, enhance, enlarge, expand, extend, fatten, fill out, grow, heighten, increase, intensity, mount, plump, pouch, pout, protrude, puff, rise, surge, be inflated, become bloated, become distended, become swollen, grow larger, puff up, round out, tumefy, uprise, well up |
| Antonyms: | compress, concentrate, contract, shrink |
| Main Entry: | tubby |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fat |
| Synonyms: | beefy*, big, brawny, broad, bulging, bulky, burly, chubby*, chunky*, dumpy, elephantine, fleshy, gargantuan, gross, heavy, hefty, husky, large, obese, overweight, plump, portly, pudgy*, roly-poly*, stout, weighty, heavyset, oversize, potbellied |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crisp |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brittle, dry |
| Synonyms: | crumbly, crunchy, crusty, firm, fresh, friable, green, plump, ripe, short, crispy, unwilted |
| Antonyms: | flexible, limp, soft |
| Main Entry: | directly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | the shortest route |
| Synonyms: | beeline*, dead, direct, due, exactly, plump, precisely, right, slap, smack, straight, as a crow flies, slam bang, smack dab, straightly, undeviatingly, unswervingly, without deviation |
| Antonyms: | indirectly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fat |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overweight |
| Synonyms: | beefy*, big, blimp, bovine, brawny, broad, bulging, bulky, bull, burly, chunky*, corpulent, distended, dumpy, elephantine, fleshy, gargantuan, gross, heavy, hefty, husky, inflated, lard, large, meaty*, obese, plump, ponderous, porcine, portly, pudgy*, roly-poly*, rotund, solid, stout, swollen, weighty, butterball, heavyset, jelly-belly, oversize, paunchy, plumpish, potbellied, thickset, whalelike |
| Antonyms: | skinny, slender, slight, slim, thin |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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