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corpulent
[kawr-pyuh-luhnt] 
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corpulent
[kawr-pyuh-luhnt]
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fat, chubby |
| Synonyms: | baby elephant, beefy, blimp, bulky, burly, embonpoint, fat, fleshy, gross, having a bay window, having a spare tire, heavy, hefty, husky, large, lusty, obese, overblown, overweight, plump, portly, roly-poly, rotund, stout, tubby, weighty, well-padded |
| Antonyms: | skinny, slender, slight, thin |
| Main Entry: | fleshy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overweight |
| Synonyms: | adipose, ample, beefy, brawny, chubby, chunky, corpulent, fat, gross, heavy, hefty, husky, meaty, obese, plump, porcine, portly, pudgy, pulpy, sarcous, stout, tubby, weighty, well-padded, zaftig |
| Antonyms: | skinny, thin, underweight |
| Main Entry: | gross |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | large, fat |
| Synonyms: | adipose, big, bulky, chubby, corpulent, dense, fleshy, great, heavy, hulking, husky, lumpish, massive, obese, overweight, porcine, portly, stout, thick, unwieldy, weighty |
| Antonyms: | skinny, slender, thin |
| Main Entry: | heavy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having great weight |
| Synonyms: | abundant, ample, awkward, beefy, big, built, bulky, burdensome, chunky, considerable, copious, corpulent, cumbersome, cumbrous, elephantine, enceinte, excessive, expectant, fat, fleshy, gravid, gross*, hefty, huge, laden, large, lead-footed, loaded, lumbering, massive, obese, oppressed, overweight, parturient, ponderous, porcine, portly, pregnant, stout, substantial, top-heavy, two-ton, unmanageable, unwieldy, weighted, weighty, zaftig |
| Antonyms: | airy, light, lightweight, little, slight, small |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | obese |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very overweight |
| Synonyms: | adipose, avoirdupois, corpulent, fat, fleshy, gross*, heavy, outsize, paunchy, plump, porcine, portly, pudgy, rotund, stout |
| 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, outsize, overfed, overstuffed, plump, portly, pudgy, rotund, stout, upholstered, weighty |
| Antonyms: | skinny, thin, underweight |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | portly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bulky, fat |
| Synonyms: | ample, avoirdupois, beefy, broad, burly, corpulent, fleshy, heavy, hefty, husky, large, obese, overweight, plump, rotund, stout |
| Antonyms: | skinny, slender, thin |
| Main Entry: | stocky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | short and overweight; short and muscular |
| Synonyms: | chunky, corpulent, fat, heavyset, plump, solid, squat, stout, stubby, sturdy, thick, thickset |
| Antonyms: | lanky, skinny, tall, thin, underweight |
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