corpulence

cor·pu·lence

noun \ˈkȯr-pyə-lən(t)s\

Definition of CORPULENCE

: the state of being corpulent

Examples of CORPULENCE

1. <the doctor warned that the patient's corpulence was unhealthy and not merely unattractive>

First Known Use of CORPULENCE

1547

Related to CORPULENCE

Synonyms: adiposity, chubbiness, corpulency, embonpoint, fat, fatness, fattiness, fleshiness, grossness, obesity, plumpness, portliness, pudginess, pursiness, rotundity, weight

Antonyms: leanness, reediness, slenderness, slimness, svelteness, thinness

Related Words: bulkiness, heaviness; huskiness, stoutness; brawniness, burliness; endomorphy

Near Antonyms: fitness, trimness; gauntness, scrawniness, skinniness, weediness

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