corpulent

cor·pu·lent

adj \-lənt\

Definition of CORPULENT

: having a large bulky body : obese

— cor·pu·lent·ly adverb

Examples of CORPULENT

1. <a corpulent, elegantly dressed opera singer came out and sang, and we knew it was over>

Origin of CORPULENT

Middle English, from Latin corpulentus, from corpus

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to CORPULENT

Synonyms: blubbery, chubby, fat, fleshy, full, gross, lardy, obese, overweight, plump, podgy [chiefly British], portly, pudgy, replete, roly-poly, rotund, round, tubby

Antonyms: lean, skinny, slender, slim, spare, thin

Related Words: beefy, bulky, chunky, heavy, heavyset, plumpish, stocky, stout, thick, thickset, weighty; brawny, burly, hefty, husky; dumpy, squat, stubby; hippy, paunchy, potbellied; flabby, soft; ample, buxom, corn-fed, ripe, zaftig (also zoftig); endomorphic

Near Antonyms: angular, bony (also boney), gaunt, lank, lanky, rawboned, sinewy; cadaverous, emaciated, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted; puny, scraggy, scrawny, slight; rangy, reedy, spindling, spindly, stringy, svelte, sylphlike, twiggy, waspish, weedy, willowy; ectomorphic; anorexic

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