Synonyms of corpulence

corpulence

noun

ˈkȯr-pyə-lən(t)s 

as in obesity

the condition of having an excess of body fat

the doctor warned that the patient's corpulence was unhealthy and not merely unattractive

Synonyms & Similar Words

• obesity
• weight
• fatness
• corpulency
• fat
• rotundity
• embonpoint
• chubbiness
• plumpness
• fleshiness
• adiposity
• pudginess
• fattiness
• grossness
• portliness
• stoutness
• heaviness
• bulkiness
• pursiness
• huskiness
• burliness
• brawniness
• endomorphy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slenderness
• leanness
• thinness
• slimness
• fitness
• trimness
• svelteness
• gauntness
• reediness
• skinniness
• weediness
• scrawniness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of corpulence

And the blue velvet armchair was empty but for the permanent impression of his corpulence. — Kate Crane, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2026

Kajumba was a laconic man, rail‑thin, with the type of largish head that suggested nature had intended him for corpulence, even as circumstance had conspired to keep him slender. — Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026

Twelve bears started in the celebration of corpulence on September 29 before the final online showdown Tuesday. — CNN, 5 Oct. 2021

His thick musculature having bloated into unhealthy corpulence, Maradona was hospitalized in Buenos Aires in April 2004 with what doctors described as a weakened heart and acute breathing problems. — Jeré Longman, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2020

In order to support a pair of cubs and reach peak corpulence, Grazer didn’t shy away from battles for the best spots on Brooks River, even against much larger male bears, according to the Park’s video. — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Sep. 2020

Over his career, the uber-producer has explored aging, poverty, addiction, corpulence, single parenthood, neurodivergence and other experiences that can leave a person in the margins of American life. — Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Sep. 2019