BEER-BELLIED Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

beer-bellied

adjective

as in plump

having a large protruding abdomen at the reunion, former players of the championship baseball squad gathered for a group photo in all their gray-haired and beer-bellied glory

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And everything is controlled from an iPod beside the ultra-plump bed.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2026
Luong used this liquid blush to restore a natural flush to her makeup, giving her skin a plump, radiant look.

— Essence Wiley, InStyle, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of plump

Adjective

An inquisition of potbellied priests stood at the side of the road.

— Douglas Stuart, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
The farm is home to goats, Holstein cows, potbellied and kune kune pigs, donkeys, sheep, rabbits, llamas, alpacas, guinea fowl, guinea pigs, geese, chickens, a Shetland pony, and a Shire horse.

— Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025

Definition of potbellied

Adjective

In Arthur Penn’s 1975 neo-noir Night Moves, Griffith is Delly Grastner, a 16-year-old runaway with a little girl’s voice and a grown woman’s body—on full display in an underwater nude scene—intent on seducing Gene Hackman, 43 and paunchy.

— Lili Anolik, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
There isn’t much room in this palette for public pools or paunchy, suburban retirees.

— Sean Williams, Outside, 27 Oct. 2025

Definition of paunchy

Adjective

Conversely, someone with a BMI in the normal range could have lost considerable muscle while retaining excess body fat.

— Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026
Dual-piston hydraulic disc brakes with 180mm rotors handle stopping duties, an important part of controlling a large fat-tire e-bike in traffic or on a downhill section.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2026

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