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endomorphic

adjective

Definition of endomorphicnext
as in obese

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Recent Examples of endomorphic For a mesomorphic body, rather than an endomorphic one like his. — Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for endomorphic
  1. obese
  2. overweight
  3. corpulent
  4. chubby
  5. pudgy
  6. rotund
  7. fleshy
  8. tubby
Adjective
  • Or rather, an emotional problem that was managed through food and, consequently, a sense of the violence directed at obese bodies and all that this entails in various spheres.
    — Roberto Prieto, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026
  • In 2024, Wegovy secured FDA approval to lower the risk of cardiovascular events such as heart attack and stroke in overweight or obese adults without diabetes.
    — Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of obese
Adjective
  • This matters in a state where 69% of adults are living with obesity or are overweight.
    — Disha Narang, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The investment bank initiated coverage of the sports data and technology stock with an overweight rating.
    — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of overweight
Adjective
  • How corpulent is this list of filth, vermin and bad food decisions?
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The corpulent body, unfettered Garments on display here include the corsetry of designer Michaela Stark, who posed herself for three of the new mannequins.
    — Jocelyn Noveck, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026
Definition of corpulent
Adjective
  • Groups of screaming preschoolers pass by us in the park, fists clutched tight onto their walking ropes, chubby hands waving hello or pointing to squirrels scampering in their path.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Gill suspected that these chubby godwits were preparing to fly non-stop from Alaska to New Zealand, where this species wintered.
    — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of chubby
Adjective
  • In Children Playing on the Beach, 1884, two pudgy and sunburned girls dig in the sand.
    — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
  • As the GIs raise their guns, a pudgy hand in the backseat tears a strip of white cloth from his companion’s petticoat for the chauffeur to hang out the window.
    — Alice Kaplan, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
Definition of pudgy
Adjective
  • The comedy of Gilligan’s Island often centered on the interactions between the scrawny, clueless Gilligan and the rotund, impatient skipper.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Natalia, again fearing a trap, hesitated to disembark—until the dawn light revealed the smiling face of the rotund Diego Rivera, flanked by Mexican Trotskyists and government officials.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 July 2026
Definition of rotund
Adjective
  • Smaller, groundcovering sedums like ‘Fulda Glow’ and ‘Tri-Color’ draw in the eye with their fleshy leaves that come in striking shades of green, red, white, and more.
    — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 7 Sep. 2026
  • In late summer or early fall, dig up the plant and divide the fleshy roots into clumps with one to three eyes.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of fleshy
Adjective
  • Disney will be marking the tubby little cubby’s 100th birthday this year with a variety of events, licensing collaboration, publishing releases and merchandise throughout the world.
    — K.J. Yossman, Variety, 10 Apr. 2026
  • That Pete Hegseth is at the Pentagon instead of tubby Lloyd Austin.
    — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 26 Nov. 2025
Definition of tubby

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“Endomorphic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endomorphic. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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