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
  • In a 2025 randomized trial of 100 overweight and obese women with PMOS and irregular menstrual cycles, adding semaglutide to metformin for 16 weeks restored their cycles in 73% of participants, compared with 42% on only metformin.
    — Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • It’s often affected by pressure changes in the abdominal cavity, particularly in pregnant or obese persons, which in turn affect urination and continence.
    — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2026
Definition of obese
Adjective
  • Analyst Jeffery Zekauskas added the chemicals and specialty materials maker to the bank's focus list, maintaining its overweight rating and increasing its price target to $76 from $68 — indicating 76% upside from Wednesday's close.
    — Assiatou Hann, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026
  • About 72% of adults age 20 and older are overweight or obese, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data as of August 2023.
    — Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of overweight
Adjective
  • 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
  • The idea of these new mannequins, which will accompany the more traditional ones, is to stress that in the history of art, certain body types have been ignored or excluded — the corpulent body, the disabled body or the aging body, for example.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
Definition of corpulent
Adjective
  • The first major problem with that approach is that chubby rain is too silly to stop thinking about.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Her legs weren't as shapely; her knees were chubby; her thighs too thick; her boobs not large enough.
    — Staff Author, InStyle, 18 June 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
  • From there, the leathery red skin is easily peeled away (or popped out by squeezing from the opposite end) to reveal the fleshy white, glossy fruit that feels sort of like a grape without the peel.
    — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 July 2026
  • But don’t miss the point of caring so wholly in the first place — to have a human experience on this dense, fleshy plane.
    — Goth Shakira, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 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 11 Aug. 2026.

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