Synonyms of fleshy

fleshy

adjective

ˈfle-shē 

1

as in juicy

full of juice

fleshy apples, the kind good for making cider

Synonyms & Similar Words

• juicy
• succulent
• pulpy
• watery
• sappy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dry
• juiceless
• sapless
• desiccated
• dehydrated
• shriveled
• withered
• sere

2

as in plump

having an excess of body fat

the fleshy man slowly heaved himself out of his chair

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plump
• fat
• round
• full
• thick
• stout
• corpulent
• pudgy
• chubby
• gross
• rotund
• blubbery
• husky
• obese
• heavy
• ripe
• overweight
• lardy
• tubby
• podgy
• portly
• replete
• soft
• beefy
• roly-poly
• stocky
• bulky
• thickset
• chunky
• burly
• stubby
• flabby
• brawny
• heavyset
• squat
• weighty
• plumpish
• hefty
• dumpy
• paunchy
• ample
• buxom
• potbellied
• hippy
• zaftig
• endomorphic
• corn-fed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slender
• thin
• bony
• lean
• skinny
• angular
• sinewy
• skeletal
• slim
• spare
• gaunt
• lanky
• lank
• rawboned
• pinched
• cadaverous
• haggard
• puny
• emaciated
• scrawny
• slight
• wasted
• stringy
• weedy
• spindly
• scraggy
• willowy
• reedy
• rangy
• twiggy
• svelte
• waspish
• anorexic
• sylphlike
• ectomorphic
• spindling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fleshy

Calendula Calendula’s fleshy leaves, stems, and flowers also draw slugs and snails away from other crops and can be interplanted in food or flower gardens for natural slug control. — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 3 July 2026

Lots of fleshy black cherry fruit with juicy cassis flavors, with some fine structure and mouthwatering acidity. — Cathrine Todd, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

Eleven hours into my night shift, the fleshy light of dawn fans out from the room. — Ashley Andreou, STAT, 22 June 2026

Adaptations of the Odyssey are always fleshy affairs, with half-naked men lying happily or forlornly on beaches. — David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026