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fleshy

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of fleshy

1 full of juice

fleshy apples, the kind good for making cider

Synonyms of fleshy

juicy, pulpy, succulent

Words Related to fleshy

Near Antonyms of fleshy

dehydrated, desiccated, dry, sere (also sear), shriveled (or shrivelled), withered

Antonyms of fleshy

juiceless, sapless

2 having an excess of body fat

fleshy walruses that are graceful when swimming

Synonyms of fleshy

blubbery, chubby, corpulent, fat, full, obese, overweight, plump, portly, pudgy, replete, roly-poly, rotund, round, tubby

Words Related to fleshy

beefy, bulky, chunky, heavy, heavyset, plumpish, stocky, stout, thick, thickset, weighty

brawny, burly, hefty, husky

dumpy, squat, stubby

hippy, paunchy, potbellied

Near Antonyms of fleshy

angular, bony (also boney), gaunt, lank, lanky, rawboned, sinewy

cadaverous, emaciated, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted

puny, scraggy, scrawny, slight

rangy, reedy, spindling, spindly, stringy, svelte, sylphlike, twiggy, waspish, weedy, willowy

Antonyms of fleshy

lean, skinny, slender, slim, spare, thin

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