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

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

In my house, the piles of books around me bore the name of the famous industrialist printed on their fleshy stacks of pages, so many years after his life and death here. — Literary Hub, 20 July 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