full-figured

Definition of full-figurednext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for full-figured
Adjective
  • Enthusiasts love it for its voluptuous beauty and buttery-smooth typing action.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 June 2026
  • Once mounted, the voluptuous nude body stands tall like a mountain against the pale wash of Sotheby’s London gallery.
    Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
Adjective
  • Courtesy Palazzo Fiuggi Luna, a buxom woman from Ukraine, submerges me in a tub of warm water, tells me to take deep breaths, and leaves me to do so.
    Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2026
  • According to myth, the buxom bowl of the Champagne coupe was modeled after the breasts of Marie Antoinette.
    Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, Robb Report, 4 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • While dashing through the food hall at River Street Marketplace in San Juan Capistrano, on my way to the train station, a stack of these exceptionally zaftig cookies stopped me dead in my tracks.
    Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Cena, who once filmed Trainwreck pretending to be a closeted bodybuilder desperate for zaftig comedian Amy Schumer’s affection, understands that the joke’s on him better than anyone.
    Oliver Bateman, The Washington Examiner, 30 May 2025
Adjective
  • The bush is shapely, growing 3-4 feet tall, and does not produce rank growth.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Witch hazel matures into shapely shrubs that bloom annually.
    Steve Bender, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Its central hub, where the wellness offerings, main dining room and 35 of the 65 bedrooms are located, is invitingly curvaceous, with sci-fi swirls of walls and sparkling swathes of window bookended by two vast, contemplative courtyards.
    Susan D'Arcy, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 June 2026
  • The exterior is less theatrical than Disney’s, its shape rectilinear rather than curvaceous, yet a pink hue adds the requisite Gehry jazz.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Adjective
  • Expect sweeping 360-degree views after a curvy, scenic drive and a short, paved path to the peak.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 25 June 2026
  • As a curvy girl, finding baggy jeans is no easy feat; most of the loose fits and boyfriend styles don’t even end up being baggy on me.
    Tessa Petak, InStyle, 23 June 2026
Adjective
  • Many fans thought the original covers of Pratchett’s novels went too heavy on busty maidens and strapping men with big swords, undermining their literary merit, and a similar problem has beset the various screen adaptations from Sky and the BBC.
    Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 24 May 2026
  • Pamela Anderson’s progression from over-plucked and busty to fresh-faced and gracefully aging on the red carpet is evidence of culture’s exhaustion with excess.
    Sarah Wang, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
Adjective
  • Wahlberg plays a holy fool in Boogie Nights, our naïve but well-endowed guide through the heyday of theatrical pornography and its decline into something cheaper and tawdrier courtesy of the triumph of VHS.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Full-figured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/full-figured. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.

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