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lardy

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Synonyms & Antonyms of lardy

having an excess of body fat

he's become quite lardy since he began neglecting his exercise regimen

Synonyms for lardy

blubbery,
chubby,
corpulent,
fat,
fleshy,
full,
gross,
obese,
overweight,
plump,
podgy
[chiefly British],
portly,
pudgy,
replete,
roly-poly,
rotund,
round,
tubby

Words Related to lardy

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

brawny,
burly,
hefty,
husky

dumpy,
squat,
stubby

hippy,
paunchy,
potbellied

flabby,
soft

ample,
buxom,
corn-fed,
ripe,
zaftig
(also zoftig)

endomorphic

Near Antonyms for lardy

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

ectomorphic

anorexic

Antonyms for lardy

lean,
skinny,
slender,
slim,
spare,
thin

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