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obesity

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of obesity

the condition of having an excess of body fat

obesity has been linked to a number of health risks, such as heart disease

Synonyms of obesity

adiposity, chubbiness, corpulence, corpulency, embonpoint, fat, fatness, fattiness, fleshiness, grossness, plumpness, portliness, pudginess, pursiness, rotundity, weight

Words Related to obesity

bulkiness, heaviness

huskiness, stoutness

brawniness, burliness

Near Antonyms of obesity

fitness, trimness

gauntness, scrawniness, skinniness, weediness

Antonyms of obesity

leanness, reediness, slenderness, slimness, svelteness, thinness

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