Synonyms of paunch

paunch

noun

ˈpȯnch 

as in belly

an enlarged or bulging abdomen

Santa is depicted as a white-bearded man with a big paunch

Synonyms & Similar Words

• belly
• stomach
• corporation
• potbelly
• fat
• obesity
• fatness
• gut
• bay window
• pot
• beer belly
• tummy
• corpulence
• overweight
• stoutness
• plumpness
• pudginess
• chubbiness
• breadbasket
• fleshiness
• heaviness
• paunchiness
• chunkiness
• portliness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of paunch

When Jurgensen reported to camp in unusually good shape, his trademark paunch having shrunk, he was asked if the key was diet and exercise. — Mike Sando, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026

He had been hit a month or so before, but he had only been clipped across the paunch and the wound was healed. — Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2025

After a moment of shock, the designers outfitted him with a pregnant belly to deliver Tom’s now-signature paunch. — Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025

The display ends and Prabowo strolls the ranks of recruits, asking their home province, their university major, and razzing a couple of the stoutest about their paunch. — Charlie Campbell / Jakarta, TIME, 14 Oct. 2024