Synonyms of paunchy

paunchy

adjective

ˈpȯn-chē 

as in plump

having a large protruding abdomen

not surprisingly, the new Hollywood biopic casts a young, athletically trim actor in the role of the paunchy, balding artist

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plump
• fat
• potbellied
• beer-bellied
• pudgy
• corpulent
• round
• obese
• rotund
• chubby
• portly
• overweight
• tubby
• gross
• flabby
• fleshy
• podgy
• soft
• full
• roly-poly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cut
• chiseled
• slender
• lean
• skinny
• slim
• spare
• lithe
• svelte
• sylphlike

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of paunchy

Colin Farrell looks less like himself than ever in The Lobster, a movie in which the attractive leading man is transformed into a schlubby, paunchy character sporting a big mustache and corrective lenses. — Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2023

Unlike castrati of the 17th and 18th centuries — always beardless, and typically tall and paunchy — Mariño is short and lithe, and was already sporting a five o’clock shadow on a recent afternoon walk with Leia, his Cavalier King Charles spaniel. — New York Times, 27 May 2022

Lean and lethally witty Adam Godley plays middle son Mayer, the perfect counterpoint to Beale’s paunchy patriarch. — Marilyn Stasio, Variety, 14 Oct. 2021

The father, Alexei Shostakov (played by David Harbour), is now a bearded and paunchy Soviet-era superhero known as Red Guardian, the counterpart of Captain America. — Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 July 2021