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plumpness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of plumpness

1 the condition of having an excess of body fat

  • a man of considerable plumpness sat down next to me
Synonyms of plumpness

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

bulkiness, heaviness

huskiness, stoutness

brawniness, burliness

endomorphy
Near Antonyms of plumpness

fitness, trimness

gauntness, scrawniness, skinniness, weediness
Antonyms of plumpness

leanness, reediness, slenderness, slimness, svelteness, thinness

2 the free expression of oneʼs true feelings and opinions

  • the astonishing plumpness that is so often found in the speech of the very young or the very old
Synonyms of plumpness

bluntness, candidness, candor, directness, forthrightness, frankness, honesty, openheartedness, openness, outspokenness, plainness, plainspokenness, straightforwardness, unguardedness, unreserve, unreservedness
Words Related to plumpness

earnestness, sincerity, sobriety

artlessness, genuineness, naïveté (also naivete), simplicity, unsophistication

communicativeness, freedom, license (or licence), uninhibitedness, unrestrainedness, unrestraint
Near Antonyms of plumpness

circuitousness, evasiveness, secretiveness

inhibition, reserve, restraint, reticence, shyness

diplomacy, tact
Antonyms of plumpness

dissembling, dissimulation, indirection

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