Synonyms of potbellied

potbellied

adjective

ˈpät-ˌbe-lēd 

as in plump

having a large protruding abdomen

an old, potbellied cat that now needs a ramp just to get on the sofa

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of potbellied

That’s not to say that the potbellied courthouse stooges of Norfolk County can’t rig the case. — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 12 June 2025

What could be more luxurious than checking in without having to wade through a maze of slot machines and a cloud of cigarette smoke, dodging potbellied dudes in tank tops? — Jay McInerney, Town & Country, 18 June 2023

In one, the siblings trim a Christmas tree with doll-size versions of Madani’s bearded, potbellied men. — Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023

The Delaware Department of Agriculture is encouraging people who own potbellied pigs as pets to spay or neuter them to prevent unintended litters. — Joseph De Avila, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2022