POTBELLIED Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

potbellied

adjective

ˈpät-ˌbe-lēd

Definition of potbellied

as in plump

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

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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 See All Example Sentences for potbellied

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Adjective

Fresh, plump blueberries in the salad add little bursts of sweetness, and the earthiness of lightly toasted and sliced almonds give balance to the vinegar.

— Candy Hom, AJC.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Tokyo — The fruit hanging on the branch looks tantalizingly good – round and plump, with a fragrant, deep orange skin.

— Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of plump

Adjective

In Arthur Penn’s 1975 neo-noir Night Moves, Griffith is Delly Grastner, a 16-year-old runaway with a little girl’s voice and a grown woman’s body—on full display in an underwater nude scene—intent on seducing Gene Hackman, 43 and paunchy.

— Lili Anolik, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
There isn’t much room in this palette for public pools or paunchy, suburban retirees.

— Sean Williams, Outside, 27 Oct. 2025

Definition of paunchy

Adjective

The role required Cruise to transform with prosthetics (including a fat suit and thinning white hair) and a put-on Southern accent, but, mostly, the absurdist satire demanded his full acting range.

— Angelique Jackson, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
Four add-ons—acupuncture, intralipid infusion (fat injections intended to regulate the immune system) and platelet-rich-plasma (PRP), or blood injections, in the uterus and ovaries—had either mixed evidence or low quality data backing them up.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2026

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