Synonyms of rotund

rotund

adjective

rō-ˈtənd 

1

as in plump

having an excess of body fat

a rotund little man who, predictably, was asked to play Santa every year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plump
• fat
• round
• corpulent
• full
• pudgy
• chubby
• portly
• obese
• tubby
• stout
• overweight
• husky
• fleshy
• thick
• lardy
• blubbery
• podgy
• gross
• heavy
• replete
• roly-poly
• ripe
• stocky
• heavyset
• burly
• thickset
• beefy
• bulky
• soft
• squat
• paunchy
• chunky
• stubby
• brawny
• potbellied
• dumpy
• flabby
• weighty
• plumpish
• buxom
• hefty
• ample
• zaftig
• hippy
• endomorphic
• corn-fed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slender
• thin
• skinny
• lean
• slim
• lanky
• angular
• bony
• gaunt
• spare
• skeletal
• sinewy
• lank
• haggard
• rawboned
• emaciated
• scrawny
• cadaverous
• pinched
• puny
• slight
• wasted
• scraggy
• weedy
• svelte
• willowy
• spindly
• stringy
• rangy
• reedy
• waspish
• twiggy
• anorexic
• sylphlike
• ectomorphic
• spindling

2

as in round

marked by conspicuously full and rich sounds or tones

the actor's distinct baritone and his clear and rotund elocution are especially effective in dramatic readings

Synonyms & Similar Words

• round
• ringing
• vibrant
• sonorous
• resonant
• loud
• mellow
• golden
• powerful
• reverberant
• orotund
• deep
• rich
• plangent
• resounding
• reverberative
• reverberating
• mellifluous
• stentorian
• plummy
• full
• thunderous
• mellifluent
• thundering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hollow
• cavernous
• weak
• low
• soft
• faint
• thin
• muted
• smothered
• murmurous
• tinny

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rotund

Fast forward to today, and, somehow, the tremendously rotund AMG GT rips down twisty roads with nearly as much athleticism as fare weighing 2,000-or-more pounds less. — Peter Nelson, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026

This movie re-creates the makeover montage, replete with the prosthetics and the gay brother, as well as the party scene wherein the protagonist must appear as both themselves and their rotund elderly character. — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025

VanTuyle wound up doing the walrus voice for the final version of the movie, which just might make the tusk, whiskered, somewhat dopey and pleasingly rotund character a star. — Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 26 Nov. 2025

The Moomins, created by Finnish artist and writer Tove Jansson during WWII, are gentle, rotund trolls who live in Moominvalley, a magical place where adventures are always waiting around the corner and the values of friendship, bravery and respect are ever-present. — Carole Horst, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025