Need another word that means the same as “obese”? Find 18 synonyms and 30 related words for “obese” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Obese” are: corpulent, rotund, weighty, plump, stout, overweight, heavy, large, solid, chubby, portly, flabby, paunchy, dumpy, meaty, broad in the beam, of ample proportions, falstaffian
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “obese” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| broad in the beam | Not detailed or specific. |
| chubby | Sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure. A chubby child. |
| dumpy | Resembling a garbage dump. A dumpy little dumpling of a woman. |
| falstaffian | Of or resembling Falstaff. |
| flabby | (of a part of a person’s body) soft, loose, and fleshy. Flabby around the middle. |
| heavy | Large and powerful especially designed for heavy loads or rough work. A heavy smoker. |
| large | Fairly large or important in effect influential. A large family. |
| meaty | Being on topic and prompting thought. The tall meaty young man. |
| of ample proportions | Fairly large. |
| overweight | Having more investment in a particular area than is normal or desirable. An overweight lorry. |
| paunchy | Having a large belly. A slightly paunchy balding middle aged man. |
| plump | Having a full rounded shape. The berries were plump and sweet. |
| portly | Of a stately or dignified appearance and manner. Men are portly and women are stout. |
| rotund | (of speech or literary style) sonorous; grandiloquent. The rotund and reverberating phrase. |
| solid | Of good quality and condition solidly built. Carved out of solid rock. |
| stout | Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships. Men are portly and women are stout. |
| weighty | Of great seriousness and importance. A weighty argument. |
| adipose | Composed of animal fat. Adipose tissue constitutes the fat of meat. |
| avaricious | Having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain. They are avaricious and will do anything for money. |
| belly | A pig s belly as food especially as a traded commodity. His fat belly stuck out over his trousers. |
| blubber | Cry or whine with snuffling. My six pack is quickly being covered in blubber. |
| buxom | (of a woman) plump, with a full figure and large breasts. A generation ago buxom actresses were popular. |
| chubby | Plump and rounded. A chubby child. |
| dietary | Of or relating to the diet. Dietary restrictions. |
| fat | Containing much fat. The hogs have been fatting. |
| fatten | Make or become fat or fatter. Irish cattle fatten up quickly. |
| fatty | Containing or composed of fat. Fatty degeneration of the liver. |
| fleshy | Of or relating to or resembling flesh. Her fleshy arms. |
| gobble | Use a large amount of (something) very quickly. This small department was gobbled up by the Ministry of Transport. |
| heavy | Large and powerful especially designed for heavy loads or rough work. Heavy taxes. |
| hypodermic | A piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for giving injections. The hypodermics left strewn around the piazza. |
| nutritious | Efficient as food; nourishing. Home cooked burgers make a nutritious meal. |
| obesity | The state of being grossly fat or overweight. The problem of obesity among children. |
| overeat | Overeat or eat immodestly make a pig of oneself. If your friends overeat you re more likely to overeat too. |
| overweight | Having more investment in a particular area than is normal or desirable. We have overweighted the banking sector. |
| paunch | Disembowel (an animal. His body was powerful and square with the beginnings of a paunch. |
| paunchy | Having a large or protruding belly. A slightly paunchy balding middle aged man. |
| plump | Make fat or plump. I was running from the kitchen to the living room plumping the cushions and getting drinks in place. |
| portly | Euphemisms for `fat. A portly little man with a bowler hat. |
| pudgy | Short and plump. His pudgy fingers. |
| reducing | Any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent. A doctor supervised her reducing. |
| rotund | Full and rich. Huge stoves held great rotund cauldrons. |
| stout | A kind of strong, dark beer brewed with roasted malt or barley. Stout walking boots. |
| swollen | Characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance. So swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty. |
| tubby | Short and plump. A small tubby man. |
| weight | Assign a handicap weight to a horse. His opinion carries great weight. |
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