corpulency

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of CORPULENCY

the condition of having an excess of body fat <her corpulency is such that she requires two seats on public conveyances>

Synonyms adiposity, chubbiness, corpulency, embonpoint, fat, fatness, fattiness, fleshiness, grossness, obesity, plumpness, portliness, pudginess, pursiness, rotundity, weight

Related Words bulkiness, heaviness; huskiness, stoutness; brawniness, burliness; endomorphy

Near Antonyms fitness, trimness; gauntness, scrawniness, skinniness, weediness

Antonyms leanness, reediness, slenderness, slimness, svelteness, thinness

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