Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
amplosome | the short or stocky type of human figure. |
asthenic | weak; of slender build; (noun) one of slender build > ASTHENICS. |
barebone | a very lean person; one whose bones show through the skin > BAREBONES, BAREBONED. |
beamy | massive, like a weaver's beam; broad > BEAMIER, BEAMIEST. |
beanpole | a tall lanky person. |
beefcake | sturdy masculine physique. |
beefiness | the state of being beefy. |
beefy | thickly built > BEEFIER, BEEFIEST; BEEFILY. |
blubbery | having a texture like blubber; swollen with fat > BLUBBERIER, BLUBBERIEST. |
bosomy | of a woman, having large breasts > BOSOMIER, BOSOMIEST. |
brawny | strongly built > BRAWNIER, BRAWNIEST; BRAWNILY. |
bucksom | buxom. |
buirdly | stalwart; large and well made > BUIRDLIER, BUIRDLIEST. |
bulky | massive > BULKIER, BULKIEST; BULKILY. |
bullneck | a thick short neck. |
burliness | the state of being burly. |
burly | big and strongly built > BURLIER, BURLIEST; BURLILY. |
butterball | a round fat person. |
buxom | plump and comely > BUXOMER, BUXOMEST; BUXOMLY. |
buxomness | the state of being BUXOM. |
cadaveric cadaverous | gaunt, haggard, like a corpse. |
callipygean callipygian callipygous | having beautiful buttocks (I am assuming that this implies a certain rondure in this part of the anatomy, as opposed to the niggardly endowment of today's supermodels). |
casky | cask-like > CASKIER, CASKIEST |
chowhound | one fond of eating. |
chubby | plump, short, and thick > CHUBBIER, CHUBBIEST; CHUBBILY. |
chuffy | fat or puffed out in the cheeks > CHUFFIER, CHUFFIEST. |
chunky | solidly built > CHUNKIER, CHUNKIEST; CHUNKILY. |
corpulent | fleshy > CORPULENTLY. |
cubby | plump, short, and thick > CUBBIER, CUBBIEST. |
dumpiness | the state of being DUMPY. |
dumpy | short and thick > DUMPIER, DUMPIEST; DUMPILY; (noun) a dumpy person; a short umbrella > DUMPIES. |
ectomorph | a person of light and delicate build. |
ectomorphic | slender and thin. |
embonpoint | plumpness of person; stoutness. |
endomorph | a person of generally heavy or rounded body build. |
endomorphic | heavily built. |
exility | slenderness or smallness; refinement; poverty. |
fat | stoutly built > FATTER, FATTEST; FATLY; (verb) to make or grow fat > FATS, FATTING, FATTED. |
fatness | the quality or state of being fat. |
fatso | a fat person > FATSOS or FATSOES. |
fattish | somewhat fat; inclined to fatness. |
fatty | like fat > FATTIER, FATTIEST; FATTILY; (noun) a fat person > FATTIES. |
fleshy | having plenty of flesh > FLESHIER, FLESHIEST. |
fodgel | plump and solidly built; buxom. |
fubby | chubby and somewhat squat > FUBBIER, FUBBIEST. |
fubsy | chubby and somewhat squat > FUBSIER, FUBSIEST. |
fustilugs | a fat and slovenly person > FUSTILUGS. |
gangling | loose-built, lanky. (N.B. there is no verb GANGLE*). |
gangly | loose-built, lanky > GANGLIER, GANGLIEST. |
gaunt | thin, of a pinched appearance. |
gauntness | the state of being GAUNT. |
gawkish | gawky > GAWKISHLY. |
gorbelly | a big belly; a big-bellied person. |
gracile | slender. |
gracility | slenderness. |
heavyset | solidly built; stocky. |
heftiness | the state of being HEFTY. |
hefty | big of build > HEFTIER, HEFTIEST; HEFTILY. |
hippy | having large hips > HIPPIER, HIPPIEST. |
hulky | bulky, unwieldy > HULKIER, HULKIEST. |
jimp | slender > JIMPER, JIMPEST; JIMPLY. |
jimpness | slenderness. |
jowliness | the state of being JOWLY. |
jowly | heavy jowled. |
lank | thin, shrunken > LANKER, LANKEST; LANKLY; (verb) to make or become lean, shrunken > LANKS, LANKING, LANKED. |
lankiness | the state of being LANKY. |
lankness | the state of being LANK. |
lanky | tall and loose-jointed. |
lathy | like a lath; long and slender. |
lean | thin, without much flesh. |
leanness | the state of being lean. |
leany | lean. No comp! |
leptosome | a person with a slight or slender build. |
leptosomic leptosomatic | like a LEPTOSOME. |
lissom | easily flexed, lithe > LISSOMLY. |
lissome | easily flexed, lithe > LISSOMELY. |
lithe | supple, limber > LITHER, LITHEST. |
litheness | the state of being LITHE. |
lithesome | easily flexed, lithe. |
mawger | lean, thin. |
meaty | full of meat, fleshy > MEATIER, MEATIEST; MEATILY. |
muscley | of a muscular build. |
nonobese | not obese. |
obese | very fat > OBESER, OBESEST; OBESELY. |
obeseness | the state of being OBESE. |
obesity | the state or condition of being obese. |
overfat | too fat. |
overthin | too thin. |
paunchy | having a prominent paunch > PAUNCHIER, PAUNCHIEST. |
pinguitude | fatness; obesity. |
plump | well-rounded and full in form > PLUMPER, PLUMPEST; PLUMPLY; (verb) to make plump > PLUMPS, PLUMPING, PLUMPED. |
plumpen | to make plump. |
plumpie | (Scots) plump. |
plumpish | somewhat plump. |
plumpness | the state of being PLUMP. |
plumpy | plump; fat; sleek > PLUMPIER, PLUMPIEST. |
poddy | corpulent > PODDIER, PODDIEST; (noun) a young animal, esp. a calf or lamb > PODDIES. |
podge | a short, thickset person. |
podginess | the state of being PODGY. |
podgy | corpulent > PODGIER, PODGIEST; PODGILY. |
porky | plump like a pig > PORKIER, PORKIEST. |
portly | corpulent, stout > PORTLIER, PORTLIEST. |
potbelly | a protruding abdominal region; a person who has a potbelly. |
pudge | a short, thickset person. |
pudginess | the state of being PUDGY. |
pudgy | corpulent > PUDGIER, PUDGIEST; PUDGILY. |
pudsey | pudgy, podgy > PUDSIER, PUDSIEST. |
pudsy | pudgy, podgy > PUDSIER, PUDSIEST; (noun) a plum person > PUDSIES. |
pursiness | the state of being PURSY > PURSINESSES. |
pursy | fat, short-winded > PURSIER, PURSIEST; PURSILY. |
pycnic | characterized by shortness of stature, broadness of girth, and powerful muscularity. [N.B. unlike PYKNIC this is adjective only]. |
pyknic | (someone) characterized by shortness of stature, broadness of girth, and powerful muscularity > PYKNICS. |
pyknosome | the short or stocky type of human figure. |
rackabones | a very lean animal, esp. a horse. N.B. no RACKABONE*. |
ranginess | the state of being RANGY. |
rangy | slim and long-limbed > RANGIER, RANGIEST; RANGILY. |
rawbone rawboned | having little flesh. |
rotund | rounded, plump > ROTUNDER, ROTUNDEST; ROTUNDLY; (verb) to round > ROTUNDS, ROTUNDING, ROTUNDED. |
scragginess | the state of being SCRAGGY. |
scraggy | skinny > SCRAGGIER, SCRAGGIEST; SCRAGGILY. |
scrannel | harsh, unmelodious; (noun) a thin person > SCRANNELS. |
scranny | thin; scrawny > SCRANNIER, SCRANNIEST. |
scrawny | having little flesh > SCRAWNIER, SCRAWNIEST; SCRAWNILY. |
scrunty | stunted > SCRUNTIER, SCRUNTIEST. |
skinniness | the state of being SKINNY. |
skinny | having little fat > SKINNIER, SKINNIEST. |
slender | slight of build > SLENDERER, SLENDEREST; SLENDERLY. |
slight | small in size or amount > SLIGHTER, SLIGHTEST; SLIGHTLY ; (verb) to treat with disregard > SLIGHTS, SLIGHTING, SLIGHTED. |
slightish | somewhat slight. |
slim | slender > SLIMMER, SLIMMEST; SLIMLY; (verb) to make slim > SLIMS, SLIMMING, SLIMMED. |
slimline | slim, or conducive to slimness. |
slimmish | somewhat slim. |
slimness | the state of being slim > SLIMNESSES. |
sonsie sonsy | having pleasing curves; buxom, comely. |
spareness | the quality or state of being lean or thin; leanness. |
spindlelegs | long thin legs; a person who has these. |
spindleshanks | long thin legs; a person who has these. |
spindling | a person or thing too long and slender; a slender shoot. |
spindly | long and thin > SPINDLIER, SPINDLIEST. |
spuddy | podgy > SPUDDIER, SPUDDIEST. |
squab | fat, clumsy > SQUABBER, SQUABBEST; (noun) a young pigeon; (verb) to stuff, upholster. |
squabbish | somewhat fat or squat. |
squabby | short and thick; squabbish > SQUABBIER, SQUABBIEST. |
squat | short and thick > SQUATTER, SQUATTEST; SQUATLY; (verb) to sit on one's heels > SQUATS, SQUATTING, SQUATTED. |
squatness | the state of being SQUAT > SQUATNESSES. |
squattiness | the state of being SQUATTY. |
squatty | squat; dumpy > SQUATTIER, SQUATTIEST; SQUATTILY. |
steatopyga steatopygia | an excessive development of fat on the buttocks, esp. of females. |
steatopygic | having a fat behind. |
stocky | sturdy, thickset > STOCKIER, STOCKIEST; STOCKILY. |
stout | strong, thick, fat > STOUTER, STOUTEST, STOUTLY; (noun) a kind of beer. |
stouten | to make stout > STOUTENS, STOUTENING, STOUTENED. |
stoutish | somewhat stout. |
stoutness | the state of being STOUT. |
stubby | short and squat > STUBBIER, STUBBIEST; STUBBILY. |
stuggy | thick-set; stout > STUGGIER, STUGGIEST. |
stumpy | short and squat > STUMPIER, STUMPIER. |
superthin | very thin. |
svelte | slender, sleek > SVELTER, SVELTEST; SVELTELY. |
sylph | a spirit of the air; a slim person. |
sylphish | sylph-like. |
sylphy | sylph-like > SYLPHIER, SYLPHIEST. |
thickset | thick of build; (noun) one of thickset build > THICKSETS. |
thin | not fat > THINNER, THINNEST; THINLY; (verb) to make thin > THINS, THINNING, THINNED. |
thinness | the quality or state of being thin. |
thinnish | somewhat thin. |
tubbiness | the state of being TUBBY. |
tubbish | round and fat. |
tubby | corpulent > TUBBIER, TUBBIEST. |
tunbelly | a potbelly. |
willowy | slender and graceful > WILLOWIER, WILLOWIEST. |
wiriness | the quality of being wiry. |
wiry | of a thin and tough build > WIRIER, WIRIEST; WIRILY. |
zaftig zoftig | pleasingly plump. |