Heavyset

//ˈhɛviˌsɛt// adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Overweight.
  2. 2
    Overweight.; Obese. euphemistic
  3. 3
    Having a large, solid, imposing bodily appearance.

    "No Soviet political figure has been as irreverently outspoken about Soviet life or as ambitious to change it as Boris Yeltsin, 58, a heavyset, 6-ft. 2-in. man from Sverdlovsk in the Ural Mountains."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having a short and solid form or stature wordnet

Synonyms

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stockyadiposebeefybigbig-belliedbloated

Antonyms

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gaunt

Example

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"He looked small next to my heavyset father."

Etymology

From heavy + set.

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