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Embonpoint

Plumpness of person; -- said especially of persons somewhat corpulent.

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Fat 84% connected

A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Fat 84% connected

A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Corpulency 76% connected

Excessive fatness; fleshiness; obesity.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fleshiness 76% connected

The state of being fleshy; plumpness; corpulence; grossness.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Obesity 76% connected

The state or quality of being obese; incumbrance of flesh.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Plump 74% connected

Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump baby; plump cheeks.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Plump 74% connected

Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump baby; plump cheeks.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 4

Chubby 92% connected

Like a chub; plump, short, and thick.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Plump 92% connected

Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump baby; plump cheeks.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Plumpness 92% connected

The quality or state of being plump.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Roundness 92% connected

The quality or state of being round in shape; as, the roundness of the globe, of the orb of the sun, of a ball, of a bowl, a column, etc.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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