endomorphic

adjective

Definition of endomorphicnext
as in obese

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for endomorphic
  1. obese
  2. overweight
  3. corpulent
  4. chubby
  5. pudgy
  6. rotund
  7. fleshy
  8. tubby
Adjective
  • Approximately one in three adults in America is overweight, and nearly two in five are obese.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Two thirds of British adults are overweight and almost a third are obese.
    Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of obese
Adjective
  • In England, 22% of children aged 4 to 5 years are either overweight or obese.
    Anuradha Varanasi, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The investment bank initiated coverage on the stock with an overweight rating, and its price target of $91 implies nearly 26% upside from Monday’s close.
    Sean Conlon, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of overweight
Adjective
  • All of them follow this corpulent detective, Nero, who lives in a town house with his butler, Fritz.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2024
  • But Beijing’s intent is merely to protect its own citizens, meaning the gangs are shifting their focus towards the corpulent West instead.
    TIME, TIME, 21 Mar. 2024
Definition of corpulent
Adjective
  • Fat Bear Week is a tournament that crowns the chubbiest bear on the Brooks River in the park.
    Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
  • What's next: Voting for the clash of the chubbiest between 519 and 909 Junior and 909 and 903 Gully closes at 9 p.m. ET.
    Avery Lotz, Axios, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of chubby
Adjective
  • Short limbs and pudgy body shape make giant pandas susceptible to falls.
    Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
  • But the pudgy screwball specialist with the funky delivery emerged as the team’s ace in 1981, going 13-7 with a 2.48 ERA in 25 starts and winning the NL Cy Young and Rookie of the Year awards, a performance that earned him a long leash in the postseason.
    Mike DiGiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of pudgy
Adjective
  • The toy, named Psyduck—intended for humans—is a rotund duck-like creature prone to splitting headaches.
    Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Meet the rotund rascal Sir John Falstaff and the wise wives of Windsor in one of Shakespeare’s most raucous comedies.
    Joey Morona, cleveland, 1 Feb. 2023
Definition of rotund
Adjective
  • The thick, fleshy leaves and colorful flowers of a Christmas cactus might be intriguing to cats but thankfully the plants are nontoxic to pets who may eat a little of them.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2024
  • The fungal network hidden under fleshy, white king oyster mushrooms doesn’t just sprout elegant appetizers.
    Saima S. Iqbal, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of fleshy
Adjective
  • Colin Farrell’s Penguin Is Different From The Comics The original Batman villains were mostly made up of gangsters, and the Penguin first appeared in the early 40’s as a tubby man in a tuxedo and monocle, wielding a variety of gadgets inside his iconic umbrella.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Heavy, ample, plump, tubby—these might as well be curse words.
    TIME, TIME, 2 Feb. 2024
Definition of tubby
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“Endomorphic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endomorphic. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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