Synonyms of rotund

rotund

adjective

rō-ˈtənd 

1

as in plump

having an excess of body fat

a rotund little man who, predictably, was asked to play Santa every year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plump
• fat
• round
• corpulent
• full
• pudgy
• chubby
• obese
• portly
• tubby
• stout
• overweight
• husky
• thick
• fleshy
• lardy
• blubbery
• podgy
• gross
• heavy
• roly-poly
• replete
• ripe
• stocky
• heavyset
• burly
• thickset
• beefy
• bulky
• soft
• squat
• paunchy
• chunky
• stubby
• brawny
• potbellied
• dumpy
• flabby
• weighty
• plumpish
• buxom
• hefty
• ample
• hippy
• endomorphic
• zaftig
• corn-fed
• zoftig

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slender
• thin
• skinny
• lean
• slim
• lanky
• angular
• gaunt
• bony
• spare
• sinewy
• skeletal
• lank
• rawboned
• haggard
• emaciated
• cadaverous
• scrawny
• pinched
• puny
• slight
• wasted
• scraggy
• svelte
• weedy
• willowy
• spindly
• rangy
• stringy
• reedy
• boney
• waspish
• twiggy
• anorexic
• sylphlike
• ectomorphic
• spindling

2

as in round

marked by conspicuously full and rich sounds or tones

the actor's distinct baritone and his clear and rotund elocution are especially effective in dramatic readings

Synonyms & Similar Words

• round
• ringing
• vibrant
• sonorous
• resonant
• loud
• mellow
• golden
• powerful
• reverberant
• orotund
• deep
• rich
• plangent
• resounding
• reverberative
• reverberating
• mellifluous
• stentorian
• plummy
• full
• thunderous
• mellifluent
• thundering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hollow
• cavernous
• weak
• low
• soft
• faint
• thin
• muted
• smothered
• murmurous
• tinny

Examples of rotund in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Monica, unseatbelted and rotund like a beach ball, was somehow ejected through the windshield and into a field with only minor injuries. —Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 13 Nov. 2022

Opah, also known as moonfish, are rotund — almost comically so — predatory fish that hunt for prey in cold, dark waters up to 1,000 feet below the ocean’s surface. —Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 15 May 2015

While rotund pets are very cuddly and cute, obesity in pets can lead to many health problems that affect their quality of life. —The Arizona Republic, 22 Oct. 2022

Also known by the number 480, Otis is a magnificently rotund brown bear and the reigning king of Fat Bear Week. —Angela Owens, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2022