Synonyms of obese

obese

adjective

ō-ˈbēs 

as in plump

having an excess of body fat

the basset hound was so obese that its stomach touched the floor

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Examples of obese in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Most of the 1300 patients in Bramante’s 2023 Lancet paper were obese or overweight but did not have diabetes. —Judy Stone, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024

And even with a fat suit (which in itself generated controversy over how Ryan Murphy should have simply cast an obese actress), there was no mistaking Sarah Paulson as Linda Tripp in 2016’s American Crime Story. —Lynette Rice, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2024

One study found that a 12-week moderate-intensity walking program decreased belly fat in overweight and obese women. —Kristin Canning, Health, 22 Sep. 2024

The risk of developing diabetes is greatest among those who are overweight or obese, and the latest study targets this population and shows that medications can reduce that risk. —Alice Park, TIME, 4 Sep. 2024