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SMART Thesaurus: Animal physiology: fat or well-built
Synonyms and related words:
- ample adjective (FAT)
- broad in the beam idiom
- buxom adjective
- chubby adjective
- fatso noun
- fatty noun
- flab noun
- fleshy adjective
- heavyset adjective
- husky adjective (STRONG)
- matronly adjective
- meaty adjective (FOOD)
- middle-age spread noun
- podgy adjective
- puppy fat noun
- rotund adjective
- spare tyre noun
- stocky adjective
- thickset adjective
- well built adjective
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