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Synonyms for rotund

Most common

fat obese pudgy corpulent pear-shaped globular booming

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

2. Round — having a round, spherical or curved shape; circular; orbicular

round, large, pear-shaped, globular, sonorous, full, spherical, circular, orotund, resounding, orbicular

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Having a round, spherical or curved shape; circular; orbicular.

  2. adj. 2

    Having a round body shape; portly or pudgy; obese.

Related words

Word family
rotundity rotundly rotundness

Example sentences

  • fat Between you and me, the fat ugly man is on a diet.
  • obese Some are just obese, others have a bonus goiter.
  • pudgy Mary isn't as pudgy as she used to be.
  • corpulent A corpulent man in his mid-forties entered the hall.
  • globular They're globular structures that tend to knit together, forming large clots.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
rotundrising
fatrising
obeserising
pudgyrising
corpulentrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
big1, fat1
4 letters
full1
5 letters
large1, round1, obese2, stout1, plump1, tubby2, pudgy2, podgy
6 letters
chubby2, chunky2, fleshy2, dumpty2, portly2
7 letters
rounded2, booming2, weighty2, adipose3, orotund
8 letters
circular3, globular3, sonorous3
9 letters
spherical3, corpulent, orbicular
10 letters
overweight3, resounding3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (obese2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
rondelet
Italiano
grassottello
Español
rollizo
Deutsch
rundlich