Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| abbed | displaying well-developed abdominal muscles. |
| abdominous | potbellied. |
| amplosome | the short or stocky type of human figure. |
| asthenic | weak; of slender build; (noun) one of slender build. |
| barebone | (Shakesp.) a very lean person; one whose bones show through the skin. |
| beefcake | (Coll.) sturdy masculine physique. |
| beefily | (Adv.) BEEFY, thickly built, |
| beefiness | the state of being beefy. |
| beefy | thickly built. |
| bosomy | of a woman, having large breasts. |
| bowleg | a crooked leg. |
| bowlegged | with outward curving legs. |
| brachydactyl | having abnormally short fingers and toes. |
| brachydactylic | having abnormally short fingers and toes. |
| brachydactylism | abnormal shortness of fingers and toes. |
| brawnily | (Adv.) BRAWNY, strongly built. |
| brawniness | the state of being brawny. |
| brawny | strongly built. |
| bucksom | (Milton) buxom. |
| buirdly | (Scots) stalwart; large and well made. |
| bulkily | (Adv.) BULKY, massive. |
| bulkiness | the state of being bulky. |
| bulky | massive. |
| bullneck | a thick short neck. |
| bullnecked | having a thick neck. |
| burlily | (Adv.) BURLY, big and strongly built. |
| burliness | the state of being burly. |
| burly | big and strongly built. |
| buxom | plump and comely. |
| buxomly | (Adv.) BUXOM, plump and comely. |
| buxomness | the state of being buxom. |
| camsho | (Scots) crooked or deformed. |
| camshoch | (Scots) crooked or deformed. |
| casky | cask-like. |
| chubbily | (Adv.) CHUBBY, plump. |
| chubbiness | the state of being chubby. |
| chubby | plump, short, and thick. |
| chuffiness | the quality of being chuffy. |
| chuffy | fat or puffed out in the cheeks. |
| chunkily | (Adv.) CHUNKY, solidly built. |
| chunky | in chunks, solidly built. |
| corpulence | the state of being corpulent. |
| corpulency | the state of being corpulent. |
| corpulent | fleshy. |
| corpulently | (Adv.) CORPULENT, fleshy. |
| crookbacked | hunchbacked. |
| dadbod | an untoned and slightly plump male physique, esp one considered attractive. |
| dumpily | (Adv.) DUMPY, short and thick of build. |
| dumpiness | the state of being dumpy. |
| dumpy | short and thick (noun) a dumpy person; a short umbrella |
| dwarfishness | the state of being dwarfish. |
| ectomorph | a psychophysical type with long thin bones and large surface relative. |
| ectomorphic | being slender and thin. |
| ectomorphy | the state of being an ectomorph. |
| emaciation | the act of making very lean. |
| embonpoint | (Fr.) plumpness of person; stoutness. |
| endomorph | a person of generally heavy or rounded body build. |
| endomorphic | heavily built. |
| exility | (Obs.) slenderness, refinement. |
| fat | stoutly built (noun) a substance found in adipose tissue (verb) to make or grow fat |
| fatly | (Adv.) FAT, stoutly built. |
| fatness | the state of being fat. |
| fattish | somewhat fat. |
| fodgel | (Scots) plump and solidly built; buxom. |
| fubby | chubby and somewhat squat. |
| fubsy | chubby and somewhat squat. |
| gangling | loose-built, lanky. |
| gangly | awkwardly tall and lanky. |
| gauntness | the state of being gaunt. |
| gawkish | gawky. |
| gawkishly | (Adv.) GAWKISH, gawky. |
| gawkishness | the state of being gawkish. |
| gracile | slender. |
| gracileness | slenderness. |
| gracility | slenderness. |
| heavyset | solidly built; stocky. |
| heftily | (Adv.) HEFTY, big of build. |
| heftiness | the state of being hefty. |
| hefty | big of build. |
| herculean | of extraordinary strength and size. |
| hexadactylic | having six fingers. |
| hexadactylous | having six fingers. |
| hippy | having large hips (noun) a nonconformist |
| hulky | bulky, unwieldy. |
| humpbacked | having a humped back. |
| hunchback | a person whose spine is convexly curved to an abnormal degree. |
| hunchbacked | having a hunchback. |
| hyperdactyl | having more than five fingers or toes. |
| hyperdactyly | the state of having more than five fingers and toes. |
| jimp | (Scots) slender. |
| jimply | (Adv.) JIMP, slender. |
| jimpness | (Scots) slenderness. |
| jowliness | the state of being jowly. |
| jowly | heavy jowled. |
| knuckly | having large or prominent knuckles. |
| lank | thin, shrunken (verb, Shakesp.) to make or become lean, shrunken |
| lankily | (Adv.) LANKY, tall and lean. |
| lankiness | the state of being lanky. |
| lankly | (Adv.) LANK, lean, shrunken. |
| lankness | the state of being lank. |
| lanky | tall and loose-jointed. |
| lathy | like a lath; long and slender. |
| leanness | the state of being lean. |
| leany | (Spenser) lean. |
| legginess | the quality of being (disproportionately) long-legged. |
| leggy | having noticeably long slim legs. |
| leptodactylous | having fine, slender digits. |
| leptosomatic | like a leptosome, of slender build. |
| leptosome | a person with a slight or slender build. |
| leptosomic | like a leptosome, of slender build. |
| lissom | easily flexed, lithe. |
| lissome | easily flexed, lithe. |
| lissomely | (Adv.) LISSOME, characterized by easy flexibility and grace. |
| lissomeness | the state of being lissome. |
| lissomly | (Adv.) LISSOM, characterized by easy flexibility and grace. |
| lissomness | the state of being lissom. |
| litheness | the state of being lithe. |
| lithesome | easily flexed, lithe. |
| mawger | (Carib) lean, thin. |
| mesocephalic | having a medium-sized skull; (noun) someone having a medium-sized skull. |
| mesocephalism | having a medium skull. |
| mesocephalous | having a medium skull. |
| mesocephaly | having a medium skull. |
| mesocrany | medium skull breadth. |
| mesognathism | the state of having slightly projecting jaws. |
| mesognathous | having slightly projecting jaws. |
| mesognathy | the state of having slightly projecting jaws. |
| mesomorph | a person of muscular body type. |
| mesomorphic | being big-boned and muscular. |
| mesomorphism | the state of being mesomorphic. |
| mesomorphous | relating to a mesomorph. |
| mesomorphy | the state of being a mesomorph. |
| moobies | overdeveloped breasts on a man, caused by excess weight or lack of exercise. |
| muscley | of a muscular build. |
| muscly | of a muscular build. |
| muscularity | the state of being muscular. |
| musculous | (Obs.) muscular. |
| nonobese | not obese. |
| obese | very fat. |
| obesely | (Adv.) OBESE, very fat. |
| obeseness | the state of being obese. |
| obesity | the state or condition of being obese. |
| orthocephalic | having a skull whose breadth is between 70 and 75 per cent of its length. |
| orthocephalous | having a skull whose breadth is between 70 and 75 per cent of its length. |
| orthognathic | having a lower jaw that neither projects nor recedes. |
| orthognathism | the state of having straight jaws. |
| orthognathous | having a lower jaw that neither projects nor recedes. |
| orthognathy | the state of having normally aligned jaws. |
| overfat | too fat. |
| overmuscled | with an excessive amount of muscle. |
| overthin | too thin. |
| oxycephalic | having a conical skull. |
| oxycephalous | having a conical skull. |
| oxycephaly | the condition of having a conical skull. |
| paunchiness | the state of being paunchy. |
| paunchy | having a prominent paunch. |
| pentadactyly | the state of being pentadactyl, having five fingers. |
| petit | (Fr.) small, esp of build. |
| physique | the form or structure of the body. |
| physiqued | having a particular physique. |
| pindling | puny or sickly. |
| pinguitude | fatness. |
| plump | well-rounded and full in form (verb) to make plump |
| plumpen | to make plump. |
| plumpie | (Shakesp.) plump. |
| plumpish | somewhat plump. |
| plumply | (Adv.) PLUMP, in a forthright manner. |
| plumpness | the state of being plump. |
| plumpy | (Shakesp.) plump. |
| poddy | corpulent (noun) a young animal, esp a calf or lamb |
| podge | a short, thickset person. |
| podgily | (Adv.) PODGY, corpulent. |
| podginess | the state of being podgy. |
| podgy | corpulent. |
| polydactyl | having too many fingers or toes; (noun) someone having too many fingers or toes. |
| polydactylism | the state of being polydactyl, having more than the normal number of fingers. |
| polydactylous | having too many fingers or toes. |
| polydactyly | the state of being polydactyl, having too many fingers or toes. |
| portliness | the state of being portly. |
| portly | corpulent, stout. |
| potbellied | having a potbelly. |
| potbelly | a protruding abdominal region. |
| procerity | tallness, loftiness. |
| prognathic | having a jaw that projects forward. |
| prognathism | the state of having projecting jaws. |
| prognathous | having a jaw that projects forward. |
| pudge | a short, thickset person. |
| pudgily | (Adv.) PUDGY, corpulent. |
| pudginess | the state of being pudgy. |
| pudgy | corpulent. |
| pudsey | pudgy, podgy. |
| pudsy | podgy (noun) a plump person |
| pursily | (Adv.) PURSY, fat, short-winded. |
| pursiness | the state of being pursy. |
| pursy | fat, short-winded. |
| pycnic | characterized by shortness of stature, broadness of girth, and powerful muscularity. |
| pycnosome | a body type characterized by stockiness. |
| pyknic | characterized by shortness of stature, broadness of girth, and powerful muscularity; (noun) a person of pyknic build. |
| pyknosome | the short or stocky type of human figure. |
| rackabones | a very lean animal, esp a horse. |
| rangily | (Adv.) RANGY, slim and long-limbed. |
| ranginess | the state of being rangy. |
| rangy | slim and long-limbed. |
| rawbone | (Spenser) having little flesh. |
| rawboned | having little flesh. |
| robust | strong. |
| robustly | (Adv.) ROBUST, strong. |
| robustness | the state of being robust. |
| rotund | rounded, plump (verb) to round |
| rotundly | (Adv.) ROTUND, rounded. |
| rotundness | the state of being rotund. |
| rumpy | having a large rump > RUMPIER, RUMPIEST. |
| runtiness | the state of being runty. |
| runtish | somewhat like a runt. |
| runtishly | (Adv.) RUNTISH, somewhat like a runt. |
| runty | like a runt. |
| scaphocephalic | having an abnormally long and narrow boat-shaped skull; (noun) someone having an abnormally long narrow skull. |
| scaphocephalism | the state of being scaphocephalic, having an abnormally long and narrow boat-shaped skull. |
| scaphocephalous | having an abnormally long and narrow boat-shaped skull. |
| scaphocephalus | an abnormally long and narrow boat-shaped skull. |
| scraggily | (Adv.) SCRAGGY, skinny. |
| scragginess | the state of being scraggy. |
| scraggy | skinny. |
| scrannel | (Arch.) harsh, unmelodious; (noun) a thin person. |
| scranny | thin; scrawny. |
| scrawnily | (Adv.) SCRAWNY, having little flesh. |
| scrawniness | the state of being scrawny. |
| scrawny | having little flesh. |
| scrunty | (Scots) stunted. |
| sedigitated | six-fingered. |
| shapeliness | the state of being shapely. |
| shapely | having an attractive shape. |
| shilpit | (Scots) sickly-looking, puny. |
| shortie | (Coll.) a short person. |
| shortish | somewhat short. |
| shortly | (Adv.) SHORT, not long. |
| shorty | (Coll.) a short person. |
| skinniness | the state of being skinny. |
| skinny | having little fat (noun) information, as in 'give me the skinny' |
| slender | slight of build. |
| slenderly | (Adv.) SLENDER, slight of build. |
| slenderness | the state of being slender. |
| slight | small in size or amount (noun) an insult; (verb) to treat with disregard |
| slightish | somewhat slight. |
| slightly | (Adv.) SLIGHT, small in size. |
| slightness | the state of being slight. |
| slim | slender (verb) to make slim |
| slimline | slim, or conducive to slimness. |
| slimly | (Adv.) SLIM, slender. |
| slimmer | one engaged in slimming. |
| slimmish | somewhat slim. |
| slimness | the state of being slim. |
| slimpsy | flimsy; frail. |
| slimsy | flimsy, frail. |
| somatotype | a type consisting of a physical build paired with a particular temperament; (verb) to place with regard to somatotype. |
| sonsie | having pleasing curves; buxom, comely. |
| sonsy | having pleasing curves; buxom, comely. |
| spareness | the state of being spare; leanness. |
| spindlelegs | long thin legs; a person who has these. |
| spindleshanks | long thin legs; a person who has these. |
| spindly | long and thin. |
| spuddy | podgy. |
| squabbish | somewhat fat or squat. |
| squabby | short and thick. |
| squat | short and thick (noun) the act of squatting; (verb) to sit on one's heels |
| squatly | (Adv.) SQUAT, short and thick. |
| squatness | the state of being squat. |
| squattily | (Adv.) SQUATTY, squat; dumpy. |
| squattiness | the state of being squatty. |
| squatty | squat; dumpy. |
| statuesque | tall and well-proportioned in figure. |
| statuesquely | (Adv.) STATUESQUE, tall and well-proportioned in figure. |
| statuesqueness | the state of being statuesque. |
| stature | the natural height of a human or animal body. |
| statured | having a stature. |
| steatopyga | an excessive development of fat on the buttocks, esp on females. |
| steatopygia | an excessive development of fat on the buttocks, esp of females. |
| steatopygic | having fat buttocks. |
| steatopygous | having fat buttocks. |
| stockily | (Adv.) STOCKY, sturdy, thickset. |
| stockiness | the state of being stocky. |
| stocky | sturdy, thickset. |
| stouten | to make stout. |
| stoutish | somewhat stout. |
| stoutness | the state of being stout. |
| stubbily | (Adv.) STUBBY, short and squat. |
| stubbiness | the state of being stubby. |
| stuggy | (Dial.) thickset, stout. |
| sturdiness | the state of being sturdy. |
| superthin | very thin. |
| svelte | (Fr.) slender, sleek. |
| sveltely | (Adv.) SVELTE, slender. |
| svelteness | the quality of being svelte. |
| swole | having well-developed muscles as a result of weight training > SWOLER, SWOLEST. |
| sylphish | sylphlike. |
| sylphy | sylphlike. |
| tallish | somewhat tall. |
| tallness | the state of being tall. |
| thewless | without thews. |
| thewy | having strong or large thews. |
| thickset | having a short thick body; (noun) one of thickset build. |
| thin | not fat (verb) to make thin |
| thinly | (Adv.) THIN, not thick. |
| thinness | the state of being thin. |
| thinnish | somewhat thin. |
| tridactyl | having three fingers or toes. |
| tridactylous | having three fingers or toes. |
| tubbiness | the state of being tubby. |
| tubbish | round and fat. |
| tubby | corpulent. |
| tunbellied | having a tunbelly, a potbelly. |
| tunbelly | a potbelly. |
| underjawed | with a heavy or underhung underjaw. |
| waiflike | resembling a waif. |
| wanthriven | (Scots) stunted, ill-grown. |
| weedily | (Adv.) WEEDY, puny. |
| weedy | puny. |
| willowy | slender and graceful. |
| wirily | (Adv.) WIRY, thin and tough. |
| wiriness | the quality of being wiry. |
| wiry | thin and tough. |
| xiphopagous | like a xiphopagus, a set of Siamese twins joined in the region of the xiphoid cartilage. |
| xiphopagus | a set of Siamese twins joined in the region of the xiphoid cartilage. |
| zaftig | (Yiddish) having a full rounded figure, pleasingly plump. |
| zoftig | (Yiddish) having a full rounded figure, pleasingly plump. |