endomorphic

adjective

Definition of endomorphicnext
as in obese

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Recent Examples of endomorphic For a mesomorphic body, rather than an endomorphic one like his. — Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for endomorphic
  1. obese
  2. overweight
  3. corpulent
  4. chubby
  5. pudgy
  6. rotund
  7. fleshy
  8. tubby
Adjective
  • One study found semaglutide, sold under brand names Ozempic and Wegovy, reduced major adverse cardiovascular events by 20% in overweight or obese adults without diabetes.
    — Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
  • In addition to being arbitrary, reductionist, and biased, classifying individuals as obese or overweight based on a single number ignores many complexities about body fat.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of obese
Adjective
  • In 2024, the FDA approved Novo Nordisk's anti-obesity drug, Wegovy, to lower the risk of cardiovascular events such as heart attack and stroke in overweight or obese adults without diabetes.
    — Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
  • But being classified as overweight by body mass index, or BMI, was associated with a lower risk of early death.
    — Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of overweight
Adjective
  • How corpulent is this list of filth, vermin and bad food decisions?
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The corpulent body, unfettered Garments on display here include the corsetry of designer Michaela Stark, who posed herself for three of the new mannequins.
    — Jocelyn Noveck, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026
Definition of corpulent
Adjective
  • Some fans online have criticized the decision to cast a non-plus sized actor to play the character of Harris, who was described as chubbier than the hockey players of the book.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The first major problem with that approach is that chubby rain is too silly to stop thinking about.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of chubby
Adjective
  • In Children Playing on the Beach, 1884, two pudgy and sunburned girls dig in the sand.
    — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
  • As the GIs raise their guns, a pudgy hand in the backseat tears a strip of white cloth from his companion’s petticoat for the chauffeur to hang out the window.
    — Alice Kaplan, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
Definition of pudgy
Adjective
  • The comedy of Gilligan’s Island often centered on the interactions between the scrawny, clueless Gilligan and the rotund, impatient skipper.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Natalia, again fearing a trap, hesitated to disembark—until the dawn light revealed the smiling face of the rotund Diego Rivera, flanked by Mexican Trotskyists and government officials.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 July 2026
Definition of rotund
Adjective
  • In late summer or early fall, dig up the plant and divide the fleshy roots into clumps with one to three eyes.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The owner of Aprocetu coffee, Arnoldo Guerrero, runs his farm at an elevation of around 3,000 feet in a cloud forest full of cherries (the whole, fleshy outer fruit that grow on trees).
    — Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of fleshy
Adjective
  • Disney will be marking the tubby little cubby’s 100th birthday this year with a variety of events, licensing collaboration, publishing releases and merchandise throughout the world.
    — K.J. Yossman, Variety, 10 Apr. 2026
  • That Pete Hegseth is at the Pentagon instead of tubby Lloyd Austin.
    — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 26 Nov. 2025
Definition of tubby

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“Endomorphic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endomorphic. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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