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zaftig

[zahf-tig, -tik] / ˈzɑf tɪg, -tɪk /
ADJECTIVE
buxom
Synonyms
WEAK
ample built busty chubby comely curvaceous curvy full-bosomed full-figured healthy hearty lusty plump robust shapely stacked voluptuous well-made well-proportioned well-rounded
Antonyms
WEAK
flat petite small
ADJECTIVE
chubby
Synonyms
STRONGEST
chunky flabby plump portly pudgy stout
WEAK
ample bearish big butterball buxom fat fleshy full-figured hefty husky pleasingly plump plumpish podgy roly-poly rotund round tubby
Antonyms
STRONGEST
lean skinny slim thin
ADJECTIVE
curvaceous
Synonyms
STRONGEST
rounded shapely
WEAK
bosomy buxom curvesome curvilinear curvy statuesque well-developed well-proportioned well-rounded
Antonyms
WEAK
flat
ADJECTIVE
fleshy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
beefy corpulent meaty plump pudgy stout
WEAK
adipose ample brawny chubby chunky fat gross heavy hefty husky obese porcine portly pulpy sarcous tubby weighty well-padded
Antonyms
STRONGEST
skinny slight thin weak
WEAK
underweight
ADJECTIVE
heavy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
awkward big bulky burdensome considerable cumbersome excessive fat hefty huge large massive substantial unwieldy weighty
STRONG
gross lumbering overweight stout
WEAK
ample beefy built chunky corpulent cumbrous elephantine enceinte expectant fleshy gravid laden lead-footed loaded obese parturient ponderous porcine portly pregnant top-heavy two-ton unmanageable weighted
Antonyms
STRONGEST
convenient easy graceful handy light little miniature poor slight small thin unimportant unsubstantial
STRONG
skinny tiny underweight
WEAK
inconsequential lightweight
ADJECTIVE
plumpish
Synonyms
WEAK
beefy burly buxom chubby chunky corpulent filled fleshy full obese portly pudgy roly-poly rotund round stout tubby
ADJECTIVE
stout
Synonyms
STRONGEST
burly portly
STRONG
fat heavy plump
WEAK
big bulky corpulent fleshy obese plenitudinous porcine rotund substantial thick-bodied tubby upholstered weighty
Antonyms
STRONGEST
thin
STRONG
lean skinny slight
WEAK
underweight

Example Sentences

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She knew what “The Muppet Show” star symbolized and recognized what she meant to her misfit youngest, a zaftig kid frequently chided for taking up too much space.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

Especially commendable is Zamit, who in addition to Mrs. Darling and the housekeeper, plays a Tinkerbell too zaftig to fly, among other roles.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2023

Now a Guggenheim fellow, Machado was once conditioned to accept that zaftig women are undeserving of worship.

From Washington Post • Nov. 4, 2019

I am a zaftig woman of 40 yrs.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2013

Bubbe Frieda had never been zaftig, but she had had the good taste to wear what is called "a dressmaker bathing suit."

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.