English Explanatory Dictionary

obese

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their conventionally ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index over 30 kg/m².
noun
  1. A person who is obese.

Pronunciation

ōbēs /oʊˈbis/ /əʊˈbiːs/ /əˈbiːs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-obese.wav

Word forms

obese more obese obeser most obese obesest obeses

Etymology

From Latin obēsus, derived from obedō (“to devour, eat away”), from ob (“away”) + edō (“to eat”). Displaced native Old English oferfǣtt (literally “overfat”).

Synonyms

big-boned bulbous corpulent curvy Daniel Lambertish eurysome famine resistant gravitationally challenged horizontally challenged obese rotund round spherical big as a house bloated blubbery fat as a cow fat as a pig gross lardy poddy porcine porky tubby

Antonyms

scrawny thin emaciated anorexic starved willowy

Related words

fat physique fat person paunch

Derived words

antiobese clinically obese hyperobese morbidly obese nonobese obeast obeseism obesely obeseness obesify obesity obesogenic obesophobia overobese postobese preobese superobese unobese
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