obese

Adj

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

A person who is obese.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/oʊˈbis/

Etymology

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

Synonyms

fat

corpulent

plump

stout

chubby

portly

rotund

fleshy

overweight

weighty

adipose

gross

stocky

porcine

porky

potbellied

pot-bellied

puffy

round

rounded

spherical

swelling

well fed

big-boned

be overweight

very fat

poddy

horizontally challenged

polysarcous

abdominous

well-covered

beefy

big

bloated

enormous

fatty

fleshed

heavy

huge

husky

muscular

overstuffed

paunchy

Translations

obeso

obèse

obeso

fettleibig

παχύσαρκος

corpulento

obeso

otyły

korpulent

obès

beleibt

بدين

diklijvig

fettsüchtig

obees