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plump

plump

44 2.7
A little fat and rounded in a healthy, attractive way
  • adjective
  • /plʌmp/
translation icon : rollizo
  • She admired the plump apples hanging from the tree, ready for picking.
  • plump cells

You're going to have firm, plump cheeks after this.

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Examples

  • The cat had a plump belly after finishing its meal.

  • I continued reading until a plump man sat across from me at my table.

    Academic text (2007)
  • But hey, this actually makes my lips look really plump, like really plump.

  • Anything I can do to help my skin to feel plump and youthful.

  • Professor Frothingham was short and plump, and a little lame in one leg.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • When she drew near the second greenhouse, a plump young woman in shorts came out carrying a clipboard.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The Mistress of Offices was a slightly plump woman, with the high cheekbones that were common in Saldaea.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • And I have luscious, plump, hydrated, glowing skin.

  • The bakery was filled with plump pastries that looked delicious.

Synonyms

chubby
vsplump
  • Informal
61 1.0

Slightly fat in a cute, pleasant way

is about healthy attractive roundedness rather than cute softness
plumpish
vsplump
1 3.7

A little fat in a soft, round way

is a clear attractive rounded fullness rather than slight softness
sonsy
vsplump
  • UK
9.9

Plump and attractive in a healthy way

is gender neutral and applies to any person or body part
blousy
vsplump
7.0

A soft, rounded face or body that looks a little plump

is used for firmer pleasantly rounded healthy body shapes
porky
vsplump
  • Offensive
7.1

A little fat in a way people may find rude

is a neutral positive term for pleasing rounded healthy shape
fattish
vsplump
  • Informal
5.3

A little heavy in the body, slightly overweight

is a gentler attractive idea of healthy roundedness not overweight

Antonyms

314 1.0

Having little body fat and a slim shape

60 1.0

Thin and with little body fat

How Round

fat
1.0
rounded
1 2.4
plump
44 2.7
chubby
  • Informal
61 1.0
slim
60 1.0

Surface Forms

plump positive

Etymology

Plump probably began as a soft, heavy sound people used long ago—like the noise 'plop' when something ripe and round drops into your hand—so the idea of roundness followed. So plump now means 'pleasantly full and rounded'.