plumpness

1 2.4

A soft, rounded fullness, like a kitten's body or a cheek

noun
/ˈplʌmpnəs/

: relleno

The baby had a soft plumpness in her cheeks that made her look adorable.
round plumpness

Something that's going to just provide plumpness and moisture to my skin.

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Examples

So again, we're talking about that improvement of fine lines, wrinkles, elasticity, plumpness of the skin.
The baby, sleeping in a basket on a chair, had the round, tight plumpness of bread rising in a bowl.

Fiction book (1996)
The lady was not exceptionally beautiful, but she had a charming plumpness and looked like the type who would be very much blessed with children.

Fiction book (1996)
This just makes you look balanced and fresh and like you have hydration and plumpness in the skin.

Tati
Alexa Storey looked younger than her 23 years, and her body had a girlish, coming-into-womanhood plumpness about it.

Fiction book (1995)
Her thin face has a kind of baby plumpness along the jaw, and her thighs, beneath her careless skirt, are as slender as a boy's.

Fiction book (1992)
The fruit's plumpness indicated that it was ripe and ready to eat.
Her plumpness gave her an inviting appearance that everyone found charming.

Synonyms

roundness

vsplumpness

4 2.6

A shape with smooth curves and no sharp angles

is specifically the pleasant fullness quality mainly for rounded forms

chubbiness

vsplumpness

1 1.9

A soft, round body shape with a little extra weight

is the broader pleasant fullness idea beyond just body shape

fleshiness

vsplumpness

1 6.6

A soft, plump quality caused by extra fat or tissue

is gentler, focusing on pleasing fullness rather than excess fat

embonpoint

vsplumpness

Archaic

9.9

A pleasantly rounded, slightly plump body shape

is the general neutral sense of pleasant fullness in form

rolypoliness

vsplumpness

9.0

A plump, round look that makes something seem cute and easy to hug

is the neutral idea of pleasant roundedness without the cute tone

tubbiness

vsplumpness

6.5

A person or animal body shape that is round and slightly plump

is the neutral pleasant fullness concept not focused on tubelike shape

pudginess

vsplumpness

5.6

A state of being a little round and soft in the body

is more positive and does not imply overweight or negative judgment

stoutness

vsplumpness

5.5

Having a fairly heavy, solid body

is lighter and more pleasantly rounded, not merely heavy or solid

Antonyms

emptiness

14 3.6

A space or place that has nothing in it

flatness

3 2.9

A level area with hardly any hills

How Plump

fatness

6 1.0

chubbiness

1 1.9

plumpness

1 2.4

fullness

7 2.7

roundness

4 2.6

Surface Forms

plumpness singular

plumpnesses plural

Morphology

plumpness = plump (transparent) = plump + ness

Formed by the adjective 'plump' plus the noun-forming suffix '-ness', yielding the expected meaning 'the quality of being plump'.

Etymology

Plumpness comes from the adjective plump, a word that likely brings to mind a ripe plum — soft, round and full. So, plumpness means being pleasantly 'full' or 'rounded'.