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Synonyms for Portly:
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adj.
• burly • heavy • obese • overweight • size- amplitudinous ,
- big ,
- broad ,
- bulky ,
- chunky ,
- dimensional ,
- expansive ,
- extensive ,
- great ,
- high ,
- large ,
- long ,
- magnificent ,
- measurable ,
- sizable ,
- voluminous ,
- wide .
- full figured ,
- fullfigured ,
- more bearish ,
- more butterball ,
- more full figured ,
- more full-figured ,
- more fullfigured ,
- more zaftig ,
- most bearish ,
- most butterball ,
- most full figured ,
- most full-figured ,
- most fullfigured ,
- most zaftig ,
- podgiest ,
- roly poly ,
- rolypoly .
- blimper ,
- blimpest ,
- having bay window ,
- having spare tire ,
- more embonpoint ,
- more well padded ,
- more well-padded ,
- more wellpadded ,
- most embonpoint ,
- most well padded ,
- most well-padded ,
- most wellpadded ,
- over blown ,
- over-blown ,
- well padded ,
- wellpadded .
- bullest ,
- dis tended ,
- dis-tended ,
- fatter ,
- jelly belly ,
- jellybelly ,
- lardest ,
- more bovine ,
- more jelly belly ,
- more jelly-belly ,
- more jellybelly ,
- more oversize ,
- more potbellied ,
- more whalelike ,
- most bovine ,
- most jelly belly ,
- most jelly-belly ,
- most jellybelly ,
- most oversize ,
- most potbellied ,
- most whalelike ,
- over size ,
- over-size ,
- paunchier ,
- paunchiest ,
- ponderous .
- lumpish ,
- un wieldier ,
- un wieldiest ,
- un wieldy ,
- un-wieldier ,
- un-wieldiest ,
- un-wieldy .
Other synonyms:
- overweight .
- overblown .
- gross .
Other relevant words:
- Chopping ,
- Corpulency ,
- Corpulently ,
- Distended ,
- Fatly ,
- Headly ,
- Lardy ,
- Plumply ,
- Portliness ,
- Pot-bellied ,
- Steatopygous ,
- abundance ,
- adequacy ,
- adipose ,
- adiposeness ,
- adiposity ,
- affluence ,
- amplitude ,
- aristocratic ,
- aristocratical ,
- august ,
- avoirdupois ,
- basely ,
- bay window ,
- beamy ,
- beer-bellied ,
- big-bellied ,
- bloated ,
- blowzy ,
- blubbery ,
- bolster ,
- bosomy ,
- bouncing ,
- brawny ,
- broadly ,
- bulkily ,
- burly ,
- busty ,
- cheer ,
- chubbily ,
- chunkily ,
- comely ,
- confirm ,
- considerable ,
- consolidate ,
- corporation ,
- corpulence ,
- corroborate ,
- courtly ,
- deep ,
- deepen ,
- dependable ,
- dignified ,
- distinguished ,
- dumpy ,
- ease ,
- elephantine ,
- encourage ,
- enhance ,
- enrich ,
- fatness ,
- fattish ,
- feed ,
- fertilise ,
- flabby ,
- fleshiness ,
- fortify ,
- fortune ,
- full ,
- full-bodied ,
- full-grown ,
- gently ,
- goodly ,
- graceful ,
- harden ,
- hardy ,
- hearten ,
- heavily ,
- heavyset ,
- hefty ,
- hippy ,
- holy ,
- husky ,
- imposing ,
- in condition ,
- in good case ,
- in good condition ,
- intensify ,
- invigorate ,
- jolly ,
- largely ,
- larger ,
- lightly ,
- lusty ,
- magisterial ,
- make better ,
- massive ,
- meaty ,
- muscular ,
- obesity ,
- oddly ,
- opportunely ,
- opulence ,
- outsized ,
- overfed ,
- paunchy ,
- plumpish ,
- podgy ,
- potbellied ,
- prosperity ,
- puffy ,
- pursy ,
- reinforce ,
- replete ,
- revive ,
- riches ,
- richness ,
- robust ,
- roly-poly ,
- rotundity ,
- round ,
- rounded ,
- roundness ,
- secure ,
- solemn ,
- solid ,
- solidly ,
- spare tire ,
- squab ,
- square ,
- squat ,
- squatty ,
- staid ,
- stalwart ,
- stately ,
- stiffen ,
- stockily ,
- stoutly ,
- strapping ,
- strengthen ,
- strong ,
- sturdily ,
- sturdy ,
- sufficiency ,
- swollen ,
- thick ,
- thick-bodied ,
- thickly ,
- thickset ,
- top-heavy ,
- toughen ,
- tubby ,
- wealth ,
- well-fed .
- Sarcous ,
- baby elephant ,
- bearish ,
- buller ,
- butterball ,
- chubby ,
- corpulent ,
- embonpoint ,
- full-figured ,
- having a bay window ,
- having a spare tire ,
- highfaluting ,
- jelly-belly ,
- obese ,
- oversize ,
- pleasingly plump ,
- plump ,
- podgier ,
- queenliest ,
- well-padded ,
- whalelike ,
- zaftig .
- body .
- size .
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What are the opposite words for portly?
Portly is an adjective that describes a person who is overweight or plump. There are several antonyms for the word portly, including: 1. Skinny - This term refers to a person who is very thin or lacks body fat. 2. Slim - Similar to skinny, slim refers to a person who is lean and lacks excess weight. 3. Petite - This antonym describes a person who is small in stature, typically with a thin or delicate build. 4. Svelte - Describing someone who is slender and graceful, svelte is often used to describe a person's figure. 5. Lanky - This term refers to a person who is tall and thin, often with long limbs. 6. Gaunt - This antonym describes a person who is thin and bony, often due to illness or malnourishment.
What are the antonyms for Portly?
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adj.
• agile and thin • bulky, fat • noun Other relevant words:
Usage examples for Portly
I went twice to a barber's shop in the basement of the house in which I lived, paid fifteen cents to be shaved, and gave the operator nothing; but at my second visit I found myself so lowered upon by that portly and heavy-moustached citizen that I never again ventured to place myself under his razor, but went to a more distant establishment and tipped from the outset.
"America To-day, Observations and Reflections"
Who introduced me to the portly, black-haired, rather handsome woman I quite forget.
"The Secrets of Potsdam"
Not being ready with a suggestion, Mr. Popkiss merely fell back upon a snort of sagacity, and turned his portly person preparatory to waddling back to the bar.
"A Poached Peerage"
Famous quotes with Portly
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Somewhere in the trash he reads Martland has read that heavy men walk with surprising lightness and grace; as a result he trips about like a portly elf hoping to be picked up by a leprechaun.
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It was as if all the world's wit were rolled into one portly fellow.his greatest role was Peter Ustinov, inexhaustible raconteur.
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