heavyset
See also: heavy-set
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Adjective
heavyset (comparative more heavyset, superlative most heavyset)
- (of a person) Having a large, solid, imposing bodily appearance; overweight.
- 1989, "One Bear Of a Soviet Politician," Time, 20 Mar.,
- No Soviet political figure has been as irreverently outspoken about Soviet life or as ambitious to change it as Boris Yeltsin, 58, a heavyset, 6-ft. 2-in. man from Sverdlovsk in the Ural Mountains.
- 1989, "One Bear Of a Soviet Politician," Time, 20 Mar.,
Usage notes
- Heavyset suggests corpulence, and sometimes a squat appearance, but not extreme obesity.
Synonyms
Translations
corpulent, and sometimes with a squat appearance
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