Word Study
heavyset
CIDE DICTIONARY
heavyset, adj.
- obese."usually men are portly and women are stout" [WordNet 1.5]
- heavy and compact in form or build or stature. [WordNet 1.5]
THESAURUS
heavyset
adipose, beefy, big-bellied, bloated, blowzy, bosomy, brawny, broad-bodied, bulky, bullnecked, burly, buxom, chubby, chunky, coarse, corpulent, crass, dense, distended, dumpy, fat, fattish, fleshy, full, full-bodied, gross, heavy, hefty, hippy, imposing, lusty, massive, meaty, obese, overweight, paunchy, plump, podgy, portly, potbellied, pudgy, puffy, pursy, roly-poly, rotund, square, squat, squatty, stalwart, stocky, stout, strapping, stubby, stumpy, swollen, thick, thick-bodied, thickset, three-dimensional, top-heavy, tubby, viscous, well-fedFor further exploring for "heavyset" in Webster Dictionary Online