Synonyms for obesity
obe·si·ty

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 3 votes

1. obesity

   Synonyms:
   fatness, fleshiness, corpulence, plumpness, corpulency, embonpoint

   Antonyms:
   leanness, thinness

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

1. fleshiness, obesity, corpulencynoun

   more than average fatness

   Synonyms:
   fleshiness, corpulency

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. obesitynoun

   Synonyms:
   fleshiness, fatness, corpulence, corpulency, plumpness, EMBONPOINT

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:1.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "obesity":

   obese, fatness, overweight

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. obesity

   Synonyms:
   Obesitas

How to pronounce obesity?

How to say obesity in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use obesity in a sentence?

1. Robert Eckel:

   Based on the observation of data, I think, ultimately, one can't be overly conclusive about it, but it does again validate some other studies indicating diabetes is a predictor for outcome, older males do worse. I think the obesity factor enters in now and makes this increasingly an important factor.

2. Nour Makarem:

   There are number of mechanisms by which higher fiber intakes can contribute to successful aging, fiber is associated with increased satiety and fiber food sources typically have low energy density, thereby reducing the risk of weight gain, obesity and associated chronic disease.

3. Farhad Islami:

   We see that most of the cancer types that are increasing, those are obesity-related cancers, we see that increasing trend for many of the obesity-related cancers in those younger ages.

4. Lisa Richardson:

   We are starting now to look at lifetime overweight and obesity, overall, African-American women and other minority groups tend to be more overweight over the lifespan.

5. David Meyre:

   For the study, we focused on monogenic forms of obesity.