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Antonyms for plump
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  1. plump

    Antonyms:
    ill-conditioned, lean, emaciated, scraggy, weazen, macilent, lank, rawboned, shrivelled, flaccid, tabid

    Synonyms:
    well-conditioned, wellrounded, chubby, strapping, bouncing, fleshy, brawny, full, fat, round, massive, portly

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  1. plumpadjective

    the sound of a sudden heavy fall

    Antonyms:
    thin, lean

  2. chubby, embonpoint, plumpverb

    sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure

    "a chubby child"; "pleasingly plump";

    Antonyms:
    lean, thin

    Synonyms:
    embonpoint, chubby

  3. plummet, plumpverb

    drop sharply

    "The stock market plummeted"

    Antonyms:
    lean, thin

    Synonyms:
    go, plank, fat, fatten, plunk down, plop, fill out, fatten up, plummet, plunk, plonk, fatten out, flesh out, plump out, plump down, flump

  4. plank, flump, plonk, plop, plunk, plump down, plunk down, plumpverb

    set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise

    "He planked the money on the table"; "He planked himself into the sofa"

    Antonyms:
    lean, thin

    Synonyms:
    go, clunk, plank, plonk down, fat, plank down, fatten, plump down, plunk down, clop, fill out, pluck, plank over, clump, dive, plump out, pick, plummet, plunk, plonk, fatten out, flesh out, fatten up, flump down, plop, plunge, flump

  5. fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten upverb

    make fat or plump

    "We will plump out that poor starving child"

    Antonyms:
    thin, lean

    Synonyms:
    elaborate, round out, plank, fill in, fat, expound, lucubrate, fatten, plump down, exposit, plop, go, make out, plunk, fill out, eke out, fatten up, plummet, plunk down, expatiate, plonk, expand, fatten out, complete, flesh out, dilate, plump out, enlarge, pad, flump, round

  6. plump, goadverb

    give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number

    "I plumped for the losing candidates"

    Antonyms:
    thin, lean

    Synonyms:
    drop dead, pop off, operate, belong, fatten, give-up the ghost, work, choke, go away, get, flump, rifle, conk out, die, sound, get going, kick the bucket, run, plunk down, blend, function, lead, fill out, flesh out, live, pass away, plump out, run short, plonk, survive, croak, move, extend, conk, fit, plummet, blend in, become, run low, exit, plop, break, proceed, last, decease, give out, go, depart, give way, hold up, snuff it, fatten out, pass, hold out, start, fail, plank, locomote, plunk, fatten up, travel, endure, break down, fat, buy the farm, perish, live on, plump down, cash in one's chips, expire, go bad

  7. plumpadverb

    straight down especially heavily or abruptly

    "the anchor fell plump into the sea"; "we dropped the rock plump into the water"

    Antonyms:
    lean, thin

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  1. plumpadjective

    Synonyms:
    fleshy, bouncing, chubby, fat, portly, stout, blunt, unreserved, unqualified

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. gaunt

    Submitted by anonymous on March 3, 2020  
  2. pruny

    grapes are plump, raisins are just pruny grapes

    Submitted by Cm.ratliff01 on February 20, 2023  

How to use plump in a sentence?

  1. Brian Wong:

    So, grape to raisin, you have to plump the raisin.

  2. Jason Napier:

    Given the choice, a highly regarded new chief executive would probably always plump for the budget to accelerate balance sheet growth and restructure the business as rapidly as the organization can stand, and write down any existing assets that might be in doubt.

  3. Brian Wong:

    Aging now is thought of as the grape to the raisin. Before, it was thought about as 'let's cut away extra skin,' but now it's volume, so, grape to raisin, you have to plump the raisin.

  4. Paula Simpson:

    If the skin cell walls are plump and healthy, the skin will look more hydrated and dewy as well.

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