Synonyms & related words for obese

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of obese — including corpulent, overweight, rotund, fat, fattish, portly. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to obese

Explore words related to obese — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include obesely, pinguid, obesity, fatly, fatness, corpulence, adiposity, abdominous. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for obese

Common synonyms for obese include corpulent, overweight, rotund, fat, fattish, portly, chubby, pudgy — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does obese come from?

The word obese breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root es-, from Latin edo (“eat”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.