plump

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /plʌmp/ UK /plʌmp/ See IPA manual

adj verb

Meanings

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adj
having a full, rounded shape; pleasantly fat

She picked the plumpest tomatoes from the vine.

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Synonyms

1 adj · having a full, rounded... chubby rotund portly stout fleshy tubby buxom round

Opposites

thin slender slim gaunt scrawny

Word family

Forms plumpness

Derived forms plumpnessplumply

Etymology

From Middle Dutch or Middle Low German plomp ('blunt, thick, dull'), of imitative origin. The sense developed from 'blunt, dull' to 'full and rounded'.

plomp Middle Dutch

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# plump

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj, verb
**IPA (US):** plʌmp
**IPA (UK):** plʌmp

## Meanings
1. having a full, rounded shape; pleasantly fat

## Examples
- She picked the plumpest tomatoes from the vine.

## Synonyms
- chubby
- rotund
- portly
- stout
- fleshy
- tubby
- buxom
- round

## Antonyms
- thin
- slender
- slim
- gaunt
- scrawny

## Derived Forms
- plumpness
- plumply

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: plomp

## Etymology
From Middle Dutch or Middle Low German plomp ('blunt, thick, dull'), of imitative origin. The sense developed from 'blunt, dull' to 'full and rounded'.

## AI Etymology
Plump comes from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German plomp ('blunt, thick, dull'), of imitative origin. The sense developed from 'blunt, dull' to 'full and rounded'. The etymological trail includes Middle Dutch plomp. As an adjective, plump means having a full, rounded shape; pleasantly fat. The same family is visible in derived forms such as plumpness and plumply.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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