Word Meanings - PLUMP - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump baby; plump cheeks. Shak. The god of wine did his plump clusters bring. T. Carew. (more info) clumsy; akin to D. plomp, G., Dan., & Sw. plump; probably of

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of PLUMP)

• Jolly
• Gay
• joyful
• gladsome
• mirthful
• genial
• jovial
• jubilant
• robust
• lively
• plump
• merry
• Portly
• Dignified
• burly
• imposing
• stately
• corpulent
• stout
• Round
• Circular
• globular
• spherical
• entire
• complete
• rotund
• smooth

Related words: (words related to PLUMP)

• LIVELY
  1. Endowed with or manifesting life; living. Chaplets of gold and silver resembling lively flowers and leaves. Holland. 2. Brisk; vivacious; active; as, a lively youth. But wherefore comes old Manoa in such haste, With youthful steps Much livelier
• JOVIALITY
  The quality or state of being jovial. Sir T. Herbert.
• SMOOTHEN
  To make smooth.
• CIRCULARLY
  In a circular manner.
• IMPOSABLE
  Capable of being imposed or laid on. Hammond.
• GENIALLY
  1. By genius or nature; naturally. Some men are genially disposed to some opinions. Glanvill. 2. Gayly; cheerfully. Johnson.
• ROUNDWORM
  A nematoid worm.
• SMOOTHNESS
  Quality or state of being smooth.
• ROUNDISH
  Somewhat round; as, a roundish seed; a roundish figure. -- Round"ish*ness, n.
• ROUNDABOUTNESS
  The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness.
• JOVIALTY
  Joviality. Barrow.
• PLUMPNESS
  The quality or state of being plump.
• ROUNDFISH
  Any ordinary market fish, exclusive of flounders, sole, halibut, and other flatfishes. A lake whitefish , less compressed than the common species. It is very abundant in British America and Alaska.
• MERRY-ANDREW
  One whose business is to make sport for others; a buffoon; a zany; especially, one who attends a mountebank or quack doctor. Note: This term is said to have originated from one Andrew Borde, an English physician of the 16th century, who
• ROUND-UP
  The act of collecting or gathering together scattered cattle by riding around them and driving them in.
• GLOBULARLY
  Spherically.
• IMPOSINGNESS
  The quality of being imposing.
• CIRCULARITY
  The quality or state of being circular; a circular form.
• IMPOSTRESS; IMPOSTRIX
  A woman who imposes upon or deceives others. Fuller.
• COMPLETE
  Having all the parts or organs which belong to it or to the typical form; having calyx, corolla, stamens, and pistil. Syn. -- See Whole. (more info) 1. Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficienty; entire; perfect; consummate.
• MISGROUND
  To found erroneously. "Misgrounded conceit." Bp. Hall.
• GROUNDWORK
  That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. Dryden.
• UNDERGROUND INSURANCE
  Wildcat insurance.
• PLAYGROUND
  A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.
• GROUNDEN
  p. p. of Grind. Chaucer.
• ATMOSPHERICALLY
  In relation to the atmosphere.
• PRIMOGENIAL
  First born, made, or generated; original; primary; elemental; as, primogenial light. Glanvill.