Words That Describe Body Types

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Agile - Able to move quickly and easily

Ample - Used euphemistically to convey that someone is fat

Angular (Of a person or part of their body) lean and having a prominent bone structure 

Awkward - Not smooth or graceful; ungainly

Barrel-Chested - Having a large rounded chest

Big - Of considerable size, extent, or intensity

Big-Bellied - Having a prominent belly

Bodily - Of or concerning the body

Bony (Of a person or part of the body) so thin that the bones are prominent 

Brawny - Physically strong; muscular

Brisk - Active, fast, and energetic

Broad - Large in area; spacious 

Bulbous - Fat, round, or bulging

Bulging - Swell or protrude to an unnatural or incongruous extent

Busty - (Of a woman) having large breasts

Buxom - (Of a woman) plump, especially with large breasts

Calloused - (Of a part of the body) Having an area of hardened skin

Chubby- Plump and rounded

Chunky- (Of a person) short and sturdy

Colossal - Extremely large

Compact - (Of a person or animal) small, solid, and well-proportioned

Corpulent - (Of a person) fat

Curvy - (Of a woman's figure) shapely and voluptuous

Dainty - (Of a person) delicate and graceful in build or movement

Defined - Make up or establish the character of

Delicate - (Of a person, animal, or plant) susceptible to illness or adverse conditions

Developed - (Of a person or part of the body) having specified physical proportions

Dimpled - Having a dimple or dimples

Distended - Swollen due to pressure from inside; bloated

Drooping - Bend or hang downward limply

Dumpy - (Of a person) short and stout

Dwarfish - Like a dwarf; being especially small or stunted

Elephantine - Of resembling, or characteristic of an elephant or elephants, especially in being large, clumsy, or awkward

Elfin - (With reference to a person) small and delicate, typically with an attractively mischievous or strange charm

Elongated - Unusually long in relation to its width

Emaciated - Abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food

Fast - Moving or capable of moving at high speed

Fat 

Firm (Of a person) steadfast and constant

Fit - In good health, especially because of regular physical exercise

- Sexually attractive; good-looking

Flabby- (Of a part of a person's body) soft, loose, and fleshy

Flat-Chested- (Of a woman) having small breasts

Fleshy -(Of a person or part of the body) having a substantial amount of flesh; plump

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