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Words to Describe Someone's Body

Ample - Used for referring in a positive or humorous way to someone's body, or a part of it, that is large.

Angular - Bony, lean, or gaunt.

Apple-Shaped - Have broader shoulders and bust, and narrower hips.

Barrel-Chested - Has a large chest that curves outward.

Beefy - Has a large heavy body and strong body.

Big - Tall and heavy, and often fat.

Bony - So thin, that the bones are prominent.

Brawny - Physically strong with big muscles.

Broad - Of great extent, large.

Built - Very beautiful or very physically attractive.

Bulbous - Bulb-shaped, bulging.

Bullnecked - With a short thick neck.

Burly - Large and strong; heavily built.

Busty - Having large breasts.

Buxom - Vigorously or healthily plump.

Calloused - Having an area of hardened skin.

Chubby - Plump and round.

Chunky - Bulky and solid.

Colossal - Extremely large.

Coltish - Tall and thin.

Compact - Physically small, but looks strong.

Corpulent - Having a large, bulky body.

Curvy - Shapely and voluptuous.

Dainty - Delicately small and pretty.

Dumpy - Short and stout.

Elfin - Small and delicate, typically with an attractively mischievous or strange charm.

Emaciated - Abnormally thin or weak.

Fat - Having a large amount of flesh.

Fit - In good health.

Flabby - Having soft loose flesh.

Flat-Chested - Having small breasts.

Frail - Weak and delicate.

Gangling - Very tall and thin, with long arms and legs, and not graceful.

Gawky - Tall and thin, and moving in away that does not seem graceful or comfortable.

Giant - Of very great size or force; gigantic.

Heavily- Built - Having a large, broad, and strong body.

Heavy-Set - Having a stocky or stout build.

Herculean - Muscular and strong.

Hourglass - The circumference of the bust, hips, and waist, are a wide bust, a narrow waist, and wide hip that has similar measurements to that of the bust.

Hulking - Large, heavy, or clumsy.

Husky - Strong and hefty.

Itsy-Bitsy - Very small, tiny

Lanky - Ungracefully thin and tall.

Lean - Without much flesh; thin and fit.

Leggy - Having attractively long legs.

Lithe - Thin, supple, and graceful.

Long-Legged - Having long legs.

Long-Limbed - Tall with long arms and legs.

Meaty - Fleshy and brawny.

Musclebound - Has extremely large strong muscles as a result of excess exercise.

Muscly - With well developed muscles.

Muscular - Having well developed muscles.

Obese - Grossly fat or overweight.

Oval-Shaped - Large bust, narrowed hips, and a full midsection.

Paunchy - Having a paunch, having a prominent stomach.

Pear-Shaped - Having hips that are disproportionately wide in the relation to the upper part of the body.

Petite - Having a small and attractively dainty build.

Pigeon-Chested - Having a narrow chest that sticks out more than usual at the front.

Plump - Having a full round shape.

Podgy - Somewhat fat; chubby.

Pudgy - Somewhat fat.

Puny - Small and weak.

Round-Shoulder - Having the shoulders bent forward, so that the back is rounded.

Runty - A person of small stature.

Scrawny - Unattractively thin and bony.

Shapely - Having an attractive or well-proportioned shape.

Shrimp - Of interior size; puny, runty.

Shriveled - Wrinkled and contracted.

Sinewy - Lean and muscular.

Skeletal - Very thin; emaciated.

Skinny - Very thin.

Slender - Gracefully thin.

Slim - Gracefully thin; slender built.

Slim-Thick - A slim body shape, but a big butt and big thighs.

Slight - Thin, not very tall, and not looking very strong.

Slightly-Built - Thin and not very tall.

Solid - Big and has a strong firm body.

Spindly - Long or tall and thin.

Spoon-Figured - Hips are larger than your bust with a defined waist.

Statuesque - Tall and beautiful like a statue.

Stocky - Broad and sturdily built.

Stout - Somewhat fat or of heavy build.

Strapping - Tall and strong.

Stubby - Short and thick.

Svelte - Slender and elegant.

Tall - Of great or more than average height.

Thick - With meat on your bones.

Thin - Having little bodily flesh of fat; slender or lean.

Taut - Firm with strong muscles and little fat.

Thickset - Having a wide strong body.

Toned - Having a firm and well-defined muscles.

Top-Heavy - Having  a disproportionately large bust.

Towering - Extremely tall.

Trim - Neat and smart in appearance.

Tubby - Short and rather fat.

Underweight - Below a weight considered normal or desirable.

Upstanding - Tall and straight.

Voluptuous - Curvaceous and sexually attractive.

Well-Built - Large and strong.

Willowy - Tall, thin, and graceful.

Wiry - Lean, tough, and sinewy.