Definition of OBESE

obese

Plural: obeses

Adjective Satellite

  • excessively fat

Adj

  • Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their conventionally ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index over 30 kg/m².

Noun

  • A person who is obese.

Adjective

  • Excessively fat, beyond a healthy weight.

Examples

  • His score became OBESE after strategically playing two bingos in a row.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin obēsus, derived from obedō (“I devour, eat away”), from ob (“away”) + edō (“I eat”). Displaced native Old English oferfǣtt (literally “overfat”).

Synonyms

corpulent, rotund, weighty, Daniel Lambertish, big as a house, big-boned, bloated, blubbery, bulbous, curvy, eurysome, famine resistant, fat as a cow, fat as a pig, gravitationally challenged, gross, horizontally challenged, lardy, obese, poddy, porcine, porky, round, spherical, tubby

Scrabble Score: 7

obese: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
obese: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
obese: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

obese: valid Words With Friends Word