Burly
Burly adjective - Strongly and heavily built.
Overweight and burly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Overweight" instead an adjective "Burly".
Overweight
Overweight adjective - Having an excess of body fat.
Usage example: an overweight person who had difficulty running even a short distance
Burly and overweight are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Burly" instead an adjective "Overweight".
Nearby Words: overweighted, overweighting
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Girls Saurus opens with a burly, overweight and generally hideous schoolgirl confessing to the male protagonist, and then take her clothes off.
Source: Black Comedy Rape -
Animated Actors: In one episode, Eek discovers his girlfriend is voiced by a burly, overweight tattooed man, and himself by a little old lady.
Source: Western Animation / Eek! The Cat -
Norway from Scandinavia and the World; normally he has the same body shape as most of the male cast, but in more detailed depictions, he is shown to be a bit large (in a burly way rather than overweight).
Source: Big Beautiful Man
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Overweight and Burly. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/burly/overweight
Burly & Overweight. N.p., 2016. Web. 28 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/burly/overweight>.
Overweight or Burly. 2016. Accessed July 28, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/burly/overweight.
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