Obese and Thin

Obese

Obese adjective - Having an excess of body fat.
Usage example: the basset hound was so obese that its stomach touched the floor

Thin is an antonym for obese in fat topic.

Nearby Word: obesity

Thin

Thin adjective - Having a noticeably small amount of body fat.
Usage example: after her bout with pneumonia, she looked thinner

Obese is an antonym for thin in topics: fine, dense, diluted, transparent, deficient.

Nearby Words: thinned, thinly, thinness, thinning

Both words in one sentence

  • One episode of Big Wolf on Campus has Merton go from thin to morbidly obese in a matter of days after befriending a group of black-clad teenagers.
  • Rubber Man Prior to being eaten, he could only yo-yo his size from extremely obese to freakishly thin.
    Source: Rubber Man
  • At least in the first two editions, shamans with Raven are describes as either obese or rail-thin, and either way being almost unable to turn down an offer of food.
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