big boned
Large skeletal frame
Big boned describes someone with a naturally large skeletal frame—broad shoulders, wide hips, thick wrists.
The term is often used as a polite or euphemistic way to describe someone who is overweight: She's not fat, she's just big boned.
This euphemistic use has made the phrase somewhat ironic in casual speech.
Short and solidly built
sturdy · solid · substantial · wide · burly · strapping · brawny · athletic
Exceeding healthy mass
- plumpAgreeably fat, well-filled
- chubbySlightly plump, endearingly
- heavyOf great mass
- portlyHeavyset, especially around waist
rotund · corpulent · stout · pudgy · fleshy · obese · chunky · hefty
Passed through generations
- inheritedReceived from forebears
- skeletalOf or like bones
- frameSupporting outer structure
- buildCreate a structure
constitution · ancestry · family · DNA · predisposition · metabolism · somatotype · ectomorph
stocky
Short and solidly built
husky · sturdy · solid · substantial · wide · burly · strapping · brawny · athletic · muscular
overweight
Exceeding healthy mass
portly · rotund · corpulent · stout · pudgy · fleshy · obese · chunky · hefty · well-padded
hereditary
Passed through generations
build · constitution · ancestry · family · DNA · predisposition · metabolism · somatotype · ectomorph · mesomorph
- body typesectomorph, endomorph, mesomorph, somatotype, athletic build