body shape
How you're built
Body shape refers to the overall form or silhouette of a person's physical frame, often described through comparisons to objects or letters: pear-shaped, apple-shaped, hourglass figure.
The term appears frequently in fashion and fitness contexts, where clothing or exercises are marketed for specific body shapes.
She dressed to flatter her body shape.
Create a structure
- figureOutline or numeral
- formShape or document
- frameSupporting outer structure
- silhouetteFilled-in outline shape
proportions · stature · anatomy · contours · structure · outline · configuration · dimensions
Gravity-powered sand timer
- voluptuousSensually full-bodied
- curvaceousHaving attractive curves
- full-figuredHaving a curvy, larger build
- roundedHaving no sharp angles
buxom · zaftig · Rubenesque · womanly · pear-shaped · hippy · busty · ample
Having well-developed sinews
ripped · chiseled · sinewy · defined · powerful · broad-shouldered · well-built · cut
build
Create a structure
silhouette · proportions · stature · anatomy · contours · structure · outline · configuration · dimensions · composition
hourglass
Gravity-powered sand timer
- voluptuousSensually full-bodied
- curvaceousHaving attractive curves
- full-figuredHaving a curvy, larger build
rounded · buxom · zaftig · Rubenesque · womanly · pear-shaped · hippy · busty · ample · contoured
slim
Thin or meager
svelte · lithe · petite · slight · narrow · trim · skinny · lanky · sylphlike · wiry
muscular
Having well-developed sinews
sculpted · ripped · chiseled · sinewy · defined · powerful · broad-shouldered · well-built · cut · strapping
chubby
Slightly plump, endearingly
pudgy · corpulent · stocky · heavyset · round · thickset · paunchy · fleshy · hefty · husky
- physical traitsheight, build, eye color, hair color, skin tone
- physiquebuild, figure, physique, somatotype, proportions
- Genetic Traitshair color, dark hair, skin color, dimples, blood type
- sex traitsbreasts, facial hair, voice deepening, deep voice, beard
- variationgenetic diversity, polymorphism, geographic variation, subspecies, coat patterns
- guitar specstonewood, tuners, inlays, humbucker, single coil
body shapeectomorph
Slight, linear body classification
endomorph · mesomorph · pear-shaped · apple-shaped · hourglass figure
body shapeshapelessness
Lack of distinct form
formlessness · amorphousness · lack of form · incorporeality · structurelessness
shape, body, bodily, reshape, bodies, shapely, shapeless, reshaped, shapewear