paunch

Protruding midsection flab

A paunch is a protruding belly, especially on a man: He'd developed quite a paunch since his college days.

The word carries a note of mild disapproval or self-deprecation—nobody brags about their paunch.

In butchery, the paunch is an animal's stomach or belly, particularly the first stomach of a ruminant.

belly

potbelly

Protruding rounded abdomen

  • gutDigestive tract, or instinct
  • tummyStomach, childishly
  • bellyFront midsection

midriff · bulge · overhang · pudge · flab · girth · protuberance · corpulence · roundness · portliness

anatomy

abdomen

Torso's lower cavity

innards · rumen · peritoneum · gastrointestinal · digestive · intestinal · gastric · navel · umbilicus · core

fullness

bloated

Swelled from excess

gorged · engorged · overfed · satiety · repletion · heaviness · brimming · bulging · laden · surfeit

indulgence

overeating

Consuming beyond bodily needs

binge · sedentary · overindulgence · intemperance · voracity · gourmandizing · hedonism · decadence · laziness · sloth

prosperity

affluence

Abundance of money

  • wealthAbundance of valuable resources
  • abundanceAmple supply, overflowing
  • plentySufficient quantity, and then some

well-fed · comfortable · middle-class · bourgeois · prosperous · contentment · success · established · settled · opulence

Categories
Opposites
abdominal shape/size

paunchflat stomach

Taut abdominal region

six-pack · sleekness

physical fitness appearance

paunchleanness

State of being thin

trimness · fitness · muscularity · slimness · athleticism

Family

paunchy, paunches, paunchiness, paunchier, paunched

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