buxom
adjective
bux·om ˈbək-səm 
1
: vigorously or healthily plump
a buxom warm friendly woman
Burl Ives
Burl Ives specifically : full-bosomed
2
archaic : full of gaiety
3
obsolete
a
: obedient, tractable
b
: offering little resistance : flexible
wing silently the buxom air John Milton
John Milton buxomly adverb
buxomness noun
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The other photos were of my husband’s buxom cousin in her revealing cleavage. Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 19 June 2022 Kyle and Stan move to L.A. and rent a beachfront condo, where their next-door neighbors are two buxom dental hygienists (Elle McPherson and Rebecca Romijn) with hearts of gold and a taste for Scientology. November. Chris Norris, SPIN, 13 Aug. 2022 The other photos were of my husband’s buxom cousin in her revealing cleavage. Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 19 June 2022 The other photos were of my husband’s buxom cousin in her revealing cleavage. Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 19 June 2022 The other photos were of my husband’s buxom cousin in her revealing cleavage. Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 19 June 2022 The other photos were of my husband’s buxom cousin in her revealing cleavage. Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 19 June 2022 The other photos were of my husband’s buxom cousin in her revealing cleavage. Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 19 June 2022 The other photos were of my husband’s buxom cousin in her revealing cleavage. Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 19 June 2022 See More
Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 19 June 2022 Kyle and Stan move to L.A. and rent a beachfront condo, where their next-door neighbors are two buxom dental hygienists (Elle McPherson and Rebecca Romijn) with hearts of gold and a taste for Scientology. November. Chris Norris, SPIN, 13 Aug. 2022 The other photos were of my husband’s buxom cousin in her revealing cleavage. Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 19 June 2022 The other photos were of my husband’s buxom cousin in her revealing cleavage. Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 19 June 2022 The other photos were of my husband’s buxom cousin in her revealing cleavage. Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 19 June 2022 The other photos were of my husband’s buxom cousin in her revealing cleavage. Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 19 June 2022 The other photos were of my husband’s buxom cousin in her revealing cleavage. Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 19 June 2022 The other photos were of my husband’s buxom cousin in her revealing cleavage. Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 19 June 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English buxsum, from Old English *būhsum; akin to Old English būgan to bend — more at bow
First Known Use
12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3a
Kids Definition
buxom
adjective
bux·om ˈbək-səm
: having a healthy plump form
buxom
adjective
as in fat
of a woman having a pleasingly rounded body with large breasts a buxom blonde Synonyms & Similar Words
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- fat
- voluptuous
- stacked
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- shapely
- curvaceous
- zaftig
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- corpulent
- chubby
- curvy
- pudgy
- rotund
- chesty
- statuesque
- stout
- fleshy
- tubby
- ample
- portly
- full-figured
- obese
- well-endowed
- overweight
- heavy
- lardy
- built
- ripe
- podgy
- beefy
- Rubenesque
- full
- heavyset
- stocky
- blubbery
- burly
- corn-fed
- replete
- thickset
- brawny
- bulky
- gross
- roly-poly
- chunky
- plumpish
- Junoesque
- dumpy
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- zoftig
- paunchy
- stubby
- thick
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- potbellied
- squat
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- flabby
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- endomorphic
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- lanky
- bony
- sinewy
- gaunt
- rawboned
- angular
- skeletal
- scrawny
- haggard
- lank
- emaciated
- cadaverous
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- wasted
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- anorexic
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- ectomorphic
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- spindling
- sweet bean
- sweet Betty
- sweet Billy
- sweet birch
- sweet brake
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- sweet broomweed
- sweet bubby
- sweet buckeye
- sweet bush
- sweet calabash
- sweet calamus
- sweet cane
- sweet cassava
- sweet cherry
- sweet chervil
- sweet chestnut
- sweet chocolate
- sweet cicely
- sweet cider
- sweet clover
- sweet coltsfoot
- sweet corn
- sweet cup
- sweet dreams