plump
1 of 6verb (1)
ˈpləmp 
plumped; plumping; plumps
intransitive verb
1
: to drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily
plumped down in the chair
2
: to favor or decide in favor of someone or something strongly or emphatically —used with for
transitive verb
1
: to drop, cast, or place suddenly or heavily
2
: to give support and favorable publicity to
plump
2 of 6noun (1)
: a sudden plunge, fall, or blow
also : the sound made by a plump
plump
3 of 6adverb
1
: with a sudden or heavy drop
2
a
: straight down
b
: straight ahead
3
: without qualification : directly
plump out of luck
plump
4 of 6noun (2)
chiefly dialectal
: group, flock
a plump of ducks rose at the same time
H. D. Thoreau
H. D. Thoreauplump
5 of 6verb (2)
plumped; plumping; plumps
transitive verb
: to make plump
intransitive verb
: to become plump
plump
6 of 6adjective
1
: having a full rounded usually pleasing form
a plump woman
2
: ample, abundant
plumpish
ˈpləm-pish
adjective 
Synonyms
Verb (1)
- flop
- flump
- plank
- plop
- plunk
- plonk
Noun (1)
- bang
- bash
- bat
- beat
- belt
- biff
- blow
- bop
- box
- buffet
- bust
- chop
- clap
- clip
- clout
- crack
- cuff
- dab
- douse [British]
- fillip
- hack
- haymaker
- hit
- hook
- knock
- larrup [dialect]
- lash
- lick
- pelt
- pick
- poke
- pound
- punch
- rap
- slam
- slap
- slug
- smack
- smash
- sock
- spank
- stinger
- stripe
- stroke
- swat
- swipe
- switch
- thud
- thump
- thwack
- wallop
- welt
- whack
- wham
- whop
- whap
Adverb
- dead
- direct
- directly
- due
- plumb
- right
- straight
- straightway
Adjective
- blubbery
- chubby
- corpulent
- fat
- fleshy
- full
- gross
- lardy
- obese
- overweight
- podgy [chiefly British]
- portly
- pudgy
- replete
- roly-poly
- rotund
- round
- tubby
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
Adverb there was a squirrel on the sidewalk plump in front of us Adjective His aunt pinched his plump cheeks. she's been plump all her life, and her sister has always been skinny
Word History
Etymology
Verb (1)
Middle English
Noun (2)
Middle English plumpe
Adjective and Verb (2)
Middle English, dull, blunt, from Middle Dutch plomp
First Known Use
Verb (1)
14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1
Noun (1)
15th century, in the meaning defined above
Adverb
1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (2)
15th century, in the meaning defined above
Verb (2)
1533, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
Adjective
1569, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing plump
Kids Definition
plump 1 of 4
adjective
ˈpləmp
plumper; plumpest
: having a pleasingly full rounded shape
plump cheeks
a plump turkey
plump
2 of 4verb
plumped; plumping
1
: to drop or fall heavily or suddenly
He plumped down on the couch.
2
: to come out in favor of something
I'm plumping for my favorite candidate.
plump
3 of 4adverb
: directly sense 1
He ran plump into the wall.
plump
4 of 4verb
plumped; plumping
: to make or become rounded or filled out
I plumped up the pillows.
plumpish
adjective
as in bulky
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- bulky
- beefy
- plump
- chubby
- stocky
- pudgy
- overweight
- fleshy
- chunky
- thick
- obese
- heavyset
- corpulent
- gross
- round
- stout
- weighty
- thickset
- heavy
- full
- rotund
- brawny
- fat
- husky
- tubby
- hefty
- blubbery
- burly
- podgy
- dumpy
- lardy
- replete
- squat
- stubby
- flabby
- roly-poly
- potbellied
- hippy
- paunchy
- portly
- ripe
- zoftig
- buxom
- ample
- soft
- endomorphic
- zaftig
- corn-fed
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- slender
- lean
- thin
- skinny
- spare
- angular
- slim
- skeletal
- gaunt
- bony
- wasted
- sinewy
- lanky
- pinched
- rawboned
- slight
- haggard
- scrawny
- puny
- cadaverous
- lank
- emaciated
- waspish
- weedy
- stringy
- scraggy
- svelte
- willowy
- twiggy
- rangy
- reedy
- boney
- spindly
- anorexic
- sylphlike
- spindling
- ectomorphic