meaty

meaty
Synonyms and related words:
adipose, allegorical, associational, beefy, big-bellied, bloated, blowzy, bosomy, brawny, burly, buxom, chubby, chunky, compact, connotational, connotative, corpulent, definable, denotational, denotative, distended, dumpy, epigrammatic, expressive, extended, extensional, fat, fattish, figurative, fleshy, full, full of meaning, full of point, full of substance, gross, heavyset, hefty, hippy, imposing, indicative, intelligible, intensional, interpretable, lusty, meaning, meaningful, metaphorical, obese, overweight, paunchy, pithy, plump, podgy, pointed, portly, potbellied, pregnant, pudgy, puffy, pursy, readable, referential, roly-poly, rotund, sententious, significant, significative, square, squat, squatty, stalwart, stocky, stout, strapping, substantial, suggestive, swollen, symbolic, thick-bodied, thickset, top-heavy, transferred, tubby, well-fed

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  • Meaty — Meat y, a. Abounding in meat. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • meaty — index compact (pithy), pithy, sententious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • meaty — (adj.) full of meat, 1787, from MEAT (Cf. meat) (n.) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Figurative sense full of substance is from 1881. Related: Meatiness …   Etymology dictionary

  • meaty — [adj] significant compact, epigrammatic, factual, full of content, interesting, meaningful, pithy, pointed, profound, rich, substantial, weighty; concept 267 Ant. insignificant, thin …   New thesaurus

  • meaty — ► ADJECTIVE (meatier, meatiest) 1) resembling or full of meat. 2) fleshy or muscular. 3) substantial. DERIVATIVES meatiness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • meaty — [mēt′ē] adj. meatier, meatiest 1. of, like, or having the flavor or quality of, meat 2. a) full of meat b) stout; heavy ☆ 3. full of substance; thought provoking; pithy meatiness n …   English World dictionary

  • meaty — [[t]mi͟ːti[/t]] meatier, meatiest 1) ADJ GRADED Food that is meaty contains a lot of meat. ...a pleasant lasagne with a meaty sauce. 2) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n You can describe something such as a piece of writing or a part in a film as meaty if it …   English dictionary

  • meaty — meat|y [ˈmi:ti] adj 1.) containing a lot of meat, or tasting strongly of meat ▪ a delicious meaty gravy 2.) informal big and fat, with a lot of flesh ▪ meaty forearms 3.) informal containing a lot of interesting ideas or information ▪ a meaty… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • meaty — UK [ˈmiːtɪ] / US [ˈmɪtɪ] adjective Word forms meaty : adjective meaty comparative meatier superlative meatiest 1) containing a lot of meat 2) informal providing you with interesting information or ideas that make you think a meaty discussion of… …   English dictionary

  • meaty — meat|y [ miti ] adjective 1. ) INFORMAL providing you with interesting information or ideas that make you think: a meaty discussion of the issues a meaty role in a new movie 2. ) INFORMAL big, and with a lot of fat or muscle: I yelled, but a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • meaty — adjective 1 containing a lot of meat or tasting strongly of meat: a delicious meaty gravy 2 informal big and fat, with a lot of flesh: a tall guy with meaty shoulders 3 informal containing a lot of interesting ideas or information: The lecture… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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