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Oct 14, 2008
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Synonyms for buxom

Adjective

1. bosomy, busty, buxom, curvaceous, curvy, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy, voluptuous, well-endowed, shapely (vs. unshapely)
usage: (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves; "Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes"; "a curvy young woman in a tight dress"
2. buxom, chubby, embonpoint, plump, zaftig, zoftig, fat (vs. thin)
usage: euphemisms for slightly fat; "a generation ago...buxom actresses were popular"- Robt.A.Hamilton; "chubby babies"; "pleasingly plump"
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