Synonyms of plump

Noun


1. plump, noise

usage: the sound of a sudden heavy fall

Verb


1. plummet, plump, drop

usage: drop sharply; "The stock market plummeted"

2. plank, flump, plonk, plop, plunk, plump down, plunk down, plump, set down, put down, place down

usage: set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise; "He planked the money on the table"; "He planked himself into the sofa"

3. fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up, change, alter, modify

usage: make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child"

4. plump, go, choose, take, select, pick out

usage: give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number; "I plumped for the losing candidates"

Adjective


1. chubby, embonpoint, plump, fat (vs. thin)

usage: sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure; "a chubby child"; "pleasingly plump";

Adverb


1. plump

usage: straight down especially heavily or abruptly; "the anchor fell plump into the sea"; "we dropped the rock plump into the water"

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Definition and meaning of plump (Dictionary)