curvy

UK /ˈkɜː.vi/ US /ˈkɚ.vi/

adj 3

Collocations

ADJ.

excited, fast, fat, fat, patient, slow, soft, straight

VERB + CURVY

walked

CURVY + NOUN

blonde, body, he'd, mountain, path, road, woman, women

PREP.

Definitions

adj

Having curves.

A city is entangled in straight lines, while nature is curvy. Fast is straight, but slow is curvy and patient.

Buxom or curvaceous.

I love this woman and her curvy body.

He tried to shift his focus back to Jessica and their wedding, but the soft, curvy blonde he'd met recently was stealing more and more of his attention.

Overweight.

(see title)

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves

bosomy
busty
buxom
curvaceous
full-bosomed
sonsie
sonsy
stacked

adjective — having curves

curvey

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

A city is entangled in straight lines, while nature is curvy. Fast is straight, but slow is curvy and patient.

Wiktionary

I love this woman and her curvy body.

Wiktionary

He tried to shift his focus back to Jessica and their wedding, but the soft, curvy blonde he'd met recently was stealing more and more of his attention.

Wiktionary

You're not fat. You're curvy.

Tatoeba · #2214300

You're not curvy. You're fat.

Tatoeba · #2214301

Mary is a curvy woman.

Tatoeba · #6209961

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, curvy is marked as euphemistic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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