Words for Body Types & Movement

Find sensory words to describe the body, including shape and body parts - and how they all move together. Similes about body types provide inspiration and humor.

  1. agile
  2. ample
  3. angular
  4. anorexic
  5. awkward
  6. barrel-chested
  7. big
  8. big-bellied
  9. bodily
  10. bony
  11. brawny
  12. brisk
  13. broad
  14. bulbous
  15. bulging
  16. busty
  17. buxom
  18. calloused
  19. chubby
  20. chunky
  21. colossal
  22. compact
  23. corpulent
  24. curvy
  25. dainty
  26. defined
  27. delicate
  28. developed
  29. dimpled
  30. distended
  31. drooping
  32. dumpy
  33. dwarfish
  34. elephantine
  35. elfin
  36. elongated
  37. emaciated
  38. fast
  39. fat
  40. firm
  41. fit
  42. flabby
  1. narrow
  2. nimble
  3. obese
  4. overweight
  5. paunchy
  6. peg-legged
  7. petite
  8. plodding
  9. plump
  10. podgy
  11. ponderous
  12. portly
  13. potbellied
  14. protruding
  15. pudgy
  16. puny
  17. quick
  18. rotund
  19. rounded
  20. runty
  21. sawed-off
  22. scrawny
  23. sculpted
  24. shrimpy
  25. shriveled
  26. shrunken
  27. sinewy
  28. sizable
  29. skeletal
  30. skinny
  31. slender
  32. slim
  33. slinky
  34. slouched
  35. slow
  36. sluggish
  37. small
  38. small-waisted
  39. soft
  40. solid
  41. spindly
  42. spiny
  1. fleshy
  2. flexible
  3. frail
  4. full
  5. full-grown
  6. gangly
  7. gargantuan
  8. generous
  9. giant
  10. gigantic
  11. goliath
  12. graceful
  13. growing
  14. heavy
  15. herculean
  16. huge
  17. hulking
  18. humpbacked
  19. hunched
  20. hurried
  21. husky
  22. immense
  23. itsy-bitsy
  24. jumbo
  25. lanky
  26. large
  27. lean
  28. leggy
  29. limber
  30. limp
  31. lithe
  32. little
  33. loitering
  34. long-legged
  35. long-limbed
  36. lumbering
  37. lumpy
  38. mammoth
  39. massive
  40. measly
  41. meaty
  42. mighty
  1. square
  2. squat
  3. stacked
  4. starved
  5. stiff
  6. stocky
  7. stout
  8. strapping
  9. streamlined
  10. stubby
  11. stumpy
  12. stunted
  13. substantial
  14. supple
  15. svelte
  16. sweating
  17. swift
  18. swift-moving
  19. tall
  20. teeny
  21. thick
  22. thickset
  23. thin
  24. toned
  25. top-heavy
  26. towering
  27. tremendous
  28. trim
  29. tubby
  30. uncoordinated
  31. underfed
  32. undersized
  33. underweight
  34. unhurried
  35. voluptuous
  36. wee
  37. wide
  38. willowy
  39. wiry
  40. withered
  41. wobbly
  1. amazon
  2. anatomy
  3. ankle
  4. arms
  5. ass
  6. back
  7. backside
  8. ballon
  9. beer belly
  10. behemoth
  11. belly
  12. belt line
  13. bod
  14. body
  15. body odor
  16. bones
  17. bottom half
  18. breasts
  19. brute
  20. build
  21. bulge
  22. butt
  1. hips
  2. hulk
  3. human body
  4. jowl
  5. legs
  6. loins
  7. love handles
  8. middle
  9. midget
  10. midriff
  11. midsection
  12. movement
  13. muscles
  14. neck
  15. ogre
  16. outline
  17. paunch
  18. physique
  19. pillar
  20. pole
  21. pot belly
  22. profile
  1. calf
  2. cellulite
  3. colossus
  4. curves
  5. dwarf
  6. elbow
  7. extra chin
  8. fat
  9. fat rolls
  10. fatness
  11. figure
  12. flesh
  13. foot
  14. forearm
  15. form
  16. giant
  17. groin
  18. gut
  19. hand
  20. head
  21. heel
  22. hind end
  1. shape
  2. shoulder
  3. shoulder blade
  4. side
  5. silhouette
  6. skin
  7. spare tire
  8. spine
  9. stringbean
  10. stub
  11. stump
  12. thigh
  13. thinness
  14. thorax
  15. top half
  16. torso
  17. trunk
  18. twig
  19. waistline
  20. whale
  21. wrist
  1. amble
  2. approach
  3. back off
  4. balk
  5. barge
  6. barrel
  7. bounce
  8. buck
  9. budge
  10. bustle
  11. careen
  12. catapult
  13. chase
  14. chug
  15. clamber
  16. climb
  17. clip
  18. clomp
  19. coast
  20. cower
  21. crab
  22. crawl
  23. creep
  24. cuise
  25. dally
  26. dance
  27. dart
  28. dash
  29. deteriorate
  30. dillydally
  31. dither
  32. dive
  33. dodge
  34. drag
  35. drift
  36. droop
  37. duck
  38. evade
  39. fatten up
  40. flail
  41. flee
  42. flit
  1. piddle
  2. pivot
  3. plod
  4. plow
  5. poke along
  6. pounce
  7. prance
  8. protrude
  9. prowl
  10. pursue
  11. ramble
  12. recoil
  13. roam
  14. rove
  15. rush
  16. sashay
  17. saunter
  18. scale
  19. scamper
  20. scurry
  21. scuttle
  22. shake
  23. shimmy
  24. sidestep
  25. skip
  26. skulk
  27. slide
  28. slither
  29. slog
  30. slouch
  31. snake
  32. sneak
  33. soar
  34. spin
  35. sprawl
  36. spring
  37. sprint
  38. squat
  39. stagger
  40. stan
  41. steer
  42. step
  1. flounder
  2. flow
  3. fly
  4. frolic
  5. get fat
  6. get skinny
  7. glide
  8. goose-step
  9. grow
  10. grow fat
  11. halt
  12. hasten
  13. hike
  14. hobble
  15. hop
  16. hover
  17. hulk
  18. hunch
  19. hurry
  20. hustle
  21. idle
  22. inch
  23. jerk
  24. jet
  25. job
  26. jump
  27. leap
  28. limp
  29. linger
  30. lope
  31. lumber
  32. lunge
  33. lurk
  34. maneuver
  35. march
  36. meander
  37. mince
  38. move
  39. nod
  40. pace
  41. pad
  42. parade
  1. stomp
  2. stretch
  3. stride
  4. stroll
  5. strut
  6. surge
  7. sweat
  8. swivel
  9. teeter
  10. tiptoe
  11. topple
  12. toss
  13. tour
  14. track
  15. trample
  16. tread
  17. trek
  18. trip
  19. tromp
  20. undulate
  21. vault
  22. veer
  23. waddle
  24. wade
  25. wag
  26. walk
  27. wallow
  28. waltz
  29. wander
  30. wheel
  31. whirl
  32. whisk
  33. wiggle
  34. wobble
  35. writhe
  36. zag
  37. zig
  38. zigzag
  39. zip
  40. zoom
  1. a belly that swelled after a meal like a big cake baking
  2. a body as plump and round as a pigeon
  3. a body as plump as a monk
  4. a body as round and smooth as a marble statue
  5. a body as square and featureless as a crate
  6. a body as tough as wood and as flexible as a whip
  7. a body built like a hammer
  8. a body built solid and firm like an ancient pine
  9. a body like a block of granite
  10. a body like a Coke machine
  11. a body like a tower of lumpy pillows
  12. a body plump and sweet like a candied yam
  13. a body shaped like a bowling pin
  14. a body solid and square as a refrigerator
  15. a body with lines as skinny as a jailhouse tattoo
  16. a bulging man with a gut that hung off him like a sack of flour
  17. a cinched waist, like a cushion with a noose around it
  18. a dumpy body shaped like a sack full of cement
  19. a fat belly that slid around like aspic on a plate
  20. a figure as narrow as a needle
  21. a hand as big as a boxing glove
  22. a hand as wide as a saucepan
  23. a hand lined with veins that looked like blue wires
  24. a hand so bony and gnarled it that felt as if it was reaching for you from the grave
  25. a huge ruin of a woman
  26. a long body like a weasel’s
  27. a manicured body, like a miniature show dog's
  28. a muscular, lithe body, like a tigress on the hunt
  29. a profile like a pharaoh’s erotic dream
  30. a round and firm body like a fine healthy apple
  31. a short man as wide as a door and thick as a stump
  32. a small boned body with angles like a young bird's
  33. a spine as straight as a mast
  34. a spine like an iron rod
  35. a stout body like a solid piece of oak furniture
  36. a thick body like a beer barrel
  37. a thick, gnarled fellow like the dug-up root of a tree
  38. a thigh like a slab of meat
  1. he was fattened up like a Christmas goose
  2. he was flat and thin like a gingerbread man
  3. he was shaped like a snowman, with a small round head wobbling on top a large round body
  4. her body was as tough as a short piece of cable
  5. her breasts slid down her body like a pair of avalanches
  6. her curves were beautiful and functional, like the hull of a racing yacht
  7. her curvy body shaped like a funeral urn
  8. her entire body as beaky and thin, like a bird's
  9. her face and hands were pure white as though she had been soaked for days in vinegar
  10. her fat felt like kneeded dough
  11. her fingers were as quick as bird claws
  12. her frame was so delicate that she moved like a shadow
  13. her hands were red-knuckled and practical as a chef's
  14. her hips were as broad as a sofa
  15. her skin seemed to hang on her, like somebody else’s clothing
  16. her wrists dangled as if they were sewn to her cuffs
  17. hips like a pair of clay jugs
  18. hips like soft hills of sand
  19. his body built like a vault
  20. his chest was round like an wine barrel
  21. his delicate body waved like a flame in the breeze
  22. his face and body looked swollen as if made of meat let out to rot
  23. his fist was like a piece of iron
  24. his fists looked like unpainted wooden balls
  25. his hand was limp as a tassel
  26. his hands were huge like baseball gloves
  27. his head sat on his shoulders, like a bowling ball on a shelf
  28. his muscles fired like pistons
  29. his nipples stood out from his shirt like pennies
  30. his shoulder blades protruded out like wedges
  31. his sweaty fingers were like the tentacles of a sea anemone
  32. his waist puffed out from his beltline like a loaf of rising bread
  33. huge muscles like billowing marshmallows
  34. lean as the top branch of a tree
  35. muscled like a gorilla
  36. muscles as tight and ready as rubber bands
  37. muscles like armor plates glued onto his body
  38. muscles that rippled like waves on a sea
  1. a wet and cold hand like something fished out of a pond
  2. an arm as flabby as a sleeve of butter
  3. an athletic body that reacted like a spring
  4. an old body like dry bone
  5. arms as limp as old carrots
  6. as skinny as a clothed skeleton
  7. awkward hands like bunches of bananas
  8. beautiful hands, if if they were carved from ivory
  9. big, awkward hands like the claws of a crab
  10. bones in her narrow wrists as small as chicken bones
  11. bones like bars of iron
  12. bony hands, like pitchforks
  13. bony shoulderblades like wings
  14. cellulite on her thighs that looked like a sponge
  15. closed, firm fists like knots of pine
  16. crude and functional hands as if whittled out of hard wood
  17. fat overflowed from every part of her body like pudding
  18. fingers that hung from his hands like clusters of sausages
  19. frail and thin as a fallen leaf
  20. hands as big and clumsy as hams
  21. hands as bony and cold as chicken feet
  22. hands as efficient and unfriendly as coal shovels
  23. hands folded like flower petals
  24. hands from a horror movie, all crooked and grimy with a couple of nailless fingers
  25. hands gnarled and earth-stained as a laborer’s
  26. hands like blocks of wood
  27. hands like sharp, icy stakes
  28. hands like slabs of steak
  29. hands limp and thin like empty gloves
  30. hands slender and smooth as though they had lifted nothing heavier than a handkerchief
  31. hands so ridged with wrinkles they looked like topography maps
  32. hands that moved as quick as cats
  33. he had hunched bony shoulders like the folded wings of a bat
  34. he had the aging body of a poet
  35. he looked dry and old like a locust shell
  36. he looked like the tiny groom statue on a wedding cake
  37. he moved about carefully, like an old man with bowel problems
  38. he slouched over sadly like someone who’s spent the night in a bus station
  1. rippling muscles like a young thorougbred's
  2. she carried herself like a queen
  3. she looked old and dried out, like a worn shoe
  4. she moved as lightly as a wisp of air
  5. she was as fat and sleek as a dumpling
  6. she was as fat as a floating balloon
  7. she was as obese and slick as a sea cow
  8. she was as round and plump as her favorite teapot
  9. she was flat-chested and straight as a board
  10. she was heavy and cheerful like a German grandma
  11. she was like a fat little partridge
  12. she was marked with protruding ribs, like the ridges on a roll-top desk
  13. she was so thin it seemed her body was a shell that might break if bent
  14. she was well-formed but with a face of a broken statue
  15. shoulder blades soft and small as bird wings
  16. skinny as a fence post
  17. slender as a young flower’s stem
  18. slim as a little serpent
  19. slim as a twig stripped of its bark
  20. so skinny he looked like an animated skeleton
  21. so skinny he looked like he’d been pulled through a keyhole
  22. stiff shoulders, as if they were held up by a broomstick through his sleeves
  23. svelte like a greyhound
  24. tall and lean as a skyscraper
  25. tanned shoulders like the knobs of mahogany furniture
  26. the muscles in her face pulled together like a drawstring purse when she smoked
  27. the skin of her hand was soft, like worn silk
  28. thin and flat like a paper doll
  29. thin and quiet as shadows
  30. thin as a dime
  31. thin as a drawn line
  32. thin as a poor man's wallet
  33. thin as a stripe of sunlight
  34. thin as a walking stick
  35. thin as an empty dress on a hanger
  36. thin as an exclamation mark
  37. thin as linguini
  38. thin as tissue