buxom
10 synonyms and 3 antonyms for buxom, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Describes a woman with a curvy figure and a large chest.
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Synonyms by Meaning
1. adj
Describes a woman with a curvy figure and a large chest.
“DIED. Robert Brooks, 69, canny businessman who, as chairman of Hooters, turned the bar-restaurant chain, famed for buxom waitresses in orange hot pants, into an international success.”
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2. adj
(dated) Cheerful, lively and in good health.
“He had not seen Zilla since Paul had shot her, and he still pictured her as buxom, high-colored, lively, and a little blowsy.”
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Etymology
From Middle English buxom, also ibucsum, ibuhsum (“bendsome, flexible, pliant, obedient”), from Old English bōcsum, *būhsum, *ġebūhsum (“bendsome, pliant, obedient”), from Proto-West Germanic *beuhsam, *beugsam, equivalent to bow (“to bend, bow at the waist”) + -some or buck (“to bend, buckle, kick”) + -some. Cognate w...
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