adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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ōbēs
General-American:/oʊˈbis/
UK:/əʊˈbiːs/
UK:/əˈbiːs/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
rhymes with -iːs
CMU ARPABET:OW0 B IY1 S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:AH0 B IY1 S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their conventionally ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index over 30 kg/m2.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
A person who is obese.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
excessively fat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a weighty man
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: corpulent, weighty, rotund
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Latin obēsus, derived from obedō (“to devour, eat away”), from ob (“away”) + edō (“to eat”).
Across languages
Translations
76 source translations are retained for this English entry.
