Meanings
comparative more curvaceous · superlative most curvaceous · alternative curvacious
- Having shapely and voluptuous curves; curvy.
He watched her walk, upon curvaceous legs, to the edge of the bed. For just a second, she smiled down at him.
1962, M. E. Knerr, The Sex Life of the Gods1 more example
Anya is tall, gorgeous and curvaceous, all of which I enjoy sexually, especially the curvaceous part: I enjoy squeezing and grabbing all the sexy, abundant parts of her body.
2023 May 13, Kitty Drake, “This is how we do it: ‘A tired, throwaway midweek shag doesn’t interest me’”, in The Guardian, →ISSNSynonyms: voluptuous
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving shapely and voluptuous curves; curvy.
More synonyms by meaning
adjective(of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From curv(e) + -aceous. Originally American English. First attested in the 1930s.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 凹凸有致, 豐滿 /丰满
- 凹凸有致 (āotūyǒuzhì)having shapely or sensual curves
- 豐滿 /丰满 (fēngmǎn)having shapely or sensual curves
- 肉感 (ròugǎn)having shapely or sensual curves
Danish yppig
- yppighaving shapely or sensual curves
Esperanto abunda
- abundahaving shapely or sensual curves
Finnish kurvikas
- kurvikashaving shapely or sensual curves
French plantureux, pulpeux
- plantureuxhaving shapely or sensual curves
- pulpeuxhaving shapely or sensual curves
- bien rouléhaving shapely or sensual curves
German kurvenreich, kurvig
- kurvenreichhaving shapely or sensual curves
- kurvighaving shapely or sensual curves
Hebrew חטובה
- חטובה (khat'uva)having shapely or sensual curves
Hungarian formás, fullos
- formáshaving shapely or sensual curves
- fulloshaving shapely or sensual curves
Icelandic þrýstinn
- þrýstinnhaving shapely or sensual curves
Irish dea-chumtha
- dea-chumthahaving shapely or sensual curves
Italian formoso, tutta curve
- formosohaving shapely or sensual curves
- tutta curvehaving shapely or sensual curves
Japanese 肉感的な, 豊満な
- 肉感的な (nikkanteki-na)having shapely or sensual curves
- 豊満な (hōman-na)having shapely or sensual curves
Norwegian Bokmål yppig
- yppighaving shapely or sensual curves
Russian фигу́ристый, пы́шный
- фигу́ристый (figúristyj)having shapely or sensual curves
- пы́шный (pýšnyj)having shapely or sensual curves
- с краси́выми окру́глыми фо́рмами (s krasívymi okrúglymi fórmami)having shapely or sensual curves
Swedish kurvig, yppig
- kurvighaving shapely or sensual curves
- yppighaving shapely or sensual curves
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with curvaceous
Cite this entry
curvaceous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curvaceous
“curvaceous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curvaceous. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “curvaceous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curvaceous.
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