Thesaurus results for PHYSIQUES

physiques

noun

plural of physique

as in shapes

the type of body that a person has she had a well-toned physique

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Recent Examples of physiques There were also pristine Vespas from Piaggio's collection displayed like posing models to admire, and soaking up attention usually directed toward the nearby marbles with idealized physiques. —

ABC News, 27 June 2026 Suggesting that the media and fashion industries promote extremely thin female bodies and lean, muscular male physiques, the researchers concluded that has normalized unsafe body sizes. —

Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 24 June 2026 Then these same superhero physiques appeared in rom-coms and dramas as regular-degular guys, muscles included. —

José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 13 May 2026 The trend also comes at a time when weight-loss medications are on the rise, more ultra-thin physiques appear to dominate red carpets and some social media users have built platforms off the outward pursuit of thinness. —

Charles Trepany, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026 Thanks in part to Ozempic, thin is back in, with once-plus-size celebrities sporting svelter physiques, and some already-slim stars now verging on gaunt. —

Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026 Part of this reflects the culture in South Korea, where rigid beauty standards have traditionally valued fair skin, slender physiques and hyper-feminine features. —

Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 16 Jan. 2026 Bain and Mauigoa both look like top 10 picks and Day 1 contributors with the kind of power and pro-ready physiques to have staying power in this violent league. —

Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2026 Despite their absence from television, fans have observed that both Kassidy and Quen have been working on their physiques, showing noticeable changes. —

Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for physiques

Noun

Look at the jagged lines, the geometric shapes, the neon colour schemes, the tall collars, the billowing short sleeves.

— Jack Lang, New York Times, 5 July 2026
Seen in relaxed shapes and often layered or paired with unexpected colors, the pattern feels ironically cool, rather than preppy.

— Christina Holevas, Vogue, 5 July 2026

Definition of shapes

Noun

Nearly 1 out of every 20 Americans could have reasonably expected tens of thousands of dollars in relief and shaped their spending habits accordingly.

— Paxton Honerkamp, CNBC, 2 July 2026
That means the mix in your mouth today is not fixed, and habits move it in one direction or the other over time.

— Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of habits

Noun

But honestly, thanks to the ubiquity of Ring cameras, data brokerage, and facial-recognition technology, sundry forms of surveillance are now a regular part of modern American life.

— Emma Specter, Vogue, 1 July 2026
Humidity usually rises overnight as temperatures fall, which is why nights feel damp and dew forms by early morning.

— Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2026