big-boned adjective2 •Of a person or animal: large but not obese.[…] big-boned womenfolk strode away from their tea-tables to listen to the imperious Doctor. — 1904 •(humorous, euphemistic) Fat, obese.Coffins for the Big-Boned. As the media never tires of telling us, America has become a junk-food nation with the fattest population on the planet. — 2009 formsmore big boned · more big-boned · most big boned · most big-boned