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Adjective: buxom  búk-sum
  1. (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves
    "Hollywood seems full of buxom blondes";
    - bosomy, busty [informal], curvaceous, curvy, full-bosomed, sonsie [UK, dialect], sonsy [UK, dialect], stacked [slang], voluptuous, well-endowed [informal], well-stacked [slang], Rubenesque
     
  2. (of a female body) healthily plump and vigorous
    "a generation ago...buxom actresses were popular";
    - zaftig [N. Amer, informal], zoftig [N. Amer, informal]

See also: fat, shapely

Encyclopedia: Buxom