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Physical Feature Thesaurus

Published: October 10, 2010 by ANGELA ACKERMAN

Below are samples of our popular Physical Feature Thesaurus. For the completely developed and enhanced thesaurus, please visit One Stop For Writers, where it has a permanent place within our vast Descriptive Thesaurus Collection.

What is a Physical Feature Thesaurus?

  • Arms
  • Athletic Build
  • Back
  • Butts
  • Cheeks
  • Chest
  • Chins
  • Curvy Build
  • Ears
  • Eyebrows
  • Eyes
  • Faces
  • Facial Hair
  • Feet
  • Fingernails
  • Fingers
  • Hair
  • Hands
  • Head
  • Hips
  • Jaws
  • Knees
  • Legs
  • Lips
  • Muscular Build
  • Neck
  • Noses
  • Shoulders
  • Slender Build
  • Sickly Build
  • Skin
  • Stocky Build
  • Stomach
  • Teeth
  • Toenails
  • Toes
  • Underweight Build
  • Additional “build” entries available at One Stop For Writers: Overweight, Petite, Tall

Visit our other Descriptive Thesaurus Collections HERE.

ANGELA ACKERMAN
ANGELA ACKERMAN

Angela is a writing coach, international speaker, and bestselling author who loves to travel, teach, empower writers, and pay-it-forward. She also is a founder of One Stop For Writers, a portal to powerful, innovative tools to help writers elevate their storytelling.

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  1. Lynne says

    July 13, 2018 at 9:13 pm

    Hello Ladies!

    Will there ever be a Physical Feature Thesaurus as book? I already have every single one of your other thesaurus books. This would be a great one to add to my collection.

    Thank you!

    • BECCA PUGLISI says

      July 15, 2018 at 12:00 pm

      Hi, Lynne. We take certain factors into consideration when figuring out which thesauruses to turn into books, and this one unfortunately isn’t on the publication list. But it will continue to exist here at the blog and also at One Stop, in a somewhat expanded form. So glad you’re enjoying them!

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    […] Physical Feature Thesaurus: Not quite sure what exactly you want your character to look like? This may help. It isn’t a complete list (you’d have to buy the thesaurus for a complete list), but it’s still very langthy and helpful. Arms, backs, ears, toenails—this page has got it all! It even has descriptions for butts! You know, just in case you want the other characters looking… […]

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    June 5, 2015 at 1:47 pm

    […] Physical Attribute Thesaurus Collection I really like these collections from Writers Helping Writers. When I write it’s common for me to forget the simplest of words and I find these Thesauruses useful when I need help loosening up. I actually own a few books from their Thesaurus collection, in both physical and ebook editions. Highly recommend them. […]

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