Synonyms for chubby
- adjective
Definitions
- adj. 1
Of a person: slightly overweight, somewhat fat, and hence plump, rounded, and soft.
Obviously the chubby child was eating too much.
Related words
- Word family
- chubber chubbiness chub
- Phrases
- chubby bunny
Example sentences
- fat Between you and me, the fat ugly man is on a diet.
- plump Some are simply plump, others have a bonus goiter.
- tubby My ex-wife started a new life with the tubby postman.
- pudgy Mary isn't as pudgy as she used to be.
- chunky Hummus can be chunky, or a total puree, or anywhere in between.
By length
- 3 letters
- big1, fat1
- 5 letters
- round1, obese2, stout1, plump1, tubby2, porky2, pudgy2, buxom2, podgy
- 6 letters
- chunky2, fleshy2, dumpty2, portly2, rotund2
- 7 letters
- adipose3, porkish
- 9 letters
- corpulent
- 10 letters
- overweight3, embonpoint
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (obese2 = 2 syllables).