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Synonyms for chunky

  • adjective

Most common

dumpty stumpy squatty chubby meaty lumpy

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Thick

thick, stumpy, short, squat, dumpty, squatty, stocky

2. Chubby — large

chubby, meaty, fat, roly-poly, rotund, porky, portly, overweight, husky, obese, adipose, porkish, plump, pudgy, fleshy, tubby, podgy

Other

lumpy

Antonyms

gaunt

All antonyms of chunky →

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Large.

  2. adj. 2

    Having chunks.

    I ate a chunky bar of chocolate.

Example sentences

  • dumpty Said Mr. Dumpty to Mr. Gravity, "You crack me up!"
  • chubby Tom told me that he thought that Mary was chubby.
  • meaty Tom is holding a giant meaty bone.
  • lumpy His lumpy bed looked like the cratered surface of the moon.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
chunkyrising
dumptyfalling
stumpyrising
squattyrising
chubbyrising
meatyrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
fat1
5 letters
short1, thick1, obese2, squat1, husky2, plump1, meaty2, lumpy2, porky2, tubby2, pudgy2, podgy
6 letters
chubby2, fleshy2, stocky2, dumpty2, portly2, stumpy, rotund2
7 letters
adipose3, squatty2, porkish
10 letters
overweight3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (obese2 = 2 syllables).

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