Synonyms for roly-poly
- adjective
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Tubby — short and plump; squat
tubby, pudgy, rotund, fat, chubby, portly, pot-bellied, heavy-set, plump, overweight, fleshy, meaty, heavy, podgy, dumpty, paunchy, corpulent, obese, stout, adipose, chunky slang
Noun
1. Fatty — A short, plump person (especially a child)
fatty, fat person, fatso informal, butterball
2. Armadillo bug
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Short and plump; squat.
- n. 1
A short, plump person (especially a child).
- n. 2
A toy that rights itself when pushed over.
Related words
- Other spellings
- rolly polly
Forms
- Plural
- roly-polys → fatties, fatsos, butterballs, armadillidiids…
Example sentences
- fat Between you and me, the fat ugly man is on a diet.
- tubby My ex-wife started a new life with the tubby postman.
- pudgy Mary isn't as pudgy as she used to be.
- rotund He's become more rotund since our last meeting.
By length
- 3 letters
- fat1
- 5 letters
- heavy2, fatty2, obese2, stout1, plump1, meaty2, tubby2, pudgy2, fatso, podgy
- 6 letters
- chubby2, chunky2, fleshy2, dumpty2, portly2, rotund2
- 7 letters
- adipose3, paunchy2
- 8 letters
- roulette2
- 9 letters
- corpulent
- 10 letters
- overweight3, somersault3, tumbleweed, butterball3
- 13 letters
- armadillidiid
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (heavy2 = 2 syllables).