chubby

[chuhb-ee] / ˈtʃʌb i /

ADJECTIVE

slightly fat

Synonyms

STRONGEST

chunky flabby plump portly pudgy stout

WEAK

ample bearish big butterball buxom fat fleshy full-figured hefty husky pleasingly plump plumpish podgy roly-poly rotund round tubby zaftig

Antonyms

STRONGEST

lean skinny slim thin

Example Sentences

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In early scenes, he has a small curved line denoting a chubby chin, which changes over time to straight lines on each cheek, narrowing his face when he is old and infirm.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026

Start with the adorably strange tardigrades, or “moss piglets,” with their chubby bodies and eight fat legs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

I envisioned a chubby, beautiful woman struggling with the beauty ideal.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2025

They are often designed by individuals with no link to TikTok - as appears to be the case with the new "chubby filter".

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2025

For a power, he was very unimposing, short and chubby.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

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