chunky

chunky

adjective \ˈchəŋ-kē\

chunk·i·erchunk·i·est

Definition of CHUNKY

1

a : heavy, solid, and thick or bulky <a chunky sweater> <chunky bracelets>; especially : stocky <an athlete with a chunky build>

b : plump, chubby

2

: filled with chunks <chunky peanut butter>

— chunk·i·ly \-kə-lē\ adverb

Examples of CHUNKY

1. The shoes have chunky heels.
2. an athlete with a chunky build

First Known Use of CHUNKY

1733

Related to CHUNKY

Synonyms

clumpy, curdy, lumpy, nubbly, nubby

Antonyms

smooth

Related Words

ropy (also ropey), thick, viscous; knobbed, knobbly, knobby, lumpish; clabbered, clotted, coagulated, congealed, curdled, gelled, thickened; broken, bumpy, coarse, irregular, jagged, knotted, knotty, pebbly

Near Antonyms

delicate, fragile, frail, puny; lean, skinny, slender, slim, spare, thin; angular, bony (also boney), gaunt, lank, lanky, rawboned, sinewy; scraggy, scrawny, slight; anorexic, cadaverous, emaciated, haggard, skeletal, wasted; spindly, twiggy, waspish, weedy, willowy, wiry

Rhymes with CHUNKY

clunky, flunky, funky, gunky, hunky, Hunky, junkie, junky, monkey, punkie, punky, skunky, spunkie, spunky