Synonyms of chewy

chewy

adjective

as in tough

not easily chewed

a flavorful but chewy piece of meat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tough
• brittle
• leathery
• fibrous
• crunchy
• stringy
• sinewy
• hard
• gristly
• cardboardy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tender
• soft
• mushy

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of chewy

Thick, chewy, and loaded with peanut flavor, these peanut butter cookie bars are like a blondie for peanut butter lovers. — Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 26 July 2026

One of her favorite sweets is butter mochi, a chewy dessert made from rice flour. — ABC News, 25 July 2026

America’s Poison Centers’s national helpline receives more than 60,000 calls about possible vitamin poisoning every year, mostly from parents alarmed after their children have accidentally gorged on the chewy sweets. — Cat Rainsford, Popular Science, 23 July 2026

As Darrold and Marty Glanville of Sunrise Flour Mill have noted, a skilled baker can use baker’s yeast to make bread with qualities that imitate those often associated with sourdough, such as a crisp, chewy crust and open crumb. — Victoria Spencer, Martha Stewart, 18 July 2026

The result is bread that’s springy, elastic and chewy but pleasantly so. — Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 6 July 2026

Redditors quickly helped solve the mystery, noting that the chewy date bar in the photo resembles both a retro American date and nut bar and Food for the Gods, a Filipino dessert bar served around the holidays. — Heather Riske, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 July 2026

Each is a chewy, dark-brown puck, slightly tacky to the touch. — Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 29 June 2026