chunky

chunky

adjective

Definition of CHUNKY

1

having small pieces or lumps spread throughout <chunky peanut butter adds an interesting layer of texture when paired with jelly>

Synonyms clumpy, curdy, lumpy, nubbly, nubby

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

Antonyms smooth

2

being compact and broad in build and often short in stature <a chunky little toddler>

Synonyms chunky, dumpy, heavyset, squat, squatty, stout, stubby, stumpy, thickset

Related Words beefy, brawny, bulky, burly, husky, sturdy, thick, thickish, weighty; chubby, corpulent, fat, fleshy, full, gross, heavy, obese, overweight, plump, portly, pudgy, roly-poly, rotund, round, tubby; paunchy, potbellied; flabby, soft

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

3

having or being of relatively great depth or extent from one surface to its opposite <a chunky piece of bread>

Synonyms chunky, fat

Related Words blockish, blocky, bulky, dense, hefty, thickish; broad, deep, wide

Near Antonyms narrow, shallow

Antonyms skinny, slender, slim, thin