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blubbery

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Synonyms & Antonyms of blubbery

having an excess of body fat

a gathering of blubbery walruses basked on the beach

Synonyms for blubbery

chubby,
corpulent,
fat,
fleshy,
full,
gross,
lardy,
obese,
overweight,
plump,
podgy
[chiefly British],
portly,
pudgy,
replete,
roly-poly,
rotund,
round,
tubby

Words Related to blubbery

beefy,
bulky,
chunky,
heavy,
heavyset,
plumpish,
stocky,
stout,
thick,
thickset,
weighty

brawny,
burly,
hefty,
husky

dumpy,
squat,
stubby

hippy,
paunchy,
potbellied

flabby,
soft

ample,
buxom,
corn-fed,
ripe,
zaftig
(also zoftig)

endomorphic

Near Antonyms for blubbery

angular,
bony
(also boney),
gaunt,
lank,
lanky,
rawboned,
sinewy

cadaverous,
emaciated,
haggard,
pinched,
skeletal,
wasted

puny,
scraggy,
scrawny,
slight

rangy,
reedy,
spindling,
spindly,
stringy,
svelte,
sylphlike,
twiggy,
waspish,
weedy,
willowy

ectomorphic

anorexic

Antonyms for blubbery

lean,
skinny,
slender,
slim,
spare,
thin

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“Blubbery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blubbery. Accessed 28 Oct. 2020.

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