Synonyms of chubby

chubby

adjective

ˈchə-bē 

as in plump

having an excess of body fat

the chubby baby had slimmed down by the time she was a toddler

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plump
• fat
• round
• pudgy
• full
• obese
• overweight
• corpulent
• tubby
• rotund
• husky
• stout
• thick
• fleshy
• portly
• podgy
• lardy
• blubbery
• gross
• heavy
• roly-poly
• ripe
• replete
• stocky
• bulky
• beefy
• soft
• heavyset
• burly
• chunky
• thickset
• squat
• stubby
• paunchy
• dumpy
• plumpish
• flabby
• potbellied
• brawny
• buxom
• weighty
• hippy
• hefty
• zaftig
• ample
• corn-fed
• endomorphic

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• skinny
• thin
• slender
• lean
• slim
• bony
• lanky
• angular
• gaunt
• spare
• skeletal
• sinewy
• rawboned
• scrawny
• haggard
• lank
• emaciated
• pinched
• puny
• cadaverous
• wasted
• slight
• scraggy
• willowy
• weedy
• stringy
• svelte
• spindly
• twiggy
• rangy
• reedy
• waspish
• anorexic
• sylphlike
• ectomorphic
• spindling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of chubby

Miffy has pointy ears, chubby cheeks and wears an orange dress. — Greta Cross, USA Today, 18 May 2026

Lenny says he and his brother were bullied for being chubby but also for being poor. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 14 May 2026

At the base of the terraces were sculpture gardens featuring Fernando Botero’s chubby bronze feline El Gato and Ji Yong-Ho’s black Lion, assembled from recycled tires. — Marlise Kast-Myers, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2026

When Frank asked him why a saint would visit a short, chubby guy with glasses who played goalie, Gus said very matter-of-factly that it was well known that ordinary folks and the poor often received such visions. — David McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026