Synonyms of pudgy

pudgy

adjective

ˈpə-jē 

as in plump

having an excess of body fat

the short and pudgy toddler had transformed into a tall, strapping teenager

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pudgy

The fat Ganesha with his elephant head and pudgy man body. — Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026

Its rounded edges and pudgy bun feet feel playful, but still sophisticated—like something that would elevate a child’s nursery or supply extra seating in a living room with a casually elegant aesthetic. — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 8 Jan. 2026

Center Grove coach Zachary Hahn recalled first meeting him as a pudgy eighth grader. — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2025

When Reid arrived in Minnesota as an undrafted free agent out of LSU in 2019, few knew what to make of the pudgy but skilled big man. — Esfandiar Baraheni, New York Times, 20 May 2025