Synonyms of roly-poly

roly-poly

adjective

ˌrō-lē-ˈpō-lē 

as in plump

having an excess of body fat

a roly-poly baby who grew into a slender child

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of roly-poly

Something, oh, like a roly-poly, 73-year-old manager tumbling ass over teakettle, as the old-timers say, when a bat thrown by Vladimir Guerrero clipped his left hip. — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 13 July 2026

The roly-poly robot named after a mythological many-eyed giant has depth-sensing cameras attached to 20 telescoping legs that radiate from a central core. — Allen Breed, Fortune, 28 May 2026

This roly-poly robot will be holding thousands of small drones, or dandelion drones, within. — Tom Brown, Space.com, 25 May 2026

The lounge’s furniture had been softened with curvy sofas and roly-poly club chairs, but that sensation of floating above the city felt familiar. — Chris Schalkx, Travel + Leisure, 16 Dec. 2025

Regardless of what they’re called, most people know exactly what an armadillo looks like, with its roly-poly armored form and weird shuffling walk. — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 July 2025