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stubby

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Synonyms & Antonyms of stubby

being compact and broad in build and often short in stature

seven stubby little fellows carried the sleeping Snow White back to their home in a cave

Synonyms for stubby

chunky,
dumpy,
heavyset,
squat,
squatty,
stocky,
stout,
stumpy,
thickset

Words Related to stubby

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 for stubby

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

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“Stubby.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stubby. Accessed 23 May. 2022.

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The first known use of stubby was in the 15th century

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