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

Some fans online have criticized the decision to cast a non-plus sized actor to play the character of Harris, who was described as chubbier than the hockey players of the book. — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2026

The first major problem with that approach is that chubby rain is too silly to stop thinking about. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026

Her legs weren't as shapely; her knees were chubby; her thighs too thick; her boobs not large enough. — Staff Author, InStyle, 18 June 2026

In a sport that has grown increasingly complex in its offenses and defenses, with wrinkles upon wrinkles like a chubby newborn baby, teams need continuity and cohesion to thrive. — Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 10 June 2026