chubby

[chuhb-ee]

adjective

chubbier, chubbiest 

1. round and plump.

   a chubby child; a chubby face.

   Synonyms: roly-poly, fleshy, heavy, pudgy
   Antonyms: skinny, thin, svelte, lean

chubby

/ ˈtʃʌbɪ /

adjective

1. (esp of the human form) plump and round

Other Word Forms

• chubbily adverb
• chubbiness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of chubby¹

First recorded in 1605–15; chub + -y ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of chubby¹

C17: perhaps from _chub , with reference to the plump shape of the fish

Example Sentences

Start with the adorably strange tardigrades, or “moss piglets,” with their chubby bodies and eight fat legs.

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The babies laughed and clapped their chubby hands, while the Incorrigibles watched, mesmerized.

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I was a bit chubby as a child, but I quickly became a sporty, suburban kid.

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He was back here as a chubby, chatty toddler, not the helpless baby in the NICU.

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The toddler was "a shadow of the chubby healthy child he had been" in the days before he fatally collapsed, Mr Justice Griffiths said.

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Related Words

• chunky 
• flabby 
• plump 
• portly 
• pudgy 
• stout