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

• chubbiness noun
• chubbily adverb

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

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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Kerry Ives told her trial that Ethan was a "a bubbly little child" and "chubby" when he arrived in their home, but that all changed over the next two months.

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In fact, their diets at the aquariums had to be scaled back because the fish were getting “chubby,” said Dagit, of the conservation district.

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In March, it blocked so-called "chubby filters" - a viral tool which made people appear overweight.

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I envisioned a chubby, beautiful woman struggling with the beauty ideal.

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Related Words

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