tubby
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Synonyms & Antonyms for tubby
Synonyms
blubbery, chubby, corpulent, fat, fleshy, full, gross, lardy, obese, overweight, plump, podgy [chiefly British], portly, pudgy, replete, roly-poly, rotund, round
Antonyms
lean, skinny, slender, slim, spare, thin
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Examples of tubby in a Sentence
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The RadWagon won’t win any beauty contests, with its garish orange aluminum frame and tubby 672Wh removable battery perched obscenely on the down tube. — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, "RadWagon electric cargo bike review: the SUV of e-bikes," 8 Aug. 2019 But the tubby little cubby has incited the ire of internet censors in China. — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, "Why Censors Are Targeting Winnie-the-Pooh in China," 17 July 2017 But the tubby little cubby has incited the ire of internet censors in China. — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, "Why Censors Are Targeting Winnie-the-Pooh in China," 17 July 2017 As for the rest of the cast, Efron isn’t dynamic enough for the brash bad boy role and Jon Bass lacks the wise-ass snark needed to make the tubby sidekick part (Ronnie) fly. — Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, "Review: Is ‘Baywatch’ hate-watch worthy?," 24 May 2017 This microscopic animal, also known as the water bear for its tubby appearance, can survive being frozen, boiled, exposed to extreme radiation and high pressures, being starved for several years and put into the vacuum of space for several days. — Nicholas St. Fleur, New York Times, "How a Water Bear Survives, Even When It’s Dry," 16 Mar. 2017 A tubby lunatic, brandishing a firearm, is heading for your front door. — Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, "Review: Malevolent Energy in the Form of ‘The Devil’s Candy’," 15 Mar. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'tubby.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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