stocky | Definition of stocky

Synonyms and Antonyms of stocky

being compact and broad in build and often short in stature

the stocky boxer's strength and speed more than make up for his opponent's longer reach

Synonyms of stocky

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

Words Related to stocky

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

Near Antonyms of stocky

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