stumpy | Definition of stumpy

Synonyms and Antonyms of stumpy

being compact and broad in build and often short in stature

stumpy penguins become agile swimmers the moment they hit the water

Synonyms of stumpy

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

Words Related to stumpy

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 stumpy

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