What is another word for pudgy?

Pronunciation: [pˈʌd͡ʒi] (IPA)

Pudgy is a word often used to describe someone who has excess body fat. However, there are many alternative words that can be used to describe someone who has this physical characteristic. These synonyms include chubby, plump, overweight, heavyset, and rotund. Each of these words has a slightly different connotation and can be used to describe someone with varying degrees of body fat. For instance, "chubby" typically implies a slightly overweight but not necessarily obese individual, whereas "heavyset" might suggest someone who is overweight or even obese. Ultimately, choosing the right synonym for "pudgy" depends on the context in which it is being used and the degree of excess body fat that is being described.

Synonyms for Pudgy:

What are the hypernyms for Pudgy?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for pudgy?

Pudgy is a word commonly used to describe someone who is overweight or slightly chubby. However, there are several antonyms that can be used to describe someone who is slim, fit, or athletic. These antonyms include terms such as thin, skinny, lean, slender, lithe, agile, and athletic. Furthermore, these antonyms can also carry positive connotations, indicating someone who is healthy, active, and energetic. While pudgy might be used to describe someone in a negative light, the use of these antonyms highlights the importance of embracing a healthy and active lifestyle, rather than focusing on negative body image connotations.

Usage examples for Pudgy

I rushed over and rapped resoundingly upon Ludwig's pudgy knee.
"A Fool and His Money"
George Barr McCutcheon
Milly, who was otherwise sympathetic, thought this was not nice of him, even if Mrs. Snowden was pudgy and common and old.
"One Woman's Life"
Robert Herrick
And Clive is getting pudgy and set.
"One Woman's Life"
Robert Herrick

Famous quotes with Pudgy

  • I'm not a brave man. My self-image is of a very small and weak person. In point of fact, I'm almost six feet, and solidly built. But I was a late bloomer. I spent those formative early high-school years as a pudgy little science whimp. I'm still scared of big men with deep voices.
    Rudy Rucker
  • "And what sort of country shall you build upon that watchword, General?" Lord Lyons asked. "You cannot be left entirely alone; you are become, as I said, a member of the family of nations. Further, this war has been hard on you. Much of your land has been ravaged or overrun, and in those places where the Federal army has been, slavery lies dying. Shall you restore it there at the point of a bayonet? Gladstone said October before last, perhaps a bit prematurely, that your Jefferson Davis had made an army, the beginnings of a navy, and, more important than either, a nation. You Southerners may have made the Confederacy into a nation, General Lee, but what sort of nation shall it be?" Lee did not answer for most of a minute. This pudgy little man in his comfortable chair had put into a nutshell his own worries and fears. He'd had scant time to dwell on them, not with the war always uppermost in his thoughts. But the war had not invalidated any of the British minister's questions- some of which Lincoln had also asked- only put off the time at which they would have to be answered. Now that time drew near. Now that the Confederacy was a nation, what sort of nation would it be? At last he said, "Your excellency, at this precise instant I cannot fully answer you, save to say that, whatever sort of nation we become, it shall be one of our own choosing." It was a good answer. Lord Lyons nodded, as if in thoughtful approval. Then Lee remembered the Rivington men. They too had their ideas on what the Confederate States of America should become.
    Harry Turtledove
  • Tris was pudgy and not especially good looking, but she had the personality of a beautiful girl because she'd been raised in a math.
    Neal Stephenson

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