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chubbier

chubbier is the comparative form of chubby.

Meaning of chubby

Adjective

chubby (comparative chubbier, superlative chubbiest)

  1. Of a person: slightly overweight, somewhat fat, and hence plump, rounded, and soft.
    • Obviously the chubby child was eating too much.
    Synonyms:
    chunky, plump, podgy, tubby, portly
  2. Of a body part: containing a moderate amount of fat.
    • It’s quite normal for babies to have chubby cheeks.
    Synonyms:
    chunky, plump, podgy

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Questions about chubbier

What is chubbier the comparative form of?
Chubbier is the comparative form of chubby.

Words near chubbier in the dictionary

  1. chubb
  2. chubbed
  3. chubbed up
  4. chubber
  5. chubbers
  6. chubbier
  7. chubbies
  8. chubbiest
  9. chubbily
  10. chubbiness
  11. chubbinesses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chubbier (page history and authors); chubby (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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