Bony and Chubby

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Bony adjective - Having a noticeably small amount of body fat.

Usage example: that bony old horse may have been deliberately starved

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Chubby is an antonym for bony in thin topic.

Nearby Words: bone, boned

Chubby adjective - Having an excess of body fat.

Usage example: the chubby baby had slimmed down by the time she was a toddler

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Bony is an antonym for chubby.

Nearby Word: chub

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