Chubby and Skeletal

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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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Skeletal is an antonym for chubby.

Nearby Word: chub

Skeletal adjective - Suffering extreme weight loss as a result of hunger or disease.

Usage example: the stray kitten's skeletal body was pitiful to look at

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Chubby is an antonym for skeletal.

Nearby Word: skeleton

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Skeletal and Chubby. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/chubby/skeletal

Chubby & Skeletal. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/chubby/skeletal>.

Skeletal or Chubby. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/chubby/skeletal.

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