chunky

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of CHUNKY

having small pieces or lumps spread throughout <chunky peanut butter adds an interesting layer of texture when paired with jelly>

Synonyms clumpy, curdy, lumpy, nubbly, nubby

Related Words ropy (also ropey), thick, viscous; knobbed, knobbly, knobby, lumpish; clabbered, clotted, coagulated, congealed, curdled, gelled, thickened; broken, bumpy, coarse, irregular, jagged, knotted, knotty, pebbly

Antonyms smooth

being compact and broad in build and often short in stature <a chunky little toddler>

Synonyms chunky, dumpy, heavyset, squat, squatty, stout, stubby, stumpy, thickset

Near Antonyms 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

having or being of relatively great depth or extent from one surface to its opposite <a chunky piece of bread>

Synonyms chunky, fat

Related Words blockish, blocky, bulky, dense, hefty, thickish; broad, deep, wide

Near Antonyms narrow, shallow

Antonyms skinny, slender, slim, thin

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