tubbier

Rounder in shape

Tubbier is the comparative form of tubby, meaning rounder or chubbier than something else.

Tubby suggests a soft, barrel-like plumpness: He'd grown tubbier since I last saw him.

The word is informal and mildly teasing rather than harsh.

physique

chubbier

More pleasantly plump

stouter · paunchier · flabbier · doughier · squatter · thickset · heavyset · corpulent · rotund · roly-poly

endearing

cuddlier

More embrace-worthy

cherubic · roly-poly · cute · adorable · dimpled · baby-faced · cuddly · lovable · sweet · pinchable

container

wider

More broad

pot-bellied · distended · swollen · bloated · capacious · cylindrical · rounded · bellied · barreled · expanded

Opposites
body shape/build

tubbierthinner

Liquid diluting agent

skinnier · slimmer · leaner · lankier · slenderer

Family

tubbing, tubbiest

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G