podgy

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UK/ˈpɒd͡ʒi/US/ˈpɑd͡ʒi/

adjective

Slightly fat.

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chubbypudgyrotundstoutdumpytubbyroly-polyfat
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Meanings

adjectivepodgy (comparative podgier, superlative podgiest)

comparative podgier · superlative podgiest

  1. informalSlightly fat.

    Synonyms: chubby, pudgy, rotund, stout

  2. archaicStodgy.

    When you have got him [the horse] clean from all soft podgy food, you must be particular that none but what is clean and wholesome is served to him.

    1820, Sporting Magazine, page 112

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveSlightly fat.

Similar
chubbypudgyrotundstout

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveshort and plump

Similar
dumpypudgytubbyroly-polyfat
Also see
adiposechubbydumpyoverweightporkishpudgyroly-polytubby

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From podge + -y.

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Translations

Bulgarian дундест
  • дундест (dundest)slightly fat
French enrobé, replet
  • enrobéslightly fat
  • repletslightly fat
German pummelig, moppelig
  • pummeligslightly fat
  • moppeligslightly fat
  • molligslightly fat
  • rundlichslightly fat
Swedish knubbig, plufsig
  • knubbigslightly fat
  • plufsigslightly fat
  • rultigslightly fat

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with podgy

pedagogydodgystodgydemagogyanagogeochlagogy
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Cite this entry
APA

podgy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/podgy

MLA

“podgy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/podgy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “podgy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/podgy.

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