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Dumpy

Short and thick; of low stature and disproportionately stout.

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Fat 84% connected

A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Fat 84% connected

A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.

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Little 84% connected

Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill…

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Little 84% connected

Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill…

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Short 84% connected

Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.

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Short 84% connected

Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.

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Dump 74% connected

A thick, ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden counter used by boys in playing chuck farthing.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dump 74% connected

A thick, ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden counter used by boys in playing chuck farthing.

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Dumpiness 74% connected

The state of being dumpy.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dumpiness 74% connected

The state of being dumpy.

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Pertains to 1

Dump 66% connected

A thick, ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden counter used by boys in playing chuck farthing.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 8

Chunky 92% connected

Short and thick.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Podgy 92% connected

Fat and short; pudgy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pudgy 92% connected

Short and fat or sturdy; dumpy; podgy; as, a short, pudgy little man; a pudgy little hand.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Roly-poly 92% connected

Rolly-poly.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Squat 92% connected

The angel fish (Squatina angelus).

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Squatty 92% connected

Squat; dumpy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stumpy 92% connected

Full of stumps; hard; strong.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tubby 92% connected

Resembling a tub; specifically sounding dull and without resonance, like a tub; wanting elasticity or freedom of sound; as, a tubby violin.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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