STOCKY: of solid and sturdy form or build; thick-set, having a strong, stout stem, as a plant. Add stock to soup to make thicker. Expands thicker everywhere.
HUSKY: big and strong; burly, having a semi-whispered vocal tone; somewhat hoarse, as when speaking with a cold or from grief or passion. Carries bulk in various places.
BURLY: large in bodily size; stout; sturdy. Rough or swaggered. The security guard was too burly to get around.
PORTLY: rather heavy or fat; stout; corpulent. Archaic. stately, dignified, or imposing. Size in mid-section. The portly man was lazy.
STOUT: bulky in figure; heavily built; corpulent; thickset; fat: firm; stubborn; resolute. He is getting too stout for that shirt.
STUBBY: of the nature of or resembling a stub. Short and thick or broad; thick-set or squat: stubby fingers. He’s getting as stubby as a fireplug.
PLUMP: well filled out or rounded in form; somewhat fleshy or fat. Not very firm, inflated in places; his plump belly jiggled as he jogged.
CHUBBY: bulbous, swollen, pumped; well-rounded, bulging in places, in the cheeks, fatty areas. His chubby bum looked bloated.
PUDGY: short, fat, thick; distend, inflated, oily. Cub was pudgy after we had that pizza and beer.
BUXOM: full-bosomed, healthy, plump, cheerful, and lively. He was buxom and invigorated after the hike.
HEFTY: heavy; weighty: a hefty book. big and strong; powerful; muscular:
a hefty athlete. Impressively large or substantial. He is so hefty from lifting weights.
ROTUND: round in shape; rounded: ripe, rotund fruit. plump; fat. Full-toned or sonorous: His presence was grand and rotund.
BUTTERBALL: a chubby person. He’s a butterball!