puffy

The word “puffy” has 2 syllables: puff-y

It's pronounced as /ˈpʌfi/


What is synonym and antonym for puffy?

In the thesaurus, “puffy” has 11 synonyms and 5 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for puffy along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for puffy

Antonyms for puffy

Meanings of puffy

  • adjective
    1. Swollen or inflated in shape, as if filled with air; pillow-like.
    2. Coming or exhaling in puffs.
    3. Speaking or writing in an exaggeratedly eloquent and self-important manner.

Example Sentences

  • Her eyes looked puffy after crying all night.
  • The pastry was golden and puffy when it came out of the oven.
  • He wore a puffy jacket to keep warm in the snow.
  • The clouds were puffy and white against the blue sky.
  • His cheeks became puffy from the allergic reaction.

On this page you'll find 16 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to puffy, such as: deflated, downy, flat, fluffy, furry, fuzzy, hairlike.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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  • acquainting
  • advising
  • aerial
  • aeronautical
  • airborne
  • avian
  • beckoning
  • bouncing
  • bouncy
  • bulgy
  • bumpy
  • coiled
  • convoluted
  • corkscrew
  • crimped
  • crimpy
  • crinkling
  • crinkly
  • crisp
  • curled
  • curling
  • curly
  • curved
  • dislocation
  • distended
  • drifting
  • ebbing and flowing
  • express
  • fiddling
  • fidgeting
  • flagging
  • flailing
  • flapping
  • fleet
  • flexuous
  • floating
  • flourishing
  • fluctuating
  • fluttering
  • frizzed
  • frizzy
  • fuzzy
  • gesticulating
  • gesturing
  • gliding
  • heaving
  • hovering
  • informing
  • kinky
  • locomotion
  • looped
  • mercurial
  • migration
  • miming
  • mobile
  • mobility
  • motility
  • motion
  • motioning
  • motivity
  • move
  • movement
  • nodding
  • on the wing
  • pantomiming
  • permed
  • plangent
  • plumed
  • puffy
  • quivering
  • relating
  • relocation
  • rippled
  • rippling
  • rising
  • rising and falling
  • rolling
  • shift
  • shifting
  • shrugging
  • signaling
  • signalizing
  • signalling
  • signing
  • sinuate
  • sinuous
  • snaky
  • soaring
  • speedy
  • spiralled
  • squiggly
  • squirm
  • squirming
  • stir
  • stirring
  • streaming
  • swaying
  • swelling
  • swirling
  • swollen
  • swooping
  • telling
  • twitching
  • undulant
  • undulate
  • undulated
  • undulating
  • undulatory
  • unstable
  • vermiculate
  • vibration
  • volant
  • volar
  • volitant
  • waved
  • wavy
  • winding
  • winging
  • wound
  • wriggling
  • writhing
  • zooming

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