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Fat
/fæt/
A specialized animal tissue with a high oil content, used for long-term storage of energy.
📖 Definitions of "Fat"
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A specialized animal tissue with a high oil content, used for long-term storage of energy.
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A refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat.
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That part of an organization deemed wasteful.
"We need to trim the fat in this company"
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An erection.
"I saw Daniel crack a fat."
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To make fat; to fatten.
"kill the fatted calf"
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To become fat; to fatten.
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Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.
"The fat man had trouble getting through the door."
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Thick.
"The fat wallets of the men from the city brought joy to the peddlers."
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Bountiful.
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Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich (said of food).
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(originally African American Vernacular English) Excellent; cool; very good.
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Sexy.
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Rich in texture; prominent.
"The song has a phat bass line."
🔄 Synonyms of "Fat"
30 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| heavynoun | (of any physical thing) Having great weight. |
| stoutnoun | (of a person) Large; bulky. |
| plumpverb | Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight. |
| richnoun | Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions. |
| thicknoun | Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension. |
| corpulent | Large in body; fat; overweight. |
| compactnoun | Closely packed or densely constituted; having much material in a small volume. |
| buxom | (of a woman) Having a full, voluptuous figure, especially possessing large breasts. |
| stocky | (of a person or an animal) Sturdy; solidly built; heavy and compact. |
| zaftig | (US, colloquial, of a woman) Having a plump and sexually attractive figure; voluptuous, well-proportioned; large. |
| weighty | Having a lot of weight; heavy. |
| rotund | Having a round, spherical or curved shape; circular; orbicular. |
| grossnoun | (of an amount) Excluding any deductions; including all associated amounts. |
| blubbernoun | (intransitive) (chiefly derogatory) To cry or weep freely and noisily; to sob. |
| productive | Capable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile. |
| oleaginous | Oily, greasy. |
| fruitful | Being productive in any sense; yielding benefits. |
| zoftig | Alternative spelling of zaftig. [(US, colloquial, of a woman) Having a plump and sexually attractive figure; voluptuous, well-proportioned; large.] |
| chubbynoun | Of a person: slightly overweight, somewhat fat, and hence plump, rounded, and soft. |
| portly | Somewhat fat, pudgy, overweight. |
| embonpointnoun | Plumpness, stoutness, especially when voluptuous. |
| pudgy | Fat, overweight (pertaining particularly to children), plump; chubby. |
| heavyset | (of a person) Having a large, solid, imposing bodily appearance. |
| butterynoun | Made with or tasting of butter. |
| oilynoun | Covered with or containing oil. |
↔️ Antonyms of "Fat"
Words with the opposite meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| leanverb | (intransitive) To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating. |
| thinverb | Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt. |
| thinnessnoun | The state or quality of being thin. |
| leannessnoun | The property of being lean, without excess or fat. |
| nonfat | Containing no fat; fat-free. |
| fat-free | Not containing fat. |
| fatless | Without fat, especially in the senses: made without fat, fat-free. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Fat"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| corpulent | Large in body; fat; overweight. |
| pudgy | Fat, overweight (pertaining particularly to children), plump; chubby. |
| portly | Somewhat fat, pudgy, overweight. |
| plumpverb | Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight. |
| chubbynoun | Of a person: slightly overweight, somewhat fat, and hence plump, rounded, and soft. |
| podgy | (informal) Slightly fat. |
| tubbynoun | stout, rotund |
| embonpointnoun | Plumpness, stoutness, especially when voluptuous. |
| fattynoun | Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat. |
| superfatted | Having been subjected to a superfatting treatment. |
| fattish | Somewhat fat |
| fattenverb | (transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter. |
| obesenoun | Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their conventionally ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index over 30 kg/m². |
| fatten upverb | (transitive) To cause to gain weight by means of feeding. |
| overweightnoun | (of a person) Having a higher weight, especially body fat, than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height. |
| paunchy | Having a paunch; having a prominent stomach; potbellied. |
| jowly | Having conspicuous jowls; with a double chin. |
| abdominous | Having a protuberant belly; potbellied. |
| blubbery | Fat or obese. |
| potbellied | Having a potbelly. |
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