Synonyms for fat
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : fat |
| Phonetic Transcription : fæt |
Top 10 synonyms for fat Other synonyms for the word fat
- adipose
- affluent
- beefy
- blimp
- blubber
- bovine
- brawny
- broad
- bulk
- bull
- burly
- butterball
- cellulite
- corpulence
- corpulent
- cushy
- distended
- dumpy
- elephantine
- excess
- fatlike
- fatness
- fertile
- flab
- fleshy
- flourishing
- fruitful
- gargantuan
- good
- gross
- heavyset
- husky
- inflated
- jelly-belly
- lard
- large
- lucrative
- lush
- meaty
- obese
- obesity
- oleaginous
- overabundance
- overflow
- oversize
- paunch
- paunchy
- plethora
- plump
- plumpish
- ponderous
- porcine
- portly
- potbellied
- profitable
- prosperous
- pudgy
- remunerative
- roly-poly
- rotund
- solid
- stout
- suet
- suety
- superfluity
- surfeit
- surplus
- swollen
- tallow
- thickset
- thriving
- unctuous
- weighty
- whalelike
Définition of fat
Origin :- Old English fætt "fat, fatted, plump, obese," originally a contracted past participle of fættian "to cram, stuff," from Proto-Germanic *faitaz "fat" (cf. Old Frisian fatt, Old Norse feitr, Dutch vet, German feist), from PIE *poid- "to abound in water, milk, fat, etc." (cf. Greek piduein "to gush forth"), from root *peie- "to be fat, swell" (cf. Sanskrit payate "swells, exuberates," pituh "juice, sap, resin;" Lithuanian pienas "milk;" Greek pion "fat, wealthy;" Latin pinguis "fat").
- Teen slang meaning "attractive, up to date" (also later phat) is attested from 1951. Fat cat "privileged and rich person" is from 1928; fat chance "no chance at all" attested from 1906. Fathead is from 1842; fat-witted is from 1590s; fatso is first recorded 1944. Expression the fat is in the fire originally meant "the plan has failed" (1560s).
- adj overweight
- adj containing an oily substance
- adj productive, rich
- noun overweight, adipose tissue
- There—do you see that fat man that's just going out—him as has got on the Indy 'ankycher?
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- The fat man from behind the register had come to take his order.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- Strain the liquid from the veal and bones and remove the fat.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Give the proportions of fat and flour that may be used for pastry.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Remove the fat and serve some of the nicest joints with the soup.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Then wipe the meat carefully and brown it on all sides in the fat.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Remove from the fat, drain, and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Hamlet lets out inadvertently that he was fat, but he will not say so openly.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- He was older than I, but he was also fat, and for all his Shaman's dress I was not frightened.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- The Cherub pursed his fat round lips in a soft whistle of enlightenment.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
Antonyms for fat
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