Synonyms for fatter
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : fat |
| Phonetic Transcription : fæt |
Top 10 synonyms for fatter Other synonyms for the word fatter
- adipose
- affluent
- beefy
- blimp
- bovine
- brawny
- broad
- bull
- burly
- butterball
- corpulent
- cushy
- distended
- dumpy
- elephantine
- fatlike
- fertile
- fleshy
- flourishing
- fruitful
- gargantuan
- good
- gross
- heavyset
- husky
- jelly-belly
- lard
- lucrative
- lush
- meaty
- obese
- oleaginous
- oversize
- paunchy
- plump
- plumpish
- ponderous
- porcine
- portly
- potbellied
- profitable
- prosperous
- pudgy
- remunerative
- roly-poly
- rotund
- solid
- stout
- suety
- swollen
- thickset
- thriving
- unctuous
- weighty
- whalelike
Définition of fatter
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
- But all work calories are not alike because some men get fatter than others.
- Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
- Its flesh is more delicate, fatter, and more juicy than that of ours.
- Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz
- Besides, he's fatter than Belloc and he's a damned jiggery-pokery Papist too!
- Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
- These filthy animals got fatter and fatter, then they jumped onto the mattress and disappeared.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- An enormous fellow he was, and fatter for his size than Dot Calliper was for hers.
- Extract from : « Harper's Young People, July 20, 1880 » by Various
- Fatter and fuller now, perhaps; but it was done after an illness.
- Extract from : « The Fortunes Of Glencore » by Charles James Lever
- Bears were fatter and better to the palate than the most "savory" pigs in France.
- Extract from : « The Country of the Neutrals » by James H. Coyne
- He grew fatter and fatter and fatter until it seemed as if his skin must burst.
- Extract from : « Mother West Wind's Children » by Thornton W. Burgess
- Ellis, fatter, somehow absurd in tropic whites, met him at the entrance.
- Extract from : « Terry » by Charles Goff Thomson
- He said it would spoil my figure, and I should look fuller and fatter.
- Extract from : « The Queen's Scarlet » by George Manville Fenn
Antonyms for fatter
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