fat

/fˈæt/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

adjective

1. having an (over)abundance of flesh
   “he hadn't remembered how fat she was”
2. having a relatively large diameter
   “a fat rope”
3. containing or composed of fat
   “fatty food”
4. lucrative
   “a juicy contract”
5. marked by great fruitfulness
   “fertile farmland”

noun

1. a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)
   “pizza has too much fat”
2. a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs
   “fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold”
3. excess bodily weight
   “she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others”

verb

1. make fat or plump
   “We will plump out that poor starving child”

Synonyms for fat

• abdominous
• blubbery
• chubby
• buxom
• corpulent
• double-chinned
• dumpy
• fattish
• fleshy
• gross
• portly
• thick
• fatty
• adipose
• buttery
• greasy
• suety
• superfatted
• juicy
• profitable
• fertile
• productive
• rich
• fruitful
• adipose tissue
• fatty tissue
• fatness
• blubber
• avoirdupois
• fatten
• flesh out
• fill out
• plump
• plump out
• fatten out
• fatten up

Antonyms of fat

• thin

Words that rhyme with fat

• flat
• mat
• rat
• bat
• cat
• spat
• pat
• wildcat
• format
• splat
• chat
• hat
• matte
• slat
• tat
• at
• brat
• brickbat
• caveat
• chitchat
• democrat
• diplomat
• doormat
• gnat
• matt
• muskrat
• polecat
• pussycat
• scat
• technocrat