🧑‍🦱 Overweight 🧈 A greasy substance 🍔 Oily or rich ⚖️ Excess weight 💰 Large amount 📏 Thick or wide 🍽️ To make plump 🌱 Very fertile

fat

136 1.0

A condition of having too much body weight that can harm health

noun
/fæt/

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To maintain a healthy weight, it's important to monitor the amount of fat in your diet.
body fat
excess fat
percent body fat

It's only ever from fat to less fat.

Examples

BMI is a measure of body fat based on a person's height and weight.

Academic text (2015)
As noted, strength fitness has little relationship to body fat content but is related to muscle mass.

Academic text (1992)
I will be if I can keep the fat off until next month.

TÁR (2022)
Comprehensive population statistics of body fat in the military services are not available.

Academic text (1992)
The son has a roll of fat over his belt; the daughter has lots of rolls.

Fiction book (1991)
You can see she's losing fat from that area.
Accumulation of subcutaneous fat is accompanied by enlargement of the skin surface area.

Academic text (1996)
Reduce the amount of total fat, and choose heart-friendly fats like olive oil, rapeseed, and soya oil.

Academic text (2012)
She was proud to show off her progress after losing a significant amount of fat through exercise.
Many nutritionists recommend reducing saturated fat to improve heart health.

Synonyms

obesity

vsfat

146 3.9

A condition where a person has too much body fat that harms health

is the neutral notion of excess body weight, not the severe medical state

flab

vsfat

Informal

8 3.9

Soft loose fat on the body, often around the waist

is the overall condition of excess body weight, not this loose tissue type

fatness

vsfat

6 1.0

A state of having too much body weight

is the short common word for that same excess body weight

overweight

vsfat

1 2.4

A condition of having more body fat than is healthy

is a broader common description of excess weight without medical focus

adiposity

vsfat

Specialized

1 9.1

How much body fat a person has that affects their health

is the plain idea of excess weight, not the technical measurement

fattiness

vsfat

1 4.1

The quality of having a large amount of fat

is about overall excess body weight rather than general tissue richness

adiposeness

vsfat

Specialized

9.9

A condition of having too much body fat

is the everyday label rather than this more technical sounding term

adiposis

vsfat

Specialized

9.9

A condition of having too much body fat that can harm health

is the general state of excess body weight, not the diagnosed condition

Antonyms

thinness

1 4.2

Lack of strong, detailed ideas or proof in a text

slimness

1 2.7

Being thin in a way that looks attractive

Idioms

to chew the fat

Informal

3 7.9

Talk in a friendly, relaxed way for a long time

fat chance

Informal

2 8.1

A way to say something is very unlikely to happen

the fat of the land

1 6.8

The best food and goods a place gives

Compounds

fat cat

Offensive

22 6.3

A rich, powerful person who seems greedy and has too much power

fat-free

22 1.0

A food or drink that contains no fat

fat content

8 2.6

The amount of fat in a food or drink

fat cell

Specialized

6 2.8

A small part of the body that stores fat for energy

animal fat

5 2.6

The oily part of animals' bodies used for cooking and making products

low-fat diet

5 2.5

An eating plan that has little fat and more foods like bread or meat

fat lip

4 4.1

A swollen lip that happens after a hit or injury

fat face

4 5.1

A round, chubby face with full cheeks

Fat Tuesday

3 4.3

A day of feasting and parties before Lent, also called Mardi Gras

low-fat milk

3 1.0

Milk that has less fat than whole milk

fat body

1 2.8

A person or animal with extra weight and a round shape

fat-soluble

Specialized

1 4.2

Able to dissolve in fat or oil rather than water

fat farm

Offensive

1 8.4

An informal name for a place where people stay to lose weight by diet and exercise

polyunsaturated fat

Specialized

1 3.5

A fat from plant oils and fish that is better for the heart

deep fat fryer

1 3.4

An electric kitchen machine that cooks food by putting it completely in hot oil

fat embolism

Specialized

1 7.5

When fat enters the blood and blocks a blood vessel after a broken bone

fat-soluble vitamin

Specialized

1 2.9

A vitamin that mixes with fat and stays in body fat

big fat bonus

Informal

1 3.3

A large extra payment from your job for good work

big fat prize

Informal

1 3.1

A very large and impressive award given to the winner

fat finger

Jargon

1 7.9

A mistake you make by pressing the wrong key or button

fat metabolism

Specialized

1 3.7

The way the body breaks down fat to make energy

bone fat

Specialized

8.4

Fat taken from animal bones used to make cheap candles, soap, and grease

cohune fat

Specialized

9.9

A thick fat from the nuts of a palm used for cooking and making soap

edible fat

2.4

Oils and other foods from animals or plants that people eat and use for cooking

fat day

Informal

8.8

A day when you eat a lot and feel too full

fat hen

8.1

A common wild plant with leaves you can eat and cook like spinach

fat logic

Slang

9.9

A way of thinking that makes unfair actions seem acceptable to help oneself

lazy fat-ass

Offensive

9.9

A rude name for someone seen as lazy and very overweight

leaf fat

9.1

A layer of fat around a pig's kidneys used to make lard

mule fat

Specialized

9.9

A Californian shrub with thin leafy shoots that deer eat

puppy fat

3.4

A soft layer of fat on a child that children lose as they grow

wool fat

Specialized

6.9

A yellow, greasy material from sheep's wool used in creams and skin products

How Fat

obese

126 3.8

fat

136 1.0

overweight

146 2.2

chubby

Informal

61 1.0

Surface Forms

fat singular

fats plural

Etymology

Fat originally meant 'well-fed' and is related to the verb fatten, so when we call someone 'fat' it links to having extra body flesh or weight from being well fed or storing energy.