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fat

fat

1.0
Having a lot of extra body weight
  • adjective
  • /fæt/
translation icon : gordo
  • After the holiday season, many people feel that they have become a bit too fat.
  • too fat
  • a fat man
  • become fat

He's like a really big fat puppy with horns.

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Examples

  • So you think I am getting fat.

  • I was a fat kid.

  • I was just, I was a short brown fat kid growing up at school.

  • Do you believe yourself to be fat when others say you are too thin?

    Academic text (2011)
  • There are fat pigs, there are fat cows.

  • He's a really nice young man, but very fat and overweight.

  • Holding a Levi jacket to her chest, a fat girl stepped into the light.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • He's a little fat man, and he's bizarre.

  • She's fat.

  • He was always the fat kid in class, and his friends loved him for his cheerful personality.

Synonyms

obese
vsfat
126 3.8

Having too much body fat that can cause health problems

means having much excess flesh without implying health effects
plump
vsfat
44 2.7

A little fat and rounded in a healthy, attractive way

means having excess flesh without the positive attractive tone
corpulent
vsfat
  • Formal
4 7.3

A person who is very fat with a large, heavy body

describes having excess flesh without stressing bulky size
paunchy
vsfat
3 7.4

A person with a large belly that sticks out around the middle

refers to overall excess flesh rather than a belly focus

Having extra fat around the waist

is about general excess flesh, not limited to one body area
big-bellied
vsfat
1 3.5

Having a large round belly

covers excess flesh of the whole body, not only the belly
weighty
vsfat
  • Offensive
1 4.7

Having too much body fat

is the neutral term for excess flesh without heavy connotation
superfat
vsfat
  • Offensive
7.9

Being very overweight

describes excess flesh in neutral wording rather than slang
fattish
vsfat
  • Informal
5.3

A little heavy in the body, slightly overweight

describes excess flesh more strongly, not only slight extra weight

Antonyms

314 1.0

Having little body fat and a slim shape

298 1.3

Very thin in a way that looks unhealthy

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 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

22 1.0

A food or drink that contains no fat

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

5 2.6

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

5 2.5

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

4 4.1

A swollen lip that happens after a hit or injury

4 5.1

A round, chubby face with full cheeks

3 4.3

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

3 1.0

Milk that has less fat than whole milk

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

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

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
  • UK
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

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

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
1.0
overweight
1 2.4
chubby
  • Informal
61 1.0

Surface Forms

fat positive

Etymology

Fat as an adjective comes from the old idea of being 'fattened' or 'plump', so it describes a person or animal with a large amount of body flesh or fat.