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fat

fat

80 6.2
Large and offering a lot of money
  • adjective
  • /fæt/
  • Informal
translation icon : jugoso
  • Yet they were looking for investors who wanted a fat return and wouldn't ask too many questions.
  • big fat commission

So here's this guy that's got a big fat wad of cash in his pocket.

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Examples

  • So here's this guy that's got a big fat wad of cash in his pocket.

  • I can write you a big fat check.

  • Not when they want me back in a nice fat job at a nice fat bank.

  • Let's make some big fat cash.

  • What you're really doing is putting your money into some fat Wall Street company as an investment for them.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • This is not just any pay cut, this is a big fat Marks and Spencer's pay cut.

  • Duke offered me an assistant professorship, with a fat salary and a lab of my own.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Hey, do we cash a fat check for Everett Skyler?

  • Costello approaches Charlie on the dais, handing him a fat envelope for the Don.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • I can offer you a big, fat contract for this project.

Synonyms

juicy
vsfat
16 5.3

An offer or deal that gives a lot of money

is generous and profitable but shows milder intensity than the other term

Antonyms

11 4.9

Not making money for a person or business

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 Lucrative

fat
  • Informal
80 6.2
lucrative
105 5.6
decent
487 2.3
modest
192 3.3
small
1.0

Surface Forms

fat positive
fatter comparative
fattest superlative

Etymology

Fat for money or a job uses the idea of 'plenty' or 'large', so a 'fat' bonus or contract is one that gives a lot of money.