- n. excess bodily weight (view details)
- n. a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy (view details)
- n. a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides) (view details)
- v. make fat or plump (view details)
- adj. a chubby body (view details)
- adj. having much flesh (especially fat) (view details)
- adj. containing or composed of fat (view details)
- adj. marked by great fruitfulness (view details)
- adj. lucrative (view details)
- adj. having a relatively large diameter (view details)
Meaning 1: (noun) excess bodily weight
Usage Example(s): she found fatness disgusting in herself as well as in others
Synonym(s): avoirdupois ( what does avoirdupois stand for? ), blubber ( what does blubber stand for? ), fatness ( what does fatness stand for? )
Opposite(s): leanness ( what does leanness stand for? ), thinness ( what does thinness stand for? )
fat is a kind of: bodily property ( what does bodily property stand for? )
fat is derived from: fat ( what does fat stand for? ), fatten ( what does fatten stand for? ), fatten out ( what does fatten out stand for? ), fatten up ( what does fatten up stand for? ), fill out ( what does fill out stand for? ), flesh out ( what does flesh out stand for? ), plump ( what does plump stand for? ), plump out ( what does plump out stand for? )
Meaning 2: (noun) a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy, adipose tissue also cushions and insulates vital organs
Usage Example(s): fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold
Synonym(s): adipose tissue ( what does adipose tissue stand for? ), fatty tissue ( what does fatty tissue stand for? )
fat is a kind of: animal tissue ( what does animal tissue stand for? )
fat is derived from: fat, fatten, fatten out, fatten up, fill out, flesh out, plump, plump out
Meaning 3: (noun) a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)
Usage Example(s): pizza has too much fat
Meaning 4: (verb) make fat or plump
Usage Example(s): We will plump out that poor starving child
Synonym(s): fatten, fatten out, fatten up, fill out, flesh out, plump, plump out
fat is derived from: adipose tissue, avoirdupois, blubber, fat, fatness, fatty tissue
fat implies: feed ( what does feed stand for? ), give ( what does give stand for? )
Meaning 5: (adjective) a chubby body
Usage Example(s): the boy had a rounded face and fat cheeks
Synonym(s): rounded ( what does rounded stand for? )
Similar(s): endomorphic ( what does endomorphic stand for? ), pyknic ( what does pyknic stand for? )
Meaning 6: (adjective) having much flesh (especially fat)
Usage Example(s): he hadn”t remembered how fat she was
Opposite(s): lean ( what does lean stand for? ), thin ( what does thin stand for? )
Similar(s): abdominous ( what does abdominous stand for? ), blubbery ( what does blubbery stand for? ), buxom ( what does buxom stand for? ), chubby ( what does chubby stand for? ), compact ( what does compact stand for? ), corpulent ( what does corpulent stand for? ), double-chinned ( what does double-chinned stand for? ), dumpy ( what does dumpy stand for? ), embonpoint ( what does embonpoint stand for? ), fattish ( what does fattish stand for? ), fleshy ( what does fleshy stand for? ), gross ( what does gross stand for? ), heavy ( what does heavy stand for? ), heavyset ( what does heavyset stand for? ), jowly ( what does jowly stand for? ), loose-jowled ( what does loose-jowled stand for? ), obese ( what does obese stand for? ), overweight ( what does overweight stand for? ), paunchy ( what does paunchy stand for? ), plump, podgy ( what does podgy stand for? ), porcine ( what does porcine stand for? ), portly ( what does portly stand for? ), potbellied ( what does potbellied stand for? ), pudgy ( what does pudgy stand for? ), rotund ( what does rotund stand for? ), stocky ( what does stocky stand for? ), stout ( what does stout stand for? ), thick ( what does thick stand for? ), thickset ( what does thickset stand for? ), tubby ( what does tubby stand for? ), weighty ( what does weighty stand for? ), zaftig ( what does zaftig stand for? ), zoftig ( what does zoftig stand for? )
Worth Checking: endomorphic, pyknic, rounded, thick
Attribute(s): body weight ( what does body weight stand for? )
Meaning 7: (adjective) containing or composed of fat
Usage Example(s): fat tissue, fatty food
Synonym(s): fatty ( what does fatty stand for? )
Opposite(s): fat-free ( what does fat-free stand for? ), fatless ( what does fatless stand for? ), nonfat ( what does nonfat stand for? )
Similar(s): adipose ( what does adipose stand for? ), buttery ( what does buttery stand for? ), greasy ( what does greasy stand for? ), oily ( what does oily stand for? ), oleaginous ( what does oleaginous stand for? ), sebaceous ( what does sebaceous stand for? ), suety ( what does suety stand for? ), superfatted ( what does superfatted stand for? )
Meaning 8: (adjective) marked by great fruitfulness
Usage Example(s): a fat land, a productive vineyard, fertile farmland, rich soil
Synonym(s): fertile ( what does fertile stand for? ), productive ( what does productive stand for? ), rich ( what does rich stand for? )
Similar(s): fruitful ( what does fruitful stand for? )
Meaning 9: (adjective) lucrative
Usage Example(s): a juicy contract, a nice fat job
Synonym(s): juicy ( what does juicy stand for? )
Similar(s): profitable ( what does profitable stand for? )
Meaning 10: (adjective) having a relatively large diameter
Usage Example(s): a fat rope
Similar(s): thick
Anagrams1 for fat: aft (What does aft stand for?)
, ATF (What does ATF stand for?)
1An anagram is a word that results from the rearrangement of letters of another word. For example, an anagram of Mary is Army. Anagrams are fun!
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fat stands for fabulous and thick