fat

¹fat

adj \ˈfat\

fat·terfat·test

Definition of FAT

1

: notable for having an unusual amount of fat: a : plump b : obese c of a meat animal : fattened for market d of food : oily, greasy

2

a : well filled out : thick, big <a fat book> b : full in tone and quality : rich <a gorgeous fat bass voice — Irish Digest> c : well stocked <a fat larder> d : prosperous, wealthy <grew fat on the war — Time> e : being substantial and impressive <a fat bank account>

3

a : richly rewarding or profitable <a fat part in a movie> <a fat contract> b : practically nonexistent <a fat chance>

4

: productive, fertile <a fat year for crops>

5

: stupid, foolish

6

: being swollen <got a fat lip from the fight>

7

of a baseball pitch : easy to hit

— fat·ness noun

Examples of FAT

1. The dog is getting fat because you feed him too much.
2. I can't believe I've let myself get so fat.
3. a fat book of poems
4. a truck with fat tires

Origin of FAT

Middle English, from Old English fǣtt, past participle of fǣtan to cram; akin to Old High German feizit fat

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to FAT

Synonyms: blubbery, chubby, corpulent, fleshy, full, gross, lardy, obese, overweight, plump, podgy [chiefly British], portly, pudgy, replete, roly-poly, rotund, round, tubby

Antonyms: lean, skinny, slender, slim, spare, thin

Related Words: beefy, bulky, chunky, heavy, heavyset, plumpish, stocky, stout, thick, thickset, weighty; brawny, burly, hefty, husky; dumpy, squat, stubby; hippy, paunchy, potbellied; flabby, soft; ample, buxom, corn-fed, ripe, zaftig (also zoftig); endomorphic

Near Antonyms: angular, bony (also boney), gaunt, lank, lanky, rawboned, sinewy; cadaverous, emaciated, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted; puny, scraggy, scrawny, slight; rangy, reedy, spindling, spindly, stringy, svelte, sylphlike, twiggy, waspish, weedy, willowy; ectomorphic; anorexic

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Other Food Terms

Reuben, calamari, chuck, curry, edamame, foie gras, hummus, leaven, nonpareil, peel

Rhymes with FAT

bat, batt, blat, brat, cat, Cat, chat, chert, drat, flat, frat, gat, gnat, hat, mat, Matt, matte, pat, phat, plait, plat, Pratt, rat, sat, scat, scatt, skat, slat, spat, splat, sprat, stat, tat, that, vat