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having an excess of body fat<the popular image of Santa Claus as a fat man in a red suit>Synonymschubby, corpulent, fleshy, full, gross, obese, overweight, plump, portly, pudgy, roly-poly, rotund, round, tubbyRelated Wordsbeefy, bulky, chunky, heavy, heavyset, stocky, stout, thick, thickset, weighty; brawny, burly, husky; dumpy, squat, stubby; paunchy, potbellied; flabby, soft; buxomNear Antonymsangular, bony, gaunt, lank, lanky, rawboned, sinewy, skinny; cadaverous, haggard, skeletal, wasted; puny, scraggy, scrawny, slight; reedy, twiggy, willowyAntonymslean, slender, slim, spare, thin
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containing or seeming to contain the greatest quantity or number possible<the lake is so fat with trout that you probably could catch fish with a bare hook>— see full 1
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having a greater than usual measure across<a set of fat encyclopedia volumes took up the whole shelf>— see wide 1
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having or being of relatively great depth or extent from one surface to its opposite<the splendid sight of a fat, juicy steak cooked to perfection>— see thick 1
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producing abundantly<the fat soil in the riverʼs delta>— see fertile
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yielding a profit<the highly sought-after baseball player signed a fat contract that set a record for the major leagues>— see profitable 1
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