fat cat
nounDefinition of fat cat
1a : a wealthy contributor to a political campaign fund
b : a wealthy and privileged person
c : big shot
2 : a lethargic complacent person
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Synonyms & Antonyms for fat cat
Synonyms
big, big boy, big cheese, big gun, big leaguer, big shot, big wheel, big-timer, bigfoot, biggie, bigwig, heavy, heavy hitter, heavyweight, high-muck-a-muck (or high-muckety-muck), honcho, kingfish, kingpin, nabob, nibs, wheel
Antonyms
lightweight, nobody, nonentity, nothing, shrimp, twerp, whippersnapper, zero, zilch
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And no big fat cat political donors are leading the charge. — Brooke Singman, Fox News, "Avenatti request for help from liberal donors turned down: report," 1 June 2018 This is what an actual fat cat that has no muscle tone would look like. — Fox News, "Samantha Bee goes after Ivanka Trump with vulgar slur," 1 June 2018 And no big fat cat political donors are leading the charge. — Brooke Singman, Fox News, "Avenatti request for help from liberal donors turned down: report," 1 June 2018 And no big fat cat political donors are leading the charge. — Brooke Singman, Fox News, "Avenatti request for help from liberal donors turned down: report," 1 June 2018 And no big fat cat political donors are leading the charge. — Brooke Singman, Fox News, "Avenatti request for help from liberal donors turned down: report," 1 June 2018 And no big fat cat political donors are leading the charge. — Brooke Singman, Fox News, "Heat on Stormy Daniels' lawyer over past business dealings, bank record disclosure," 11 May 2018 Good management might sound like tame stuff compared with promising to punish the fat cats, as Mr Corbyn does, or sailing off into the great blue yonder, as the Brexiteers would wish. — The Economist, "Jeremy Hunt, the great survivor," 5 Apr. 2018 See there, them preachers spendin’ all that money, just fat cats ridin’ around. — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, "Kenneth Copeland jet: Texas televangelist buys Tyler Perry's Gulfstream | The Kansas City Star," 21 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'fat cat.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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