Synonyms of fat

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adjective

ˈfat 

1

as in plump

having an excess of body fat

the popular image of Santa Claus as a fat man in a red suit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plump
• round
• obese
• full
• overweight
• chubby
• corpulent
• pudgy
• thick
• husky
• rotund
• tubby
• lardy
• gross
• blubbery
• fleshy
• stout
• heavy
• portly
• podgy
• ripe
• roly-poly
• replete
• bulky
• soft
• stocky
• beefy
• squat
• chunky
• heavyset
• thickset
• burly
• flabby
• dumpy
• plumpish
• paunchy
• stubby
• potbellied
• hefty
• weighty
• brawny
• hippy
• ample
• buxom
• zaftig
• endomorphic
• corn-fed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• thin
• skinny
• lean
• slender
• bony
• slim
• angular
• spare
• skeletal
• gaunt
• lanky
• sinewy
• lank
• wasted
• scrawny
• rawboned
• emaciated
• haggard
• pinched
• cadaverous
• puny
• slight
• stringy
• weedy
• scraggy
• svelte
• willowy
• spindly
• reedy
• waspish
• twiggy
• rangy
• anorexic
• sylphlike
• ectomorphic
• spindling

2

as in filled

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• filled
• bursting
• packed
• full
• stuffed
• crowded
• loaded
• crammed
• jammed
• brimming
• brimful
• chock-full
• overstuffed
• chockablock
• overladen
• overfilled
• overcrowded
• overloaded
• jam-packed
• overfull
• overflowing
• teeming
• swarming
• flush
• rife
• fraught
• abounding
• replete

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• empty
• blank
• bare
• short
• vacant
• devoid
• void
• inadequate
• incomplete
• stark
• insufficient
• deficient
• shy
• wanting
• depleted
• drained
• shortish
• exhausted

3

as in wide

having a greater than usual measure across

a set of fat encyclopedia volumes took up the whole shelf

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wide
• thick
• broad
• extensive
• expansive
• sweeping
• voluminous
• spacious
• commodious
• substantial
• sizable
• oversize
• roomy
• tidy
• outsize

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• thin
• skinny
• slender
• slim
• narrow
• fine
• hairlike
• compressed
• paper-thin
• tight
• elongate
• needlelike
• close
• squeezed
• condensed
• slim-jim
• small
• hairline
• tightened
• reedlike
• constricted
• contracted
• attenuated
• undersized
• smallish
• bottleneck
• attenuate

4

as in thick

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thick
• chunky
• dense
• wide
• bulky
• blocky
• deep
• hefty
• thickish
• broad
• blockish

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• thin
• slender
• skinny
• narrow
• slim
• shallow

5

as in fertile

producing abundantly

the fat soil in the river's delta

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fertile
• prolific
• rich
• fecund
• productive
• fruitful
• lush
• fructuous
• creative
• luxuriant
• abundant
• generous
• generative
• inventive
• producing
• cornucopian
• plentiful
• bearing
• copious
• yielding
• bountiful
• liberal
• bursting
• original
• plenteous
• thriving
• blooming
• abounding
• flourishing
• teeming
• plenitudinous
• swarming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dead
• sterile
• unproductive
• infertile
• barren
• unfruitful
• sparse
• unfertile
• skimpy
• meager
• spare
• scanty
• scant
• skimp

6

as in lucrative

yielding a profit

the highly sought-after baseball player signed a fat contract that set a record for the major leagues

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lucrative
• profitable
• economic
• juicy
• paying
• worthwhile
• remunerative
• beneficial
• gainful
• money-spinning
• moneymaking
• rewarding
• advantageous
• useful
• favorable
• bankable

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unprofitable
• unfavorable
• disadvantageous

7

as in wealthy

having goods, property, or money in abundance

while others suffered and sacrificed, the war profiteers grew fat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wealthy
• rich
• affluent
• moneyed
• well-endowed
• fat-cat
• well-to-do
• successful
• opulent
• loaded
• well-off
• silk-stocking
• prosperous
• in the chips
• comfortable
• well-heeled
• flush
• well-fixed
• substantial
• deep-pocketed
• better-off
• privileged
• thriving
• propertied
• prospering
• flourishing
• advantaged
• blessed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• poor
• needy
• impoverished
• indigent
• penniless
• destitute
• penurious
• impecunious
• deprived
• disadvantaged
• underprivileged
• bankrupt
• poverty-stricken
• depressed
• indebted
• low
• insolvent
• short
• hand-to-mouth
• reduced
• ruined
• pinched
• unaffluent
• broke
• skint
• pauperized
• straitened
• beggared
• bankrupted

fat

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noun

1

as in best

individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class

makers of fine wine will pay very high prices for grapes that are the fat of the harvest

Synonyms & Similar Words

• best
• aristocracy
• cream
• pink
• elite
• top
• elect
• flower
• royalty
• priesthood
• prime
• Hall of Fame
• society
• choice
• upper crust
• cream of the crop
• crème de la crème
• pride
• illuminati
• A-list
• quality
• corps d'elite
• pick
• establishment
• upper class
• top drawer
• nobility
• caviar
• gentry
• who's who

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• masses
• millions
• herd
• rank and file
• multitude
• mob
• commoners
• unwashed
• hoi polloi

2

as in surplus

the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed

claimed that there was absolutely no fat in the military's budget

Synonyms & Similar Words

• surplus
• excess
• abundance
• overflow
• sufficiency
• surplusage
• overabundance
• surfeit
• overage
• oversupply
• bellyful
• plus
• superfluity
• superabundance
• overplus
• redundancy
• plethora
• overkill
• bounty
• plenty
• overmuch
• profusion
• overproduction
• plentitude
• overstock

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deficit
• deficiency
• insufficiency
• lack
• scarcity
• undersupply
• want
• dearth

3

as in obesity

the condition of having an excess of body fat

there's a definite predisposition for fat on his wife's side of the family

Synonyms & Similar Words

• obesity
• weight
• fatness
• corpulence
• fattiness
• adiposity
• rotundity
• chubbiness
• corpulency
• plumpness
• embonpoint
• pudginess
• fleshiness
• grossness
• portliness
• stoutness
• pursiness
• bulkiness
• heaviness
• huskiness
• burliness
• endomorphy
• brawniness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• leanness
• slenderness
• thinness
• slimness
• fitness
• svelteness
• trimness
• reediness
• skinniness
• gauntness
• weediness
• scrawniness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fat

Adjective

Mulberry leaves—fat or thin; bought, picked, or given—have lost all appeal for them. — Jonathan Flint, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026

Oatmeal is low in fat and calories and high in fiber and nutrients, while peanut butter is calorie-dense, providing healthy fat and beneficial nutrients. — Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 1 Sep. 2026

Noun

The microbes then get to work transforming those pieces into proteins, fats, and acids. — ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026

Step 7 Pull off and discard any skin from legs and breasts (removing this skin prevents excess fat from rendering into the broth; no need to discard skin on the wings). — Molly Baz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026

Phrases Containing fat

• chew the fat
• fat cat