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fat-cat
Synonyms and Antonyms of fat-cat
- the economy was in recession, but the fat-cat financiers on Wall Street didn't seem to be suffering
affluent, deep-pocketed, fat, flush, loaded, moneyed (also monied), opulent, rich, silk-stocking, wealthy, well-endowed, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-to-do
deprived, disadvantaged, hand-to-mouth, underprivileged
bankrupt, bankrupted, beggared, broke, indebted, insolvent, pauperized, ruined, skint [chiefly British]
fat cat
Synonyms and Antonyms of fat cat
- that last recession was particularly hard on the poor, but the fat cats barely noticed a dip in their bank accounts
moneymaker, money-spinner [chiefly British]
billionaire, gazillionaire, millionaire, multibillionaire, multimillionaire, multimillionairess, zillionaire
- a candidate that has the backing of most of the party's fat cats
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, kahuna, kingfish, kingpin, major leaguer, muckety-muck (also muck-a-muck), nabob, nawab, nibs, nob [chiefly British], pooh-bah (also poo-bah), wheel
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