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May 26, 2012
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Synonyms for fat

Noun

1. fat, lipid, lipide, lipoid
usage: a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides); "pizza has too much fat"
2. adipose tissue, fat, fatty tissue, animal tissue
usage: a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; adipose tissue also cushions and insulates vital organs; "fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold"
3. fatness, fat, blubber, avoirdupois, bodily property
usage: excess bodily weight; "she found fatness disgusting in herself as well as in others"

Verb

1. fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up, change, alter, modify
usage: make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child"

Adjective

1. fat (vs. thin), abdominous, paunchy, potbellied, blubbery, buxom, chubby, embonpoint, plump, zaftig, zoftig, compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset, corpulent, obese, weighty, rotund, double-chinned, jowly, loose-jowled, dumpy, podgy, pudgy, tubby, fattish, fleshy, heavy, overweight, gross, porcine, portly, stout, endomorphic#1, pyknic, rounded, thick
usage: having much flesh (especially fat); "he hadn't remembered how fat she was"
2. fat, thick (vs. thin)
usage: having a relatively large diameter; "a fat rope"
3. fatty (vs. nonfat), fat, adipose, buttery, greasy, oily, sebaceous, oleaginous, suety, superfatted
usage: containing or composed of fat; "fatty food"; "fat tissue"
4. fat, juicy, profitable (vs. unprofitable)
usage: lucrative; "a juicy contract"; "a nice fat job"
5. fat, fertile, productive, rich, fruitful (vs. unfruitful)
usage: marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil"
6. fat, rounded, endomorphic (vs. mesomorphic) (vs. ectomorphic), pyknic
usage: a chubby body; "the boy had a rounded face and fat cheeks"
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