fat - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

excess bodily weight

Synonyms

• avoirdupois
• blubber
• fat
• fatness

More generic

• bodily property

More specific

• abdominousness
• adiposeness
• adiposity
• corpulency
• fattiness
• fleshiness
• greasiness
• obesity
• oiliness
• oleaginousness
• paunchiness
• steatopygia

Noun

a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs

Synonyms

• adipose tissue
• fat
• fatty tissue

More generic

• animal tissue

More specific

• atheroma
• belly
• cellulite
• flab
• love handle
• mons
• mons pubis
• mons veneris
• paunch
• puppy fat
• spare tire

Noun

a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)

Synonyms

• fat

More generic

• lipid
• lipide
• lipoid

More specific

• animal fat
• cocoa butter
• edible fat
• leaf fat
• leaf lard
• medulla
• myelin
• myeline
• polyunsaturated fat

Related

• acylglycerol
• glyceride

Related

• triglyceride

Related

• adipose cell
• fat cell

Verb

make fat or plump

Synonyms

• fat
• fatten
• fatten out
• fatten up
• fill out
• flesh out
• plump
• plump out

More generic

• alter
• change
• modify

Related

• feed
• give

Adjective

having an (over)abundance of flesh

Synonyms

• fat

Related

• abdominous
• blubbery
• buxom
• chubby
• corpulent
• double-chinned
• dumpy
• embonpoint
• fattish
• fleshy
• gross
• heavy
• jowly
• loose-jowled
• obese
• overweight
• paunchy
• plump
• podgy
• porcine
• portly
• potbellied
• pudgy
• roly-poly
• rotund
• stout
• tubby
• weighty
• zaftig
• zoftig

Opposite / Antonyms

• thin

Also See

• endomorphic
• pyknic
• rounded
• thick

Adjective

containing or composed of fat

Synonyms

• fat
• fatty

Related

• adipose
• buttery
• greasy
• oily
• oleaginous
• sebaceous
• suety
• superfatted

Adjective

marked by great fruitfulness

Synonyms

• fat
• fertile
• productive
• rich

Related

• fruitful

Adjective

lucrative

Synonyms

• fat
• juicy

Related

• profitable

Adjective

having a relatively large diameter

Synonyms

• fat

Related

• thick

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