What is another word for fat?

Common synonyms for fat include fatness, blubber, avoirdupois.

What is the past tense of fat?

The past tense of fat is fatted.

fat

Q: What rhymes with fat?

Words that rhyme with fat include that, at, cat, flat, sat, chat.

/ˈfæt/noun, verb, adjective1 syllable

Fat means: having an (over)abundance of flesh.

Synonyms for fat56

noun, as in excess bodily weight

fatness, blubber, avoirdupois

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

adipose tissue, fatty tissue

verb, as in make fat or plump

fatten, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up

adjective, as in having an (over)abundance of flesh

abdominous, paunchy, potbellied, blubbery, chubby, embonpoint, plump, buxom, zaftig, zoftig, corpulent, obese, weighty, rotund

and 10 more

, double-chinned, jowly, loose-jowled, dumpy, podgy, pudgy, tubby, roly-poly, fattish, fleshy

adjective, as in containing or composed of fat

fatty, adipose, buttery, greasy, oily, sebaceous, oleaginous, suety, superfatted

adjective, as in marked by great fruitfulness

fertile, productive, rich, fruitful

adjective, as in lucrative

juicy, profitable

adjective, as in having a relatively large diameter

thick

also used for fat

flab, speck, weight, vat, lard

Includes material from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Opposites of fat

thin

What does fat mean?9

adjective

having an (over)abundance of flesh“he hadn't remembered how fat she was”

containing or composed of fat“fatty food”

marked by great fruitfulness“fertile farmland”

lucrative“a juicy contract”

having a relatively large diameter“a fat rope”

verb

make fat or plump“We will plump out that poor starving child”

noun

excess bodily weight“she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others”

a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs“fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold”

a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)“pizza has too much fat”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with fat?20

one syllable

thatat cat flat sat chat matt hat bat pat ratstatmat kat vatmattebrat tat spat

three syllables

gujarat

Show 40 near rhymes

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Fat in a sentence

If you eat too much, you'll become fat.shortiiboy
He was well built, if not fat as such.unknown
Very fat people waddle when they walk, though few of them realize it.Source_Benedict_1921
That woman isn't fat, she is going to have a baby.unknown
If you don't get more exercise, you'll get fat.orcrist
Do more exercise, or you'll get too fat.Dejo
If you eat that much, you'll get fat.CK
Beth protested, but her mother reminded her that she was incredibly fat.CN

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of fat

as a noun

plural: fats

as a verb

past tense: fatted
present participle: fatting
third-person singular: fats
past participle: fatted

as a adjective

comparative: fatter
superlative: fattest