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fat
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of FAT
1
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 A-list, aristocracy, best, choice, corps d'elite, cream, crème de la crème, elect, fat, flower, illuminati, pick, pink, pride, priesthood, prime, royalty, upper crust
Related Words establishment, gentry, nobility, quality, society, top, top drawer, upper class; caviar (also caviare); who's who
Near Antonyms commoners, herd, hoi polloi, masses, millions, mob, multitude, rank and file, unwashed
2
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 bellyful, fat, overabundance, overage, overflow, overkill, overmuch, overplus, oversupply, plethora, plus, redundancy, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, surplusage
Related Words abundance, bounty, plentitude, plenty, profusion, sufficiency; overproduction, overstock
3
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 adiposity, chubbiness, corpulency, embonpoint, fat, fatness, fattiness, fleshiness, grossness, obesity, plumpness, portliness, pudginess, pursiness, rotundity, weight
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