fat
English Thesaurus
1. excess bodily weight (noun.attribute)
hypernym | : | bodily property, |
definition | : | an attribute of the body (noun.attribute) |
hyponym | : | steatopygia, |
definition | : | an extreme accumulation of fat on the buttocks (noun.attribute) |
2. a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs (noun.body)
hypernym | : | animal tissue, |
definition | : | the tissue in the bodies of animals (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | flab, |
definition | : | loose or flaccid body fat (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | atheroma, |
definition | : | a fatty deposit in the intima (inner lining) of an artery; can obstruct blood flow (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | cellulite, |
definition | : | lumpy deposits of body fat especially on women's thighs etc. (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | puppy fat, |
definition | : | fat on the body of a baby or child; disappears at adolescence (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | belly, paunch, |
definition | : | a protruding abdomen (noun.body) |
3. a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides) (noun.substance)
hypernym | : | lipid, lipide, lipoid, |
definition | : | an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates) (noun.substance) |
hyponym | : | edible fat, |
definition | : | oily or greasy matter making up the bulk of fatty tissue in animals and in seeds and other plant tissue (noun.food) |
hyponym | : | animal fat, |
definition | : | any fat obtained from animals (noun.substance) |
hyponym | : | cocoa butter, |
definition | : | a yellow-white fat from cocoa beans (noun.substance) |
hyponym | : | leaf fat, leaf lard, |
definition | : | fat lining the abdomen and kidneys in hogs which is used to make lard (noun.substance) |
hyponym | : | medulla, myelin, myeline, |
definition | : | a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers (noun.substance) |
hyponym | : | polyunsaturated fat, |
definition | : | a class of fats having long carbon chains with many double bonds unsaturated with hydrogen atoms; used in some margarines; supposedly associated with low blood cholesterol (noun.substance) |
part holonym | : | acylglycerol, glyceride, |
definition | : | an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils (noun.substance) |
substance holonym | : | triglyceride, |
definition | : | glyceride occurring naturally in animal and vegetable tissues; it consists of three individual fatty acids bound together in a single large molecule; an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body (noun.substance) |
4. make fat or plump (verb.consumption)
hypernym | : | alter, change, modify, |
definition | : | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation (verb.change) |
entail | : | feed, give, |
definition | : | give food to (verb.consumption) |
5. having an (over)abundance of flesh (adj.all)
similar | : | blubbery, |
definition | : | swollen with fat (adj.all) |
similar | : | chubby, embonpoint, plump, |
definition | : | sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure (adj.all) |
similar | : | buxom, zaftig, zoftig, |
definition | : | (of a female body) healthily plump and vigorous (adj.all) |
similar | : | fattish, |
definition | : | somewhat fat (adj.all) |
similar | : | fleshy, heavy, overweight, |
definition | : | usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it (adj.all) |
similar | : | gross, porcine, |
definition | : | repellently fat (adj.all) |
similar | : | portly, stout, |
definition | : | euphemisms for `fat' (adj.all) |
also | : | rounded, |
definition | : | curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged (adj.all) |
also | : | thick, |
definition | : | not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions (adj.all) |
attribute | : | body weight, |
definition | : | the weight of a person's body (noun.attribute) |
6. containing or composed of fat (adj.all)
similar | : | adipose, |
definition | : | composed of animal fat (adj.all) |
similar | : | buttery, |
definition | : | resembling or containing or spread with butter (adj.all) |
similar | : | suety, |
definition | : | like or full of suet (adj.all) |
similar | : | superfatted, |
definition | : | (of soap) containing extra unsaponified fat (adj.all) |
7. marked by great fruitfulness (adj.all)
similar | : | fruitful, |
definition | : | productive or conducive to producing in abundance (adj.all) |
8. lucrative (adj.all)
similar | : | profitable, |
definition | : | yielding material gain or profit (adj.all) |
domain usage | : | colloquialism, |
definition | : | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech (noun.communication) |
9. having a relatively large diameter (adj.all)
similar | : | thick, |
definition | : | not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions (adj.all) |
10. excess bodily weight (noun.attribute)
derivation | : | fat, |
definition | : | having an (over)abundance of flesh (adj.all) |
derivation | : | blubbery, |
definition | : | swollen with fat (adj.all) |
11. a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs (noun.body)
derivation | : | fat, fatty, fat, fatty, |
definition | : | containing or composed of fat (adj.all) |
12. make fat or plump (verb.consumption)
derivation | : | adipose tissue, fat, fatty tissue, |
definition | : | a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs (noun.body) |
13. having an (over)abundance of flesh (adj.all)
antonym | : | lean, thin, |
definition | : | lacking excess flesh (adj.all) |
14. containing or composed of fat (adj.all)
derivation | : | adipose tissue, fat, fatty tissue, |
definition | : | a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs (noun.body) |
derivation | : | fat, |
definition | : | a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides) (noun.substance) |
15. marked by great fruitfulness (adj.all)
derivation | : | productiveness, productivity, |
definition | : | the quality of being productive or having the power to produce (noun.attribute) |
derivation | : | richness, |
definition | : | the quality of having high intrinsic value (noun.attribute) |
16. excess bodily weight (noun.attribute)
derivation | : | fat, |
definition | : | having an (over)abundance of flesh (adj.all) |
derivation | : | blubbery, |
definition | : | swollen with fat (adj.all) |
17. a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs (noun.body)
derivation | : | fat, fatty, fat, fatty, |
definition | : | containing or composed of fat (adj.all) |
18. make fat or plump (verb.consumption)
derivation | : | adipose tissue, fat, fatty tissue, |
definition | : | a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs (noun.body) |
19. having an (over)abundance of flesh (adj.all)
antonym | : | lean, thin, |
definition | : | lacking excess flesh (adj.all) |
20. containing or composed of fat (adj.all)
derivation | : | adipose tissue, fat, fatty tissue, |
definition | : | a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs (noun.body) |
derivation | : | fat, |
definition | : | a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides) (noun.substance) |
21. marked by great fruitfulness (adj.all)
derivation | : | productiveness, productivity, |
definition | : | the quality of being productive or having the power to produce (noun.attribute) |
derivation | : | richness, |
definition | : | the quality of having high intrinsic value (noun.attribute) |
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