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| Main Entry: | fat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overweight, adipose tissue |
| Synonyms: | blubber, bulk, corpulence, excess, fatness, flesh, grease, lard, obesity, overabundance, overflow, paunch, plethora, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, tallow, cellulite, flab, suet |
| Main Entry: | fat |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overweight |
| Synonyms: | beefy*, big, blimp, bovine, brawny, broad, bulging, bulky, bull, burly, chunky*, corpulent, distended, dumpy, elephantine, fleshy, gargantuan, gross, heavy, hefty, husky, inflated, lard, large, meaty*, obese, plump, ponderous, porcine, portly, pudgy*, roly-poly*, rotund, solid, stout, swollen, weighty, butterball, heavyset, jelly-belly, oversize, paunchy, plumpish, potbellied, thickset, whalelike |
| Antonyms: | skinny, slender, slight, slim, thin |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fat |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | containing an oily substance |
| Synonyms: | fatty, greasy, unctuous, adipose, fatlike, oleaginous, suety |
| Antonyms: | lean |
| Main Entry: | fat |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | productive, rich |
| Synonyms: | affluent, cushy, fertile, flourishing, fruitful, good, lucrative, lush, profitable, prosperous, remunerative, thriving |
| Antonyms: | impoverished, poor, unproductive |
| Main Entry: | corpulent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fat, chubby |
| Synonyms: | beefy*, blimp*, bulky, burly, fat, fleshy, gross, heavy, hefty, husky, large, lusty, obese, overblown, overweight, plump, portly, roly-poly*, rotund, stout, tubby, weighty, baby elephant, embonpoint, having a bay window, having a spare tire, well-padded |
| Antonyms: | skinny, slender, slight, thin |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dumpy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | short and stout |
| Synonyms: | chubby, chunky, fat, homely, plump, pudgy, roly-poly, squat, stocky, stumpy, tubby, podgy |
| Main Entry: | elite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | high-class persons |
| Synonyms: | aristocracy, beautiful people*, best, blue blood, celebrity, choice, cream, crowd, elect, establishment, fast lane*, fat*, flower, gentility, gentry, high society*, nobility, pride, prime, prize, quality, select, society, top, upper class, carriage trade, country club set, crème de la crème, glitterati, in-crowd, jet-set, main line, old money, optimacy, upper crust |
| Antonyms: | lower class, ordinary, commonality, low-life |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fleshy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overweight |
| Synonyms: | ample, beefy*, brawny, chubby*, chunky*, corpulent, fat, gross, heavy, hefty, husky, meaty*, obese, plump, porcine, portly, pudgy*, stout, tubby*, weighty, adipose, pulpy, sarcous, well-padded, zaftig |
| Antonyms: | skinny, thin, underweight |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gainful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very productive, profitable |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, beneficial, fat, fruitful, generous, good, in the black, lucrative, lush, moneymaking, remunerative, rewarding, rich, satisfying, substantial, sweet*, useful, worthwhile, going, going concern, paid off, paying, well-paying |
| Antonyms: | disadvantageous, unproductive, unprofitable, useless |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hefty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | big, bulky |
| Synonyms: | ample, awkward, beefy*, brawny, burly, colossal, cumbersome, extensive, fat, forceful, heavy, hulking, husky, large, major, massive, muscular, ponderous, powerful, robust, sizable, strapping*, strong, sturdy, substantial, tremendous, unwieldy, vigorous, weighty, large-scale, thumping |
| Antonyms: | slight, small, thin, tiny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | love handles |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extra skin and fat around the stomach |
| Synonyms: | fat, keg*, spare tire*, spare tire, bulging waistline, flab, hate handles, middle age spread, middle age spread |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | obese |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very overweight |
| Synonyms: | corpulent, fat, fleshy*, gross*, heavy, plump, porcine, portly, pudgy, rotund, stout, adipose, avoirdupois, outsize, paunchy |
| Antonyms: | emaciated, skinny, underweight |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | overweight |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | heavier than average |
| Synonyms: | ample, bulky, corpulent, fat, fleshy, gross, heavy, hefty, huge, massive, obese, plump, portly, pudgy, rotund, stout, weighty, outsize, overfed, overstuffed, upholstered |
| Antonyms: | skinny, thin, underweight |
| Main Entry: | paunch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large stomach |
| Synonyms: | abdomen, belly, bulge, fat, gut, potbelly*, spare tire*, tummy*, epigastrium |
| Antonyms: | sleekness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prize |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | best |
| Synonyms: | champion, choice, cream*, elite, fat*, first-class*, first-rate*, outstanding, pick, prime, top, topnotch, winning, award-winning |
| Antonyms: | worst |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | roly-poly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pudgy |
| Synonyms: | buxom, chubby*, dumpy, fat, hefty, obese, overweight, plump, rotund, round, stout, tubby*, plumpish, thick-bodied |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | squat |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | short and stocky |
| Synonyms: | broad, chunky, dumpy*, fat, heavy, thick, heavyset, splay, thick-bodied, thickset |
| Antonyms: | lanky, skinny, slender, tall, thin |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stocky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | short and overweight; short and muscular |
| Synonyms: | chunky, corpulent, fat, plump, solid, squat, stout, stubby, sturdy, thick, heavyset, thickset |
| Antonyms: | lanky, skinny, tall, thin, underweight |
| Main Entry: | stubby |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | short and thick |
| Synonyms: | fat, squat, stocky, stout, stumpy, heavyset, thick-bodied, thickset |
| Antonyms: | lanky, long, thin |
| Main Entry: | stupendous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wonderful, amazing |
| Synonyms: | astonishing, astounding, breathtaking, colossal, dynamite, enormous, fabulous, fantastic, fat*, gigantic, great, huge, marvelous, mind-blowing*, mind-boggling*, miraculous, monster, monumental, overwhelming, phenomenal, prodigious, radical*, spectacular, staggering, stunning, super, superb, surprising, terrific, too much*, tremendous, unreal*, utmost*, vast, wondrous, fab, smashing, titantic |
| Antonyms: | terrible, unimportant, unimpressive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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