| Main Entry: | fatten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grow or make bigger; nourish |
Synonyms: |
augment, bloat, broaden, build up, coarsen, cram, distend, expand, feed, fill, gain weight, increase, overfeed, plump, put flesh on, put on weight, round out, spread, stuff, swell, thicken, thrive, wax |
Antonyms: |
thin, undernourish |
| Main Entry: | glut |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | choke; oversupply |
Synonyms: |
burden, clog, cloy, congest, cram, deluge, devour, feast, fill, flood, gorge, hog, inundate, jade, load, make a pig of, overfeed, overload, overstock, overwhelm, pack*, pall, raven, sate, satiate, saturate, stuff, surfeit, wolf* |
Antonyms: |
abstain, diet, fast, moderate, reduce, repress, suppress |
| Main Entry: | overweight |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | heavier than average |
Synonyms: |
ample, bulky, corpulent, fat, fleshy, gross, heavy, hefty, huge, massive, obese, outsize, overfed, overstuffed, plump, portly, pudgy, rotund, stout, upholstered, weighty |
Antonyms: |
skinny, thin, underweight |
| Main Entry: | replete |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | full, well-stocked |
Synonyms: |
abounding, abundant, alive, awash, brimful, brimming, charged, chock-full, complete, crammed, crowded, filled, full up, glutted, gorged, jam-packed, jammed, lavish, loaded, luxurious, overfed, overflowing, packed, plenteous, rife, sated, satiated, stuffed, swarming, teeming, thronged, well-provided |
Antonyms: |
empty, needy, wanting |
| Main Entry: | surfeit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | overfill |
Synonyms: |
cloy, cram, eat, fill, glut, gorge, jade, overfeed, overindulge, pall, sate, satiate, satisfy, stuff |
| Notes: | plethora is too many of a good or bad thing and surfeit is too much of a good thing |
Antonyms: |
deplete, use up |