Thesaurus:fat

Thesaurus

fat

English

Noun

Sense: specialized animal tissue with a high oil content

Synonyms

• adipose tissue
• blubber
• fat
• flab (informal)
• lard
• speck
• weight

Hyponyms

• grease
• oil
•   —
• adeps
• baby fat
• puppy fat

Hypernyms

• tissue

Holonyms

• cream
• ointment
• soap
•   —
• butter
• crackling
• margarine
• rind
• roux
• shortening
• wallop (archaic)
•   —
• fat person    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:fat person
• Thesaurus:obese
• Thesaurus:overweight
• Thesaurus:paunch

Further reading

• “356. oil” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “fat” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.