fatness

State of obesity

Fatness is the quality or state of being fat—having substantial body fat or flesh.

The word applies literally to bodies: The fatness of the pig indicated it was ready for market.

It extends to anything with unusual thickness or abundance: the fatness of a wallet, the fatness of profits.

Unlike the more clinical "obesity," fatness carries older, sometimes positive associations with prosperity and plenty.

body

corpulence

Bodily stoutness, excess flesh

pudginess · stoutness · portliness · paunchiness · flabbiness · tubbiness · rotundity · heaviness · bulkiness · girth

health

overweight

Exceeding healthy mass

  • BMIWeight-to-height ratio
  • adiposePertaining to stored lipids
  • caloriesMeasures of food energy

diabetes · cholesterol · hypertension · cardiovascular · metabolic · insulin · sedentary · bariatric · leptin · endocrine

measurement

weight

Measure of heaviness

mass · bulk · heaviness · heft · poundage · tonnage · body composition · waist circumference · calipers · weigh-in

abundance

richness

State of abundance

fecundity · succulence · ripeness · plumpness · meatiness · marbling · juiciness · creaminess · buttery · unctuous

Categories
Opposites
body size/mass

fatnessthinness

State of minimal width

skinniness · slimness · slenderness · leanness · spareness

body fat percentage

fatnessleanness

State of being thin

fitness · muscularity · athleticism · definition · tone

Family

fat, fatty, fats, fatten, fatter, fattening, fattest, fattened, nonfat

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG