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单词 fat-cat
释义

fat cat

noun

1
a
: a wealthy contributor to a political campaign fund
b
: a wealthy and privileged person
c
: big shot
2
: a lethargic complacent person
fat-cat
ˈfat-ˌkat How to pronounce fat cat (audio)
adjective

Synonyms

  • capitalist
  • Croesus
  • deep pocket
  • have
  • money
  • moneybags
  • plutocrat
  • silk stocking
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Example Sentences

The best seats in the theater were reserved for the fat cats. that last recession was particularly hard on the poor, but the fat cats barely noticed a dip in their bank accounts
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Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

fat-cat 1 of 2

adjective

as in wealthy
having goods, property, or money in abundance the economy was in recession, but the fat-cat financiers on Wall Street didn't seem to be suffering

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • wealthy
  • rich
  • affluent
  • moneyed
  • opulent
  • well-heeled
  • monied
  • deep-pocketed
  • well-off
  • fat
  • well-to-do
  • silk-stocking
  • successful
  • prosperous
  • well-endowed
  • prospering
  • flush
  • propertied
  • well-fixed
  • loaded
  • comfortable
  • in the chips
  • privileged
  • substantial
  • thriving
  • flourishing
  • better-off
  • advantaged
  • blessed
  • blest

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • poor
  • penurious
  • indigent
  • impoverished
  • penniless
  • impecunious
  • needy
  • destitute
  • bankrupt
  • poverty-stricken
  • underprivileged
  • deprived
  • disadvantaged
  • insolvent
  • indebted
  • pauperized
  • beggared
  • unaffluent
  • ruined
  • skint
  • broke
  • depressed
  • pinched
  • hand-to-mouth
  • short
  • low
  • bankrupted
  • reduced
  • straitened
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fat cat

2 of 2

noun

1
as in have
a wealthy person that last recession was particularly hard on the poor, but the fat cats barely noticed a dip in their bank accounts

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • have
  • silk stocking
  • capitalist
  • deep pocket
  • money
  • plutocrat
  • magnate
  • moneybags
  • billionaire
  • multimillionairess
  • heir
  • heiress
  • tycoon
  • jeunesse dorée
  • moneymaker
  • Croesus
  • millionaire
  • multimillionaire
  • multibillionaire
  • nabob
  • money-spinner
  • zillionaire
  • gazillionaire
  • jet-setter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • pauper
  • beggar
  • bankrupt
  • have-not
2
as in heavyweight
one of high position or importance within a group a candidate that has the backing of most of the party's fat cats

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • heavyweight
  • big
  • heavy
  • big boy
  • big shot
  • big gun
  • big leaguer
  • big wheel
  • major leaguer
  • big cheese
  • heavy hitter
  • lion
  • queen
  • king
  • prince
  • poo-bah
  • magnate
  • tycoon
  • bigfoot
  • big-timer
  • princess
  • high-muckety-muck
  • biggie
  • wheel
  • kingfish
  • baron
  • muck-a-muck
  • nawab
  • kingpin
  • nibs
  • kahuna
  • nob
  • bigwig
  • nabob
  • mucky-muck
  • high-muck-a-muck
  • honcho
  • czar
  • muckety-muck
  • mogul
  • pooh-bah
  • tsar
  • tzar
  • VIP

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • nobody
  • nothing
  • shrimp
  • lightweight
  • zero
  • subordinate
  • nonentity
  • twerp
  • whippersnapper
  • inferior
  • underling
  • zilch
  • mediocrity
  • obscurity
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