fatness
/ˈfatnəs
/noun [mass noun]
1The state or quality of having a large amount of excess flesh: there is a widespread popular belief that adult fatness begins in childhood...
- Skin-fold thickness may lead to an overestimation of body fatness.
- At the statistical extremes of thinness and fatness, there's no question that weight has some relevance.
- European culture has defined both fatness and thinness as healthy at various times in its history.
Synonyms
plumpness, stoutness, heaviness, largeness, chubbiness, portliness, rotundity, flabbiness, paunchiness, dumpiness, meatiness;
obesity, corpulence, bloatedness, grossness;
fleshiness;
excessive weight, bulk;
paunch, pot belly, beer belly, beer gut
informal tubbiness, beefiness, porkiness, chunkiness, podginess
2 informal The quality of being substantial, especially financially: the fatness of their bank account ought not the job be more important than the fatness of the pay cheque?...
- With economic fatness trumping everything else - including truth, integrity, egalitarianism - the party was returned with an increased majority in the House of Representatives and control of the Senate.
- There is a positive correlation between the size of one's waistline and the fatness of one's bank account.
- Emaciation of body does not of necessity mean fatness of soul.
