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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overweight, adipose tissue |
| Synonyms: | blubber, bulk, cellulite, corpulence, excess, fatness, flab, flesh, grease, lard, obesity, overabundance, overflow, paunch, plethora, suet, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, tallow |
| Main Entry: | cream |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the best |
| Synonyms: | choice, crème de la crème, elite, fat, favorite, finest, flower, pick, pride, prime*, prize, skim, top |
| Antonyms: | worst |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | elite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | high-class persons |
| Synonyms: | aristocracy, beautiful people, best, blue blood, carriage trade, celebrity, choice, country club set, cream, crowd, crème de la crème, elect, establishment, fast lane, fat*, flower, gentility, gentry, glitterati, high society, in-crowd, jet-set, main line, nobility, old money, optimacy, pride, prime, prize, quality, select, society, top, upper class, upper crust |
| Antonyms: | commonality, low-life, lower class, ordinary |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | excess |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overabundance of something |
| Synonyms: | balance, by-product, enough, exorbitance, exuberance, fat, fulsomeness, glut, inundation, lavishness, leavings, leftover, luxuriance, nimiety, overdose, overflow, overkill, overload, overmuch, overrun, oversupply, overweight, plenty, plethora, profusion, recrement, redundance, redundancy, refuse, remainder, residue, rest, spare, superabundance, supererogation, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, the limit, too much of a good thing, too much*, waste, wastefulness |
| Antonyms: | dearth, deficiency, insufficiency, lack, need, poverty, shortcoming, want |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flesh |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | body tissue, skin |
| Synonyms: | beef, brawn, cells, corpuscles, fat, fatness, flesh and blood, food, meat, muscle, plasm, plasma, protoplasm, sinews, thews, weight |
| Main Entry: | love handles |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extra skin and fat around the stomach |
| Synonyms: | bulging waistline, fat, flab, hate handles, keg, middle age spread, middle age spread, spare tire, spare tire |
| Main Entry: | paunch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large stomach |
| Synonyms: | abdomen, belly, bulge, epigastrium, fat, gut, potbelly, spare tire, tummy |
| Antonyms: | sleekness |
| Main Entry: | pride |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | treasure; best |
| Synonyms: | boast, choice, cream, elite, fat, flower*, gem*, glory, jewel*, pick, pride and joy, prime, prize, top* |
| Antonyms: | disgrace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prime |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | best part of existence |
| Synonyms: | best, best days, bloom, choice, cream*, elite, fat*, flower*, flowering, height, heyday, maturity, peak, perfection, pink*, prize, spring, springtime, top, verdure, vitality, zenith |
| Antonyms: | downfall |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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