fatso

F4A1T1S1O1
US/ˈfæ.t͡soʊ/UK/ˈfæt.soʊ/

noun

Someone who is overweight.

UncommonScrabble 8

Meanings

nounfatso (plural fatsos or fatsoes)

plural fatsos · plural fatsoes

  1. colloquialderogatorySomeone who is overweight.

    'Yo next, Fatso,' said one of them as the bus came up out of the rain and stopped with a sigh from the great vacuum brakes.

    1954, Ian Fleming, “Nigger Heaven”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 44
    1 more example

    He went to the upstairs lookout and peered down upon the political bod, whom he recognised as the fatso who had given a thin, starving speech one lunch-time to the new High School students[.]

    1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 113

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna rotund individual

Broader
large person

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishfats
  2. Latinō
  3. Old Frenchoh
  4. Middle Englisho
  5. EnglishO
  6. Englishoh
  7. Englishfatso

From fats + -o.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian дебелак, шишко
  • дебелак (debelak)an overweight person
  • шишко (šiško)an overweight person
Chinese Cantonese 死肥仔
  • 死肥仔 (sei² fei¹ zai²)an overweight person
Chinese Mandarin 死胖子, 死肥仔
  • 死胖子 (sǐ pàngzi)an overweight person
  • 死肥仔 (sǐ féizǎi)an overweight person
Czech tlusťoch
  • tlusťochan overweight person
Danish fedtklump, fedtbjerg
  • fedtklumpan overweight person
  • fedtbjergan overweight person
Dutch vetzak, dikzak
  • vetzakan overweight person
  • dikzakan overweight person
Esperanto grasulo
  • grasuloan overweight person
Finnish läski, lihapulla
  • läskian overweight person
  • lihapullaan overweight person
French gros lard, patapouf
  • gros lardan overweight person
  • patapoufan overweight person
German Rollmops, Fettwanst
  • Rollmopsan overweight person
  • Fettwanstan overweight person
  • Fettsackan overweight person
Greek χοντρομπαλάς, χοντρομπαλού
  • χοντρομπαλάς (chontrompalás)an overweight person
  • χοντρομπαλού (chontrompaloú)an overweight person
Hebrew שמן
  • שמן (shamén)an overweight person
Hungarian kövér ember, dagi
  • kövér emberan overweight person
  • dagian overweight person
  • hájpacnian overweight person
Irish feolamán
  • feolamánan overweight person
Italian ciccione
  • ciccionean overweight person
Japanese デブ, 太っちょ
  • デブ (debu)an overweight person
  • 太っちょ (futotcho)an overweight person
Lithuanian storulis
  • storulisan overweight person
Māori pukunati
  • pukunatian overweight person
Polish grubas, tłuścioch
  • grubasan overweight person
  • tłuściochan overweight person
  • spaślakan overweight person
  • baleronan overweight person
  • baryłaan overweight person
Portuguese gordão
  • gordãoan overweight person
Russian толстя́к, жирдя́й
  • толстя́к (tolstják)an overweight person
  • жирдя́й (žirdjáj)an overweight person
  • жиртре́ст (žirtrést)an overweight person
  • толсту́ха (tolstúxa)an overweight person
  • толсту́шка (tolstúška)an overweight person
Spanish gordo, gordinflón
  • gordoan overweight person
  • gordinflónan overweight person
  • gordiflónan overweight person
  • gordinflasan overweight person
  • guatónan overweight person
  • gorditoan overweight person
  • guatoncitoan overweight person
  • bambánan overweight person
Swedish fetto, tjockis
  • fettoan overweight person
  • tjockisan overweight person
  • fetknoppan overweight person
  • rultaan overweight person
  • fläskbergan overweight person
Turkish şişko
  • şişkoan overweight person
Welsh bol mawr, bol uwd
  • bol mawran overweight person
  • bol uwdan overweight person

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APA

fatso. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fatso

MLA

“fatso.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fatso. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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