FAT-CAT Synonyms: 141 Similar and Opposite Words

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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

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noun

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

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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

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Recent Examples of fat-cat

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So if a fat cat wrote a check for $10,000 to a candidate for Senate, there would be a match on $250. —

New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2024 There were six movie adaptations along the way in an attempt to revive the popularity of the beloved fat cat, including the live-action Garfield: The Movie released in 2004, and the subsequent Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties in 2006. —

Kristina Behr, Parents, 20 May 2024 Bill Murray has previously played America’s fat cat in Garfield: The Movie in 2004 and Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties in 2006. —

Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2023 But the army of fat cats did not come to Virginia Beach simply to save the state. —

Norman J. Ornstein, The New Republic, 31 Oct. 2023 See all Example Sentences for fat-cat

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Pearce plays wealthy industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren while Joe Alwyn costars as Harrison's son, with Felicity Jones as László's wife.

— Jen Juneau, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025
For much of the war, students in college or graduate school were exempt from service, a policy that generally favored whiter and wealthier draftees.

— Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025