fatless

adjective

Definition of fatlessnext
as in skinny
having a noticeably small amount of body fat a lineup of competitive body builders with fatless bodies

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fatless
  1. skinny
  2. slender
  3. thin
  4. bony
  5. lean
  6. slim
Adjective
  • Sorry millennials, skinny jeans have taken a back seat lately for baggier styles, and Emily Ratajkowski isn’t the only celeb on board.
    — Ali Faccenda, InStyle, 9 Aug. 2026
  • This peak Millennial era was a mix of hipster and bohemian aesthetic, with skinny jeans, flannel shirts, flowy lace dresses, oversized felt hats, and combat boots or TOMS Shoes (Hey, remember those?
    — Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of skinny
Adjective
  • Many legal scholars regard these examples as slender reeds on which to build an entire theory of Presidential power.
    — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Silescelida acristata was a relatively small, slender animal that moved on all four limbs.
    — The Conversation, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of slender
Adjective
  • Farinacci often spent days and even weeks scouting potential fire locations, monitoring weather and wildfire data, and planning to set multiple fires to stretch firefighting resources thin, according to detectives.
    — Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Those moments are sobering reminders of just how thin the margins are for the Phillies rotation, which has been excellent for the most part, though extremely top-heavy.
    — Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of thin
Adjective
  • Lift your hips off the ground and place a block underneath your sacrum, the widest, boniest part of your pelvis.
    — Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Differences in Adult Bones That being said, some adults are bonier than others.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
Definition of bony
Adjective
  • My discipline is to fight that instinct and lean toward being there, even when the case for staying put looks reasonable.
    — John Speranza, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • So what Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has done is lean unusually hard on the cheaper rate today to finance a roughly $2 trillion annual deficit.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of lean
Adjective
  • Without any attacking additions and injuries to Simons and Odobert, and with no public timeline for Dejan Kulusevski’s return — though the club are keen to preach patience having not played for over 400 days — options are slim in attack.
    — Elias Burke, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Google on Wednesday unveiled its latest lineup of Pixel phones, with slimmer cameras that include more a powerful zoom and artificial intelligence features designed to help users accomplish things with fewer taps and swipes.
    — Barbara Ortutay, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of slim
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“Fatless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fatless. Accessed 16 Aug. 2026.

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