fatso

Questions about fatso

What does fatso mean?

fatso means "a rotund individual".

How many syllables are in fatso?

fatso has 2 syllables and divides as fat-so under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for fatso?

Close synonyms include fatty, fat person, roly-poly, butterball. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fatso a common word?

fatso is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.