Home › Words › F › fatphobefatphobefatphobe means A person who worries excessively about the fat content of their food.EtymologyFrom fat + -phobe.nounA person who worries excessively about the fat content of their food.e.g.“The Thursday special of sweet/sour spareribs in a pineapple sauce is a joy, but not for the fatphobe.” — 2005, Jane Stern, Michael Stern, Roadfood: The Coast-to-Coast Guide to 500 of the Best Barbecue Joints, Lobster Shacks, Ice Cream Parlors, Highway Diners, and Much, Much More, Broadway Books, →ISBN, pOne who has a negative perception of fat people and/or obesity.e.g.“Here's a perfect reply to a fatphobe: "It's not my fat you hate, it's yourself. And you have every reason to."” — 1997, BBW, Volume 18, Issues 1-6, page 18Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.obesophobia 68% match — Fear of being fat vs fatphobe →carbophobe 68% match — One who fears or obsessively avoids eating carbohydrates. vs fatphobe →carbophobia 63% match — Intense or obsessive avoidance of carbohydrates. vs fatphobe →deathfat 61% match — Morbidly obese. vs fatphobe →phobist 60% match — A person who has a phobia. vs fatphobe →fattist 60% match — An advocate of fattism. vs fatphobe →chemophobe 58% match — One who has an irrational fear of chemicals. vs fatphobe →cardiophobe 58% match — A person who has cardiophobia. vs fatphobe →