Dictionary entry details
• THIN (adjective)
Meaning:
Of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section
Context examples:
thin wire / a thin chiffon blouse / a thin book / a thin layer of paint
Similar:
hyperfine (extremely fine or thin, as in a spectral line split into two or more components)
paper thin (thin as paper)
papery (thin and paperlike)
ribbonlike; ribbony (long and thin; resembling a ribbon)
sleazy (of cloth; thin and loosely woven)
slender (having little width in proportion to the length or height)
tenuous (very thin in gauge or diameter)
wafer-thin (very thin)
flimsy; light (very thin and insubstantial)
fine (thin in thickness or diameter)
filamentlike; filamentous; filiform; threadlike; thready (thin in diameter; resembling a thread)
cobwebby; diaphanous; filmy; gauze-like; gauzy; gossamer; see-through; sheer; transparent; vaporous; vapourous (so thin as to transmit light)
depressed (flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces)
compressed; flat (flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes))
capillary; hairlike (long and slender with a very small internal diameter)
bladed (composed of thin flat plates resembling a knife blade)
Also:
narrow (not wide)
lean; thin (lacking excess flesh)
Attribute:
thickness (the dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width)
Antonym:
thick (not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions)
Meaning:
Lacking excess flesh
Synonyms:
lean; thin
Context examples:
you can't be too rich or too thin / Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look
Similar:
boney; scraggy; scrawny; skinny; underweight; weedy (being very thin)
shriveled; shrivelled; shrunken; withered; wizen; wizened (lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness)
slender; slight; slim; svelte (being of delicate or slender build)
slender-waisted; slim-waisted; wasp-waisted (having a small waist)
spare; trim (thin and fit)
spindle-legged; spindle-shanked (having long slender legs)
stringy; wiry (lean and sinewy)
wisplike; wispy (thin and weak)
scarecrowish (resembling a scarecrow in being thin and ragged)
twiggy; twiglike (resembling a twig)
reedlike; reedy (resembling a reed in being upright and slender)
lank; spindly (long and lean)
anorectic; anorexic (suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin)
bony; cadaverous; emaciated; gaunt; haggard; pinched; skeletal; wasted (very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold)
deep-eyed; hollow-eyed; sunken-eyed (characteristic of the bony face of a cadaver)
gangling; gangly; lanky (tall and thin)
rawboned (having a lean and bony physique)
Also:
ectomorphic (having a build with little fat or muscle but with long limbs)
thin (of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section)
Attribute:
body weight (the weight of a person's body)
Antonym:
fat (having much flesh (especially fat))
Meaning:
Very narrow
Synonyms:
slender; thin
Context example:
a thin line across the page
Similar:
narrow (not wide)
Meaning:
Having little substance or significance
Synonyms:
slight; tenuous; flimsy; thin
Context examples:
a flimsy excuse / slight evidence / a tenuous argument / a thin plot
Similar:
weak (having little physical or spiritual strength)
Meaning:
Not dense
Synonyms:
sparse; thin
Context examples:
a thin beard / trees were sparse
Similar:
distributed (spread out or scattered about or divided up)
Meaning:
Relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous
Context examples:
air is thin at high altitudes / a thin soup / skimmed milk is much thinner than whole milk / thin oil
Similar:
tenuous (having thin consistency)
rare; rarefied; rarified (having low density)
Attribute:
body; consistence; consistency (the property of holding together and retaining its shape)
thickness (resistance to flow)
Antonym:
thick (relatively dense in consistency)
Meaning:
(of sound) lacking resonance or volume
Context example:
a thin feeble cry
Similar:
pale (not full or rich)
Antonym:
full ((of sound) having marked depth and body)
Meaning:
Lacking spirit or sincere effort
Context example:
a thin smile
Similar:
spiritless (lacking ardor or vigor or energy)
• THIN (verb)
Meaning:
Lose thickness; become thin or thinner
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "thin" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Antonym:
thicken (become thick or thicker)
Meaning:
Make thin or thinner
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
Thin the solution
Hypernyms (to "thin" is one way to...):
bring down; cut; cut back; cut down; reduce; trim; trim back; trim down (cut down on; make a reduction in)
Cause:
thin (lose thickness; become thin or thinner)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "thin"):
draw (reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Antonym:
thicken (make thick or thicker)
Meaning:
Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
dilute; thin out; thin; reduce; cut
Context example:
cut bourbon
Hypernyms (to "thin" is one way to...):
weaken (lessen the strength of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "thin"):
water down (make less strong or intense)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Take off weight
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
lose weight; slim down; slim; melt off; slenderize; thin; reduce
Hypernyms (to "thin" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "thin"):
sweat off (lose weight by sweating)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
• THIN (adverb)
Meaning:
Without viscosity
Synonyms:
thin; thinly
Context example:
the blood was flowing thin
