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thin
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- pronunciation:
- thIn
- parts of speech:
- adjective, adverb, transitive verb & intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
thinner, thinnest |
| definition 1: |
having little thickness from one side of a surface to the other.
thin ice- antonyms:
- plump, thick
- similar words:
- fine, narrow, sheer, slender, slight, slim, small
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| definition 2: |
having little width; slim.
- synonyms:
- narrow, slender, slim
- antonyms:
- fat, thick
- similar words:
- fine, rarefied, slight, small, spare
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| definition 3: |
having little flesh; lean; slender.
- synonyms:
- lean, slender, slight, spare
- antonyms:
- chubby, corpulent, fat, plump, stout, stubby, stumpy
- similar words:
- emaciated, gaunt, lank, lanky, puny, scraggy, scrawny, skinny, small, spindly, tenuous, underweight, wispy
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| definition 4: |
having widely spaced components; sparse.
thin foliage- synonyms:
- scanty, sparse
- antonyms:
- dense, thick
- similar words:
- dispersed, scattered, spare
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| definition 5: |
liquid; watery.
thin sauce- synonyms:
- dilute, watery, weak
- antonyms:
- stiff, thick
- similar words:
- aqueous, diluted, liquid, rarefied, watered down
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| definition 6: |
lacking force.
a thin voice- synonyms:
- quiet, tiny, weak
- antonyms:
- forceful
- similar words:
- feeble, fragile, frail, hushed, small, wishy-washy
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| definition 7: |
flimsy; insubstantial.
thin reasoning- synonyms:
- flimsy, insubstantial, weak
- antonyms:
- dense
- similar words:
- diaphanous, feeble, inadequate, insufficient, meager, scanty, slender, tenuous
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| definition 8: |
not abundant; fine.
thin hair- antonyms:
- abundant, opulent, plentiful
- similar words:
- scanty, spare, tenuous
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| related words: |
airy, angular, cadaverous, elongate, flimsy, lame, lean, paper, rare, scant, shallow, stingy, tasteless, transparent, weak |
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| part of speech: |
adverb |
| inflections: |
thinner, thinnest |
| definition: |
in a thin manner; thinly.
He sliced the bread thin.- similar words:
- narrowly
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb & intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
thins, thinning, thinned |
| definition: |
to make or become thin or reduced (often fol. by "down" or "out").
I must thin out the weeds in the garden.He tried to thin down by going on a diet.- synonyms:
- attenuate, prune, slim
- antonyms:
- thicken
- similar words:
- cut, decrease, dilute, diminish, narrow, rarefy
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| related words: |
narrow, reduce, weaken |
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| derivations: |
thinly (adv.), thinness (n.) |
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