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Synonyms for thick
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Princeton's WordNet
midst, thick(adj)
the location of something surrounded by other things
"in the midst of the crowd"
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midstAntonyms:
tenuous, light, hyperfine, vaporous, see-through, cobwebby, paper thin, distant, distributed, gauzy, threadlike, rarified, penetrable, hairlike, filmy, fine, remote, filamentlike, sleazy, gauze-like, wafer-thin, thin, filiform, papery, vapourous, transparent, ribbony, diaphanous, smart, intelligible, ribbonlike, rarefied, gossamer, slender, thready, depressed, rare, capillary, bladed, sheer, flat, tall, filamentous, compressed, scarce, mildthick(adj)
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
"an inch thick"; "a thick board"; "a thick sandwich"; "spread a thick layer of butter"; "thick coating of dust"; "thick warm blankets"
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dense, duncical, duncish, stocky, thickheaded, boneheaded, loggerheaded, blockheaded, chummy, thick-skulled, thickset, deep, wooden-headed, compact, fatheaded, heavyset, buddy-buddy, thick(p), slurredAntonyms:
ribbony, cobwebby, rarified, capillary, smart, flat, gossamer, filamentous, thin, filmy, compressed, penetrable, transparent, papery, light, rarefied, remote, sleazy, scarce, hyperfine, ribbonlike, diaphanous, paper thin, tall, intelligible, filamentlike, see-through, bladed, fine, vapourous, filiform, gauze-like, vaporous, thready, rare, distributed, gauzy, sheer, threadlike, mild, slender, hairlike, tenuous, wafer-thin, depressed, distantthick(adj)
having component parts closely crowded together
"a compact shopping center"; "a dense population"; "thick crowds"; "a thick forest"; "thick hair"
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dense, duncical, duncish, stocky, thickheaded, boneheaded, loggerheaded, blockheaded, chummy, thick-skulled, thickset, deep, wooden-headed, compact, fatheaded, heavyset, buddy-buddy, thick(p), slurredAntonyms:
compressed, thin, smart, cobwebby, rarefied, remote, threadlike, hyperfine, filamentous, slender, depressed, mild, ribbony, diaphanous, tenuous, scarce, fine, filmy, rarified, intelligible, capillary, gauzy, light, thready, flat, see-through, filiform, distributed, gauze-like, vaporous, gossamer, transparent, paper thin, papery, sleazy, ribbonlike, hairlike, filamentlike, rare, wafer-thin, distant, bladed, penetrable, tall, vapourous, sheerthick(adj)
relatively dense in consistency
"thick cream"; "thick soup"; "thick smoke"; "thick fog"
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dense, duncical, duncish, stocky, thickheaded, boneheaded, loggerheaded, blockheaded, chummy, thick-skulled, thickset, deep, wooden-headed, compact, fatheaded, heavyset, buddy-buddy, thick(p), slurredAntonyms:
see-through, vapourous, transparent, bladed, slender, ribbony, capillary, sleazy, thready, distant, tenuous, gauze-like, filamentous, gauzy, light, rarefied, rare, threadlike, scarce, fine, remote, rarified, filmy, sheer, tall, gossamer, ribbonlike, vaporous, thin, papery, cobwebby, diaphanous, compressed, hyperfine, filamentlike, distributed, hairlike, penetrable, smart, intelligible, depressed, wafer-thin, mild, flat, paper thin, filiformslurred, thick(adj)
spoken as if with a thick tongue
"the thick speech of a drunkard"; "his words were slurred"
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dense, duncical, duncish, stocky, thickheaded, boneheaded, loggerheaded, blockheaded, chummy, thick-skulled, thickset, deep, wooden-headed, compact, fatheaded, heavyset, buddy-buddy, thick(p), slurredAntonyms:
tenuous, remote, rare, sheer, scarce, rarified, thin, compressed, gauzy, tall, thready, flat, mild, see-through, slender, capillary, vapourous, hyperfine, papery, threadlike, filamentous, gossamer, gauze-like, sleazy, wafer-thin, ribbony, cobwebby, filmy, paper thin, light, distant, bladed, distributed, filamentlike, rarefied, transparent, penetrable, diaphanous, filiform, vaporous, intelligible, ribbonlike, smart, depressed, hairlike, finecompact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset(adj)
having a short and solid form or stature
"a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thickset young man"
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dense, duncical, duncish, wooden-headed, thickheaded, boneheaded, loggerheaded, blockheaded, summary, chummy, thick-skulled, thickset, deep, compact, stocky, succinct, compendious, heavyset, buddy-buddy, thick(p), fatheaded, slurredAntonyms:
filiform, smart, tenuous, flat, thin, slender, bladed, gossamer, remote, see-through, fine, intelligible, paper thin, rarified, rarefied, filamentlike, filamentous, ribbonlike, mild, thready, sleazy, capillary, filmy, vaporous, gauzy, hairlike, gauze-like, rare, cobwebby, penetrable, distributed, vapourous, light, diaphanous, ribbony, hyperfine, scarce, depressed, tall, transparent, distant, wafer-thin, compressed, threadlike, papery, sheerdense, thick(adj)
hard to pass through because of dense growth
"dense vegetation"; "thick woods"
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duncical, duncish, dull, dim, thickheaded, thick(p), loggerheaded, dense, impenetrable, chummy, thick-skulled, thickset, dumb, deep, slow, blockheaded, heavy, compact, stocky, boneheaded, wooden-headed, heavyset, obtuse, buddy-buddy, fatheaded, slurredAntonyms:
hyperfine, thin, papery, flat, tenuous, tall, gauzy, sheer, filamentlike, filamentous, slender, bladed, rarefied, distant, ribbonlike, remote, gossamer, filmy, gauze-like, light, cobwebby, ribbony, transparent, rare, compressed, penetrable, depressed, intelligible, see-through, scarce, smart, filiform, rarified, paper thin, sleazy, vapourous, fine, vaporous, capillary, mild, diaphanous, distributed, wafer-thin, threadlike, hairlike, threadythick, deep(adj)
(of darkness) very intense
"thick night"; "thick darkness"; "a face in deep shadow"; "deep night"
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dense, duncical, duncish, stocky, thickheaded, boneheaded, loggerheaded, mystifying, blockheaded, cryptical, chummy, thick-skulled, rich, thickset, deep, abstruse, wooden-headed, compact, fatheaded, recondite, inscrutable, heavyset, cryptic, buddy-buddy, mysterious, bass, thick(p), slurredAntonyms:
slender, tenuous, intelligible, wafer-thin, rarified, distant, flat, mild, scarce, hairlike, filiform, gossamer, sheer, smart, thin, diaphanous, thready, capillary, ribbony, penetrable, papery, gauzy, filmy, remote, filamentlike, rarefied, filamentous, distributed, sleazy, transparent, threadlike, hyperfine, gauze-like, see-through, paper thin, cobwebby, rare, vaporous, vapourous, ribbonlike, tall, light, depressed, compressed, fine, bladedchummy, buddy-buddy, thick(p)(adj)
(used informally) associated on close terms
"a close friend"; "the bartender was chummy with the regular customers"; "the two were thick as thieves for months"
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thin, mild, wafer-thin, compressed, filmy, gauze-like, distant, rarified, capillary, flat, ribbony, tenuous, transparent, tall, ribbonlike, depressed, scarce, filamentous, thready, gauzy, diaphanous, hairlike, sheer, cobwebby, smart, see-through, papery, bladed, remote, slender, distributed, gossamer, vapourous, filamentlike, paper thin, rarefied, threadlike, intelligible, sleazy, filiform, rare, light, penetrable, hyperfine, vaporous, fineblockheaded, boneheaded, duncical, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick, thickheaded, thick-skulled, wooden-headed(adj)
(used informally) stupid
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dense, duncical, duncish, wooden-headed, thickheaded, boneheaded, loggerheaded, blockheaded, chummy, thick-skulled, thickset, deep, stocky, compact, fatheaded, heavyset, buddy-buddy, thick(p), slurredAntonyms:
see-through, threadlike, hyperfine, sleazy, wafer-thin, filmy, gossamer, filamentlike, thin, gauzy, thready, rarefied, vapourous, paper thin, diaphanous, gauze-like, sheer, vaporous, penetrable, papery, tall, capillary, bladed, hairlike, fine, tenuous, compressed, rarified, intelligible, light, smart, distributed, scarce, filamentous, flat, ribbony, depressed, rare, mild, ribbonlike, filiform, distant, cobwebby, remote, slender, transparentthick(adverb)
abounding; having a lot of
"the top was thick with dust"
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dense, duncical, duncish, stocky, thickheaded, boneheaded, loggerheaded, blockheaded, chummy, thick-skulled, thickset, deep, wooden-headed, compact, fatheaded, heavyset, buddy-buddy, thick(p), slurredAntonyms:
distant, light, depressed, slender, smart, filamentous, thready, flat, tenuous, sheer, thin, ribbonlike, hairlike, threadlike, fine, remote, compressed, hyperfine, filiform, capillary, intelligible, tall, papery, distributed, see-through, vaporous, gauzy, paper thin, vapourous, ribbony, wafer-thin, rare, sleazy, penetrable, gossamer, bladed, filamentlike, scarce, rarified, diaphanous, transparent, rarefied, mild, filmy, gauze-like, cobwebbythickly, thick(adverb)
with a thick consistency
"the blood was flowing thick"
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gauze-like, ribbonlike, filamentlike, ribbony, gossamer, mild, light, remote, compressed, flat, gauzy, capillary, rare, rarified, hairlike, tenuous, paper thin, threadlike, distant, filmy, thready, transparent, filiform, distributed, see-through, cobwebby, vaporous, rarefied, filamentous, wafer-thin, papery, tall, smart, fine, diaphanous, vapourous, thin, sleazy, sheer, hyperfine, scarce, slender, depressed, intelligible, penetrable, bladedthick, thickly(adverb)
in quick succession
"misfortunes come fast and thick"
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vaporous, thin, intelligible, flat, penetrable, vapourous, bladed, gauzy, cobwebby, hyperfine, see-through, filamentlike, capillary, threadlike, tenuous, hairlike, fine, distributed, rare, papery, diaphanous, depressed, smart, rarefied, gauze-like, ribbonlike, ribbony, filamentous, compressed, light, scarce, wafer-thin, transparent, tall, sheer, rarified, filmy, paper thin, filiform, distant, sleazy, slender, thready, mild, remote, gossamer
Wiktionary
thick(adjective)
Friendly or intimate.
They were as thick as thieves.
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glutinous, dense, teem, great, intimate, overflow, pally, stocky, broad, chummy, close-knit, thickset, friendly, unclear, chunky, packed, tight-knit, swarm, viscous, crowded, solid, close, opaque, extremeAntonyms:
unacquaintedthick(adjective)
Deep, intense, or profound.
Thick darkness.
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chunky, unclear, great, teem, chummy, glutinous, stocky, intimate, opaque, viscous, close, tight-knit, thickset, extreme, broad, solid, pally, swarm, overflow, dense, packed, crowded, close-knit, friendlythick(adjective)
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dumb, thick as two short planks, dense, stupid, thick as pigshitAntonyms:
brainy, intelligent, smartthick(adjective)
Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
Snow lay thick on the ground.
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chummy, stocky, unclear, friendly, thickset, broad, packed, close-knit, extreme, dense, pally, intimate, glutinous, teem, tight-knit, chunky, close, great, overflow, solid, viscous, swarm, crowded, opaquethick(adjective)
Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
I want some planks that are two inches thick.
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solid, chummy, stocky, friendly, tight-knit, intimate, unclear, teem, close-knit, opaque, dense, thickset, crowded, pally, broad, packed, chunky, close, extreme, great, swarm, overflow, glutinous, viscousthick(adjective)
Heavy in build; thickset.
He had such a thick neck that he had to turn his body to look to the side.
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stocky, friendly, packed, swarm, tight-knit, viscous, close, thickset, opaque, crowded, great, unclear, overflow, pally, close-knit, broad, solid, teem, intimate, glutinous, chunky, extreme, dense, chummythick(adjective)
Densely crowded or packed.
We walked through thick undergrowth.
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glutinous, stocky, dense, crowded, unclear, friendly, packed, teem, swarm, opaque, pally, chummy, great, thickset, solid, extreme, close, close-knit, overflow, viscous, chunky, intimate, broad, tight-knitAntonyms:
sparsethick(adjective)
Having a viscous consistency.
My mum’s gravy was thick but at least it moved about.
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packed, crowded, tight-knit, swarm, overflow, opaque, close-knit, thickset, glutinous, dense, extreme, unclear, intimate, teem, close, chunky, chummy, viscous, solid, pally, stocky, friendly, great, broadAntonyms:
free-flowing, runnythick(adjective)
Abounding in number.
The room was thick with reporters.
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intimate, close, overflow, solid, packed, chunky, tight-knit, teem, friendly, great, close-knit, crowded, extreme, unclear, swarm, viscous, stocky, glutinous, chummy, broad, opaque, thickset, dense, pallythick(adjective)
Impenetrable to sight.
We drove through thick fog.
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teem, overflow, opaque, dense, glutinous, tight-knit, close, great, stocky, pally, thickset, crowded, swarm, chunky, intimate, solid, friendly, broad, chummy, packed, extreme, unclear, viscous, close-knitAntonyms:
thin, transparentthick(adjective)
Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.
We had difficulty understanding him with his thick accent.
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extreme, packed, tight-knit, close, stocky, viscous, close-knit, thickset, solid, swarm, friendly, unclear, opaque, great, overflow, dense, chummy, teem, intimate, crowded, broad, chunky, pally, glutinousthick(adjective)
Stupid.
He was as thick as two short planks.
Synonyms:
chunky, thickset, dense, packed, teem, close-knit, crowded, glutinous, extreme, friendly, broad, overflow, intimate, chummy, great, opaque, close, unclear, swarm, tight-knit, stocky, pally, viscous, solid
English Synonyms and Antonyms
thick
Synonyms:
big, blunt, clumsy, coarse, great, heavy, huge, immense, large, rude, stoutAntonyms:
beautiful, clarified, clear, comminuted, dainty, delicate, elegant, excellent, exquisite, fine, gauzy, handsome, keen, minute, nice, polished, pure, refined, sensitive, sharp, slender, slight, small, smooth, splendid, subtile, subtle, tenuous, thin
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
thick
Synonyms:
dense, condensed, inspissated, close, compact, turbid, luteous, coagulated, muddy, dull, misty, vaporous, crowded, numerous, solid, bulky, deep, confused, inarticulateAntonyms:
rare, fine, thin, sparse, strained, pure, percolated, limpid, crystalline, scanty, incompact, slight, shallow, laminated, clear, articulate, distinct
Dictionary of English Synonymes
thick(a.)
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not thin (in measure)thick(a.)
thick(a.)
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dense, gross, inspissate, inspissated, not thin (in consistence)thick(a.)
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turbid, muddy, roiled, not clear, not transparentthick(a.)
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abundant, frequent, close, compact, crowded, closely set, in quick successionthick(a.)
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indistinct, inarticulatethick(a.)
thick(a.)
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[Colloquial.] intimate, familiar, friendly, hand and glove, hail fellow well metthick(n.)
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thickest partthick(ad.)
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frequently, fast, quickthick(ad.)
thick(ad.)
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to a great depth
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
thick(a)
Synonyms:
dense, coagulated, crass, gross, inspissate, inspissated, grumous, incrassated, compact, turbid, roily, feculent, muddy, intimate, confidential
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#17805 | opaque | |
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#18321 | muddy | |
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#77562 | slurred | |
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#104117 | pally | |
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#144711 | chummy | |
#172427 | coagulated | |
#188549 | recondite | |
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How to use thick in a sentence?
Sometimes you get into the thick of an investigation and you get a question answered that breeds three more questions, especially in a high-profile matter like this, where there are a lot of strong feelings on both sides, once you've started down this road sometimes it can drag out.
I get a thick book full of death, destruction, strife, and chaos. That's what I take with my morning tea.
When the storm hit… the pressure dropped until your ears popped. The air got very thick, it was difficult to breathe, the roof came off in one big sheet and then things just were flying, smashing into the doors and the walls.
It will be extremely difficult to glue Syria back together as one country, the social fabric, the thick ties that bind it together have been dismantled, assad rule is really an area that corresponds more or less with a core identity area, yes there are many Sunnis and Christians living there but they see themselves as part of this core – the middle-class, upper-class Sunnis and Christians.
Meghan Markle'd be thick as thieves, without question, i think she would be over the moon, jumping up and down, you know so excited for me, but then, as I said, would have probably been best friends with Meghan Markle.
Translations for thick
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- كثيف, سميك, غليظArabic
- тығыҙ, ҡуйы, күп һанлы, ҡалынBashkir
- тоўстыBelarusian
- гъст, дебелBulgarian
- tlustý, hustýCzech
- twp, tewWelsh
- tyk, tyktDanish
- dicht, dick, plump, mitten inGerman
- παχής, πυκνόςGreek
- espeso, gruesoSpanish
- ستبر, سفت, کلفت, غلیظ, ضخیم, انبوه, چاقPersian
- samea, sakea, tiheä, paksu, paksustiFinnish
- incompréhensible, lourd, épais, opaque, dense, copains comme cochons, lourdingue, grosFrench
- tiubhIrish
- tiughScottish Gaelic
- çhiuManx
- עבהHebrew
- मोटाHindi
- sűrű, vastagHungarian
- թավ, հաստ, թանձրArmenian
- kental, tebalIndonesian
- pesante, spesso, spessa, folto, densoItalian
- עָבHebrew
- 濃い, 厚い, 鈍い, 混む, 密集, 太い, 厚さ, 厚く, 厚いですJapanese
- ជុក, ក្រាស់Khmer
- 두껍다, 두꺼운Korean
- ئهستوور, سهختKurdish
- tewCornish
- crassusLatin
- biezs, resnsLatvian
- mātotoru, haputa, oruMāori
- густ, збиен, дебел, набиен, тап, во дебелина, густоMacedonian
- ထူထဲ, ပျစ်Burmese
- tykk, tjukkNorwegian
- zware, dichte, dikke, dik, dichtopeengepakte, zwaar, dicht, dichtopeengepakt, sloom, gezet, slome, traag van begrip, gezetteDutch
- tjukkNorwegian Nynorsk
- tykkNorwegian
- gruby, gęstyPolish
- ګڼ, غټ, ټينګ, ډبل, پلندPashto, Pushto
- denso, espesso, grosso, estúpido, estúpidaPortuguese
- gros, tulbureRomanian
- густой, в толщину, толстый, тупой, гущаRussian
- debeo, дебеоSerbo-Croatian
- tlstýSlovak
- debelSlovene
- grov, trög, tjock, packad, tät, tätt, tjocktSwedish
- தடித்தTamil
- చిక్కని, మందమైన, దట్టమైనTelugu
- หนาThai
- yoğun, kalınTurkish
- товстийUkrainian
- موٹا, موٹیUrdu
- dàyVietnamese
- דיקYiddish
- 厚Chinese
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