Synonyms for thin
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1. thin(adj)

   of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section

   "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint"

   Synonyms:
   slender, fragile, flimsy, tenuous, sparse, lean, slight

   Antonyms:
   roly-poly, important, embonpoint, syrupy, porcine, clotted, stentorian, paunchy, fat, pear-shaped, soupy, grumbling, tubby, rotund, blubbery, gelatinlike, stout, potbellied, heavy, wide, buxom, sonorous, coagulated, viscous, overweight, rich, full, impenetrable, significant, clogged, jellylike, two-ply, thickened, round, zaftig, thick, rumbling, grumous, gelatinous, weighty, dumpy, gross, deep, curdled, abdominous, four-ply, pudgy, stringy, obese, deep-chested, creamy, fattish, broad, three-ply, podgy, thready, grumose, ropey, portly, jowly, zoftig, concentrated, chubby, coagulable, double-chinned, quilted, sounding, plangent, spirited, booming, fleshy, ropy, dense, plump, coagulate, corpulent, loose-jowled, orotund, thicken, inspissate

2. thin, lean(adj)

   lacking excess flesh

   "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare

   Synonyms:
   slender, sparse, slight, tenuous, fragile, lean, flimsy, skimpy

   Antonyms:
   plangent, fat, buxom, pudgy, blubbery, quilted, podgy, gelatinlike, weighty, gross, important, zaftig, gelatinous, orotund, rumbling, booming, creamy, heavy, impenetrable, three-ply, fleshy, significant, syrupy, portly, fattish, rotund, curdled, roly-poly, sonorous, concentrated, clotted, round, embonpoint, thick, zoftig, sounding, corpulent, two-ply, coagulable, clogged, obese, grumose, deep-chested, rich, porcine, stringy, loose-jowled, grumbling, stout, dumpy, overweight, thickened, viscous, grumous, dense, jellylike, double-chinned, four-ply, plump, potbellied, abdominous, spirited, jowly, soupy, full, stentorian, coagulate, thready, chubby, broad, pear-shaped, ropy, wide, coagulated, deep, paunchy, ropey, tubby, thicken, inspissate

3. slender, thin(adj)

   very narrow

   "a thin line across the page"

   Synonyms:
   slender, sparse, lithesome, slight, flimsy, lissom, tenuous, sylphlike, lithe, supple, lean, fragile, slim, svelte, lissome

   Antonyms:
   curdled, overweight, thickened, pear-shaped, fleshy, three-ply, thick, fat, corpulent, zoftig, two-ply, ropy, jowly, four-ply, grumose, jellylike, paunchy, sounding, deep-chested, quilted, tubby, gelatinous, roly-poly, podgy, grumous, obese, important, gross, grumbling, heavy, dense, wide, round, blubbery, deep, syrupy, zaftig, viscous, booming, rotund, rumbling, coagulable, impenetrable, loose-jowled, chubby, plump, coagulate, weighty, spirited, concentrated, creamy, pudgy, clogged, gelatinlike, broad, coagulated, buxom, porcine, double-chinned, abdominous, stringy, thready, dumpy, plangent, rich, portly, potbellied, soupy, stout, embonpoint, stentorian, full, orotund, fattish, clotted, sonorous, ropey, significant, inspissate, thicken

4. sparse, thin(adj)

   not dense

   "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"

   Synonyms:
   slender, sparse, slight, tenuous, fragile, lean, flimsy

   Antonyms:
   three-ply, dense, gelatinlike, porcine, fleshy, concentrated, jellylike, gross, tubby, dumpy, zaftig, plump, orotund, viscous, ropey, roly-poly, buxom, four-ply, round, ropy, paunchy, fat, creamy, double-chinned, thickened, corpulent, full, soupy, spirited, significant, chubby, potbellied, rumbling, obese, zoftig, abdominous, jowly, stout, clogged, impenetrable, loose-jowled, blubbery, stringy, fattish, thready, stentorian, podgy, coagulate, grumose, coagulated, syrupy, booming, thick, broad, heavy, rich, plangent, weighty, sonorous, gelatinous, deep-chested, quilted, rotund, grumbling, two-ply, grumous, pudgy, sounding, pear-shaped, embonpoint, coagulable, wide, important, clotted, deep, overweight, curdled, portly, inspissate, thicken

5. thin(adj)

   relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous

   "air is thin at high altitudes"; "a thin soup"; "skimmed milk is much thinner than whole milk"; "thin oil"

   Synonyms:
   slender, fragile, flimsy, tenuous, sparse, lean, slight

   Antonyms:
   rich, ropy, jowly, gelatinlike, syrupy, blubbery, three-ply, viscous, fat, thick, clotted, obese, rumbling, impenetrable, sonorous, soupy, paunchy, curdled, buxom, full, quilted, loose-jowled, embonpoint, coagulated, podgy, zoftig, portly, thready, plump, important, weighty, stout, heavy, chubby, clogged, roly-poly, two-ply, deep-chested, four-ply, fattish, coagulable, spirited, gross, stringy, gelatinous, wide, concentrated, zaftig, dumpy, ropey, grumous, thickened, significant, rotund, dense, tubby, jellylike, fleshy, grumose, creamy, double-chinned, round, plangent, abdominous, broad, corpulent, deep, booming, sounding, potbellied, overweight, coagulate, pudgy, grumbling, orotund, pear-shaped, porcine, stentorian, inspissate, thicken

6. thin(adj)

   (of sound) lacking resonance or volume

   "a thin feeble cry"

   Synonyms:
   slender, fragile, flimsy, tenuous, sparse, lean, slight

   Antonyms:
   gelatinlike, thick, soupy, rumbling, chubby, thickened, zaftig, tubby, double-chinned, heavy, clogged, important, corpulent, fattish, zoftig, coagulate, pudgy, grumous, ropey, coagulated, plump, gross, rich, sounding, deep, blubbery, podgy, quilted, rotund, roly-poly, fat, potbellied, weighty, round, stout, coagulable, abdominous, full, ropy, jellylike, overweight, fleshy, plangent, deep-chested, booming, concentrated, jowly, buxom, viscous, thready, stringy, orotund, significant, three-ply, creamy, pear-shaped, impenetrable, portly, two-ply, stentorian, curdled, embonpoint, porcine, clotted, loose-jowled, obese, wide, grumose, grumbling, sonorous, gelatinous, broad, spirited, dense, four-ply, syrupy, paunchy, dumpy, inspissate, thicken

7. thin(adj)

   lacking spirit or sincere effort

   "a thin smile"

   Synonyms:
   slender, fragile, flimsy, tenuous, sparse, lean, slight

   Antonyms:
   plangent, embonpoint, sonorous, porcine, round, chubby, overweight, heavy, grumbling, potbellied, sounding, ropey, coagulated, clogged, important, rich, thickened, broad, gelatinlike, obese, abdominous, podgy, stentorian, full, impenetrable, rumbling, stout, fattish, concentrated, curdled, thick, grumose, deep-chested, significant, rotund, fat, pear-shaped, three-ply, corpulent, thready, ropy, coagulable, zoftig, coagulate, loose-jowled, fleshy, wide, creamy, stringy, plump, portly, dense, jowly, quilted, two-ply, spirited, orotund, jellylike, gross, pudgy, soupy, weighty, grumous, buxom, four-ply, dumpy, paunchy, blubbery, zaftig, deep, double-chinned, gelatinous, booming, tubby, clotted, viscous, roly-poly, syrupy, thicken, inspissate

8. flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin(verb)

   lacking substance or significance

   "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame"

   Synonyms:
   slender, delicate, slight, sparse, slim, tenuous, fragile, lean, frail, flimsy, little(a), svelte, unconvincing

   Antonyms:
   coagulable, orotund, portly, wide, potbellied, tubby, grumose, clotted, thick, gelatinlike, jowly, heavy, podgy, rotund, sonorous, coagulated, double-chinned, gross, gelatinous, zaftig, spirited, blubbery, clogged, deep, buxom, plangent, porcine, thickened, booming, viscous, ropey, rich, dumpy, thready, embonpoint, four-ply, stringy, rumbling, round, fleshy, soupy, zoftig, quilted, chubby, concentrated, three-ply, pear-shaped, impenetrable, coagulate, significant, plump, full, creamy, abdominous, jellylike, loose-jowled, deep-chested, curdled, paunchy, fat, broad, syrupy, important, dense, sounding, fattish, roly-poly, corpulent, stout, grumbling, obese, weighty, grumous, two-ply, ropy, overweight, pudgy, stentorian, inspissate, thicken

9. thin(verb)

   lose thickness; become thin or thinner

   Synonyms:
   slim, melt off, lose weight, dilute, cut, slenderize, slim down, reduce, thin out

   Antonyms:
   fleshy, sounding, syrupy, orotund, fat, stout, heavy, soupy, double-chinned, clogged, abdominous, pear-shaped, impenetrable, plangent, loose-jowled, gross, stentorian, zoftig, two-ply, paunchy, jowly, sonorous, thickened, corpulent, ropey, embonpoint, thick, round, porcine, wide, curdled, coagulable, concentrated, rich, portly, important, plump, deep-chested, full, rotund, grumous, coagulate, thready, creamy, zaftig, clotted, tubby, coagulated, rumbling, fattish, grumose, significant, spirited, three-ply, gelatinous, jellylike, gelatinlike, weighty, dumpy, ropy, grumbling, podgy, broad, overweight, chubby, stringy, dense, deep, four-ply, roly-poly, buxom, pudgy, potbellied, quilted, obese, blubbery, viscous, booming, thicken, inspissate

10. thin(verb)

    make thin or thinner

    "Thin the solution"

    Synonyms:
    slim, melt off, lose weight, dilute, cut, slenderize, slim down, reduce, thin out

    Antonyms:
    thickened, round, ropy, sounding, clogged, porcine, double-chinned, three-ply, embonpoint, syrupy, thick, rotund, sonorous, roly-poly, heavy, loose-jowled, paunchy, tubby, coagulate, spirited, soupy, abdominous, clotted, grumous, jowly, grumbling, blubbery, ropey, significant, obese, viscous, gross, zaftig, fat, important, rich, full, potbellied, gelatinous, curdled, booming, deep, jellylike, coagulated, overweight, pear-shaped, chubby, podgy, wide, rumbling, creamy, gelatinlike, pudgy, zoftig, dumpy, weighty, stringy, broad, dense, fleshy, thready, four-ply, concentrated, stout, orotund, two-ply, stentorian, buxom, portly, coagulable, fattish, deep-chested, grumose, corpulent, plump, quilted, plangent, impenetrable, inspissate, thicken

11. dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut(verb)

    lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

    "cut bourbon"

    Synonyms:
    veer, bring down, decoct, sheer, slim down, turn off, quash, turn out, boil down, burn, foreshorten, shorten, hack, trim down, slim, prune, edit, snub, debase, cut, rationalize, load, curve, trim back, trim, ignore, swerve, cut back, write out, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, skip, abridge, reduce, make out, adulterate, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, switch off, concentrate, stretch, deoxidize, come down, dilute, geld, rationalise, slew, disregard, tailor, cut off, slenderize, edit out, slue, issue, deoxidise, abbreviate, trend, keep down, lose weight, repress, tighten

    Antonyms:
    pudgy, stringy, viscous, ropy, gross, jellylike, heavy, fattish, stout, portly, coagulate, three-ply, stentorian, loose-jowled, ropey, soupy, booming, rumbling, plump, roly-poly, two-ply, syrupy, overweight, pear-shaped, rich, thickened, plangent, buxom, full, deep, wide, abdominous, sonorous, podgy, obese, rotund, grumous, porcine, thick, concentrated, chubby, jowly, coagulable, sounding, round, tubby, double-chinned, fat, zaftig, coagulated, creamy, impenetrable, orotund, quilted, dumpy, broad, potbellied, four-ply, spirited, fleshy, zoftig, gelatinlike, grumose, thready, clotted, weighty, dense, gelatinous, paunchy, important, deep-chested, curdled, corpulent, significant, grumbling, blubbery, clogged, embonpoint, thicken, inspissate

12. reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down(adverb)

    take off weight

    Synonyms:
    bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, slenderise, reduce, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tighten

    Antonyms:
    four-ply, deep-chested, sounding, booming, clotted, roly-poly, chubby, dumpy, quilted, blubbery, grumous, heavy, coagulable, corpulent, viscous, thick, gelatinlike, rumbling, gross, broad, deep, coagulate, porcine, fat, orotund, significant, concentrated, full, rotund, paunchy, podgy, jellylike, pudgy, thready, double-chinned, grumose, pear-shaped, fleshy, wide, dense, zaftig, sonorous, thickened, impenetrable, plump, obese, coagulated, abdominous, loose-jowled, gelatinous, three-ply, clogged, buxom, zoftig, overweight, fattish, tubby, curdled, stout, embonpoint, stringy, important, round, creamy, syrupy, portly, ropy, two-ply, soupy, weighty, jowly, spirited, grumbling, rich, stentorian, potbellied, plangent, ropey, inspissate, thicken

13. thinly, thin(adverb)

    without viscosity

    "the blood was flowing thin"

    Synonyms:
    thinly, lightly

    Antonyms:
    heavy, wide, sounding, plump, viscous, rumbling, grumous, gross, coagulated, impenetrable, full, fat, gelatinlike, corpulent, abdominous, clogged, thick, two-ply, ropey, grumose, thickened, important, zaftig, buxom, stout, fattish, three-ply, roly-poly, porcine, tubby, rotund, podgy, creamy, coagulable, potbellied, double-chinned, deep-chested, four-ply, rich, soupy, dense, thready, fleshy, plangent, sonorous, dumpy, curdled, loose-jowled, broad, gelatinous, stringy, obese, stentorian, chubby, overweight, pear-shaped, paunchy, portly, coagulate, ropy, zoftig, clotted, orotund, spirited, quilted, significant, grumbling, deep, blubbery, pudgy, round, concentrated, weighty, syrupy, jellylike, booming, embonpoint, jowly, inspissate, thicken

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1. thin(noun)

   Antonyms:
   thick

2. thin(verb)

   Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.

   Antonyms:
   thick

3. thin(verb)

   Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.

   Antonyms:
   thick

4. thin(verb)

   Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.

   thin person

   Antonyms:
   thick

5. thin(adjective)

   Of low viscosity or low specific gravity, e.g., as is water compared to honey.

   Antonyms:
   thick

6. thin(adjective)

   Antonyms:
   thick

7. thin(adjective)

   Antonyms:
   thick

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. thin

   Fine (Latin finis, end) denotes that which has been brought to a full end, finished. From this root-sense many derived meanings branch out, causing words quite remote from each other to be alike synonyms of fine. That which is truly finished, brought to an ideal end, is excellent of its kind, and beautiful, if a thing that admits of beauty; as, a fine house, fine trees, a fine woman, a fine morning; if a thing that admits of the removal of impurities, it is not finished till these are removed, and hence fine signifies clarified, clear, pure, refined; as, fine gold. That which is finished is apt to be polished, smooth to the touch, minutely exact in outline; hence fine comes to be a synonym for all words like dainty, delicate, exquisite; as, fine manners, a fine touch, fine perceptions. As that which is delicate is apt to be small, by an easy extension of meaning fine becomes a synonym for slender, slight, minute, comminuted; as, a fine thread, fine sand; or for filmy, tenuous, thin; as, a fine lace, fine wire; and as a thin edge is keen, sharp, fine becomes also a synonym for these words; as, a fine point, a fine edge. Compare BEAUTIFUL; MINUTE.

   Synonyms:
   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

   Antonyms:
   big, blunt, clumsy, coarse, great, heavy, huge, immense, large, rude, stout, thick

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. thin

   Synonyms:
   slim, slender, flimsy, attenuated, diluted, watery, meager, unsubstantial, lean

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. thin(a.)

   Synonyms:
   not thick (in measure)

2. thin(a.)

   Synonyms:
   slender, slim, meagre, lean, poor, gaunt, SCRAWNY, scraggy, skinny, lank, shrunk, emaciated, fallen away

3. thin(a.)

   Synonyms:
   rare, subtile, attenuated, dilute, not dense, not gross, not thick (in consistence)

4. thin(a.)

   Synonyms:
   sparse, scanty, not close, not compact, not crowded, not abundant

5. thin(a.)

   Synonyms:
   slight, flimsy

6. thin(a.)

   Synonyms:
   small, fine, not full

7. thin(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   make thin

8. thin(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   rarefy, attenuate, dilute, make less dense

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1. thin(a)

   Synonyms:
   emaciated, slender, poor, wasted, peaked, gaunt, scrawny, lank, spare, meager, haggard, scraggy, tenuous, delicate, fine, incompact, dilute, rare, rarefied, subtile, attenuated, sheer, flimsy, sleazy, unsubstantial, gossamery, gauzy, diaphanous, transparent, sparse, scanty, inadequate, insufficient, superficial

2. thin(v)

   Synonyms:
   dilute, reduce, attenuate, rarefy, diminish, subtilize

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1. List of paraphrases for "thin":

   delgado, lightweight, slender, slim, skinny, fina, compact, ribbonsnake, lean, gee, damn, slight, blimey, golly, jeez, light, meagre, ultrafine, fine, geez, thick, thin-film, shallow, darn, gosh, slimline, ribbonsnakes

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How to use thin in a sentence?

1. Ursula K. Le Guin:

   A Woman is home caring for her children! even if she can't. Trapped in this well-built trap, A Woman blames her mother for luring her into it, while ensuring that her own daughter never gets out; she recoils from the idea of sisterhood and doesn't believe women have friends, because it probably means something unnatural, and anyhow, A Woman is afraid of women. She's a male construct, and she's afraid women will deconstruct her. She's afraid of everything, because she can't change. Thighs forever thin and shining hair and shining teeth and she's my Mom, too, all seven percent of her. And she never grows old.

2. Thomas Wolfe:

   Le Corbusier was the sort of relentlessly rational intellectual that only France loves wholeheartedly, the logician who flies higher and higher in ever-decreasing circles until, with one last, utterly inevitable induction, he disappears up his own fundamental aperture and emerges in the fourth dimension as a needle-thin umber bird.

3. George Soros:

   Stock market bubbles don't grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in reality, but reality as distorted by a misconception.

4. Ayn Rand:

   Guilt is a rope that wears thin.

5. Adam Schiff:

   I discovered something very significant by mocking the President and that is for a man who loves to mock others, he does not like to be mocked. As it turns out, he's got a pretty thin skin. Who would have thought it ? never mind that I said I wasn't using his words before I said, and I wasn't using his words after I said it, and I said I was making a parody of his words --' It's an outrage ! He mocked the President, that Schiff ! Terrible !'.

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