Synonyms for thin
θɪnthin

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1. thinverb

   Antonyms:
   thick

2. thinadjective

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

   Antonyms:
   thick

3. thinverb

   To become thin or thinner

   Antonyms:
   thick

4. thinverb

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

   thin person

   Antonyms:
   thick

5. thinadjective

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

   Antonyms:
   thick

6. thinadjective

   Antonyms:
   thick

7. thinadjective

   Antonyms:
   thick

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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

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1. thin

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

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1. thinadjective

   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, leanadjective

   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, thinadjective

   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, thinadjective

   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. thinadjective

   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. thinadjective

   (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. thinadjective

   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, thinverb

   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. thinverb

   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. thinverb

    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, cutverb

    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 downadverb

    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, thinadverb

    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. inviscidadjective

   opposite (antonym) of 'viscous'

   gas bubbles rise faster through inviscid fluids

   Submitted by dwspurpose on August 4, 2023  

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1. thinadjective

   Synonyms:
   not thick (in measure)

2. thinadjective

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

3. thinadjective

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

4. thinadjective

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

5. thinadjective

   Synonyms:
   slight, flimsy

6. thinadjective

   Synonyms:
   small, fine, not full

7. thinverb

   Synonyms:
   make thin

8. thinverb

   Synonyms:
   rarefy, attenuate, dilute, make less dense

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1. thinadjective

   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. thinverb

   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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1. Kathleen Norris:

   Before you begin a thing, remind yourself that difficulties and delays quite impossible to foresee are ahead. If you could see them clearly, naturally you could do a great deal to get rid of them but you can't. You can only see one thing clearly and that is your goal. Form a mental vision of that and cling to it through thick and thin.

2. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

3. John Dryden:

   Great wits are sure to madness near allied And thin partitions do their bounds divide.

4. Van Cleef:

   There's tension in Libya, but liquidity is very thin so not much is needed to move oil prices.

5. Kelly Clarkson:

   Just to clear something up. I wasn't ever miserable because I had to be thin, i said I was miserable as a result I became thin.