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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

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  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 Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. thin

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

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  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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How to use thin in a sentence?

  1. Casey Murray:

    I do think all of the airlines are stretched thin, a major blizzard or event could cause prolonged delays and cancellations.

  2. Chris Taylor:

    House Democrats defied history on a record of creating jobs, keeping families safe, investing in America, defending women’s freedom and the integrity of our democracy, voters rejected MAGA extremism and now House Republicans are in a state of disarray. With a razor-thin majority, Kevin McCarthy is being forced to kneel to extremism in a GOP conference that wants to ban abortion, challenge elections, hawk conspiracy theories that make us all less safe and sow even more hate and division in America.

  3. Cindy De La Hoz:

    She was a fatherless child, her birth father would not marry her mother … He allowed [ Sophia ] to use his last name, but everyone in town knew she was illegitimate. She was made fun of for that. And growing up, she saw war all around her house. She had very, very little food. When air raids would strike the town, she and her family would run for over and had to go in hiding … There was disease, rodents … Because they had such scarcity of food, she was very, very thin. That’s how she gained her nickname in school, Toothpick.

  4. Cynthia Arnson:

    The massive influx in a relatively short period of time comes as Colombian resources are stretched thin because of the peace agreement, venezuelan migrants are beginning to spark resentment from Colombians and that’s a shame, because there was once a great deal of sympathy for their neighbors.

  5. Cindy De La Hoz:

    She ate whatever she wanted, she wrote a couple of cookbooks herself. She very much loves food, loves her pasta. She never wanted to be stick thin … Sophia had a very sensuous look. No matter what you put her in, she looked fantastic. She had such body positivity.


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