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English adjective: thick | |||
| 1. | thick 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 | ||
| Samples | An inch thick. A thick board. A thick sandwich. Spread a thick layer of butter. Thick coating of dust. Thick warm blankets. | ||
| Similar | deep, deep-chested, fat, four-ply, heavy, heavy, quilted, thickened, three-ply, two-ply | ||
| See also | broad, fat, wide | ||
| Attribute | thickness | ||
| Antonyms | thin | ||
| 2. | thick having component parts closely crowded together | ||
| Samples | A compact shopping center. A dense population. Thick crowds. A thick forest. Thick hair. | ||
| Similar | concentrated | ||
| Antonyms | distributed | ||
| 3. | thick relatively dense in consistency | ||
| Samples | Thick cream. Thick soup. Thick smoke. Thick fog. | ||
| Similar | clogged, clotted, coagulable, coagulate, coagulated, creamy, curdled, dense, gelatinlike, gelatinous, grumose, grumous, heavy, impenetrable, jellylike, ropey, ropy, soupy, stringy, syrupy, thickened, thready, viscous | ||
| Attribute | body, consistence, consistency, eubstance, thickness | ||
| Antonyms | thin | ||
| 4. | thick spoken as if with a thick tongue | ||
| Samples | The thick speech of a drunkard. His words were slurred. | ||
| Synonyms | slurred | ||
| Similar | unintelligible | ||
| Antonyms | intelligible | ||
| 5. | thick having a short and solid form or stature | ||
| Samples | A wrestler of compact build. He was tall and heavyset. Stocky legs. A thickset young man. | ||
| Synonyms | compact, heavyset, stocky, thickset | ||
| Similar | little, short | ||
| Antonyms | tall | ||
| 6. | thick hard to pass through because of dense growth | ||
| Samples | Dense vegetation. Thick woods. | ||
| Synonyms | dense | ||
| Similar | impenetrable | ||
| Antonyms | penetrable | ||
| 7. | thick (of darkness) very intense | ||
| Samples | Thick night. Thick darkness. A face in deep shadow. Deep night. | ||
| Synonyms | deep | ||
| Similar | intense | ||
| Antonyms | mild | ||
| 8. | thick (used informally) associated on close terms | ||
| Samples | A close friend. The bartender was chummy with the regular customers. The two were thick as thieves for months. | ||
| Synonyms | buddy-buddy, chummy | ||
| Similar | close | ||
| Domain usage | colloquialism | ||
| Antonyms | distant, remote | ||
| 9. | thick (used informally) stupid | ||
| Synonyms | blockheaded, boneheaded, duncical, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick-skulled, thickheaded, wooden-headed | ||
| Similar | stupid | ||
| Antonyms | smart | ||
| 10. | thick abounding; having a lot of | ||
| Samples | The top was thick with dust. | ||
| Similar | abundant | ||
| Antonyms | scarce | ||
English noun: thick | |||
| 1. | thick (location) the location of something surrounded by other things | ||
| Samples | In the midst of the crowd. | ||
| Synonyms | midst | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | inside, interior | ||
English adverb: thick | |||
| 1. | thick with a thick consistency | ||
| Samples | The blood was flowing thick. | ||
| Synonyms | thickly | ||
| Antonyms | thin, thinly | ||
| 2. | thick in quick succession | ||
| Samples | Misfortunes come fast and thick. | ||
| Synonyms | thickly | ||
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