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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: thin

1	adj v	of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section lose thickness; become thin or thinner
2	adj v	lacking excess flesh take off weight
3	adj v adv	not dense lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture without viscosity
4	adj	lacking spirit or sincere effort

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: 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: lean
lacking excess flesh; bladed
composed of thin flat plates resembling a knife blade; capillary, hairlike
long and slender with a very small internal diameter; compressed, flat
flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes); depressed
flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces; cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous
so thin as to transmit light; filamentlike, filamentous, filiform, threadlike, thready
thin in diameter; resembling a thread; fine
thin in thickness or diameter; light
very thin and insubstantial; hyperfine
extremely fine or thin, as in a spectral line split into two or more components; paper thin
thin as paper; papery
thin and paperlike; ribbonlike, ribbony
long and thin; resembling a ribbon; sleazy
of cloth; thin and loosely woven; slender
having little width in proportion to the length or height; tenuous
very thin in gauge or diameter; wafer-thin
very thin; narrow
not wide

Antonyms:: 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; fat
having an (over)abundance of flesh; deep
relatively thick from top to bottom; deep-chested
thick in the chest; fat
having a relatively large diameter; four-ply
having a thickness made up of four layers or strands; heavy
made of fabric having considerable thickness; heavy
of relatively large extent and density; quilted
made of layers of fabric held together by patterned stitching; thickened
made or having become thick; three-ply
having a thickness made up of three layers or strands; two-ply
having a thickness made up of two layers or strands; broad, wide
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other; show more antonyms...

adj very narrow

“a thin line across the page”

Synonyms:: slender

: narrow
not wide

v lose thickness; become thin or thinner

Antonyms:: inspissate, thicken
become thick or thicker; inspissate, thicken
make thick or thicker; show more antonyms...

Type of:: change state, turn
undergo a transformation or a change of position or action

v make thin or thinner

“Thin the solution”

Antonyms:: inspissate, thicken
make thick or thicker; inspissate, thicken
become thick or thicker; show more antonyms...

Types:: draw
reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die

Type of:: bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down
cut down on; make a reduction in

adj lacking excess flesh

“you can't be too rich or too thin”

Synonyms:: lean

: ectomorphic
having a build with little fat or muscle but with long limbs; anorectic, anorexic
suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin; bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; deep-eyed, hollow-eyed, sunken-eyed
characteristic of the bony face of a cadaver; gangling, gangly, lanky
tall and thin; lank, spindly
long and lean; rawboned
having a lean and bony physique; reedlike, reedy
resembling a reed in being upright and slender; twiggy, twiglike
thin as a twig; scarecrowish
resembling a scarecrow in being thin and ragged; boney, scraggy, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy
being very thin; shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened
lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; slender, slight, slim, svelte
being of delicate or slender build; slender-waisted, slim-waisted, wasp-waisted
having a small waist; spare, trim
thin and fit; spindle-legged, spindle-shanked
having long slender legs; stringy, wiry
lean and sinewy; wisplike, wispy
thin and weak

Antonyms:: fat
having an (over)abundance of flesh; endomorphic, pyknic
having a squat and fleshy build; abdominous, paunchy, potbellied
having a large belly; blubbery
swollen with fat; chubby, embonpoint, plump
sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure; buxom, zaftig, zoftig
(of a female body) healthily plump and vigorous; corpulent, obese, rotund, weighty
excessively fat; double-chinned, jowly, loose-jowled
having sagging folds of flesh beneath the chin or lower jaw; dumpy, podgy, pudgy, roly-poly, tubby
short and plump; fattish
somewhat fat; fleshy, heavy, overweight
usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it; gross, porcine
repellently fat; portly, stout
euphemisms for `fat'; rounded
curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; 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; show more antonyms...

v take off weight

Synonyms:: lose weight, melt off, reduce, slenderize, slim, slim down

Antonyms:: gain, put on
increase (one's body weight)

Types:: sweat off
lose weight by sweating

Type of:: change state, turn
undergo a transformation or a change of position or action

adj not dense

“a thin beard”

Synonyms:: sparse

: distributed
spread out or scattered about or divided up

adj (of sound) lacking resonance or volume

“a thin feeble cry”

Synonyms: pale
not full or rich

Antonyms:: full
(of sound) having marked deepness and body; booming, stentorian
used of the voice; grumbling, rumbling
continuous full and low-pitched throbbing sound; plangent
loud and resounding; rich
pleasantly full and mellow; orotund, pear-shaped, rotund, round
(of sounds) full and rich; heavy, sonorous
full and loud and deep; sounding
having volume or deepness; show more antonyms...

adj relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous

“air is thin at high altitudes”

“a thin soup”

“thin oil”

Synonyms: tenuous
having thin consistency; rare, rarefied, rarified
having low density

Antonyms:: thick
relatively dense in consistency; clogged, clotted
thickened or coalesced in soft thick lumps (such as clogs or clots); coagulable
capable of coagulating and becoming thick; coagulate, coagulated, curdled, grumose, grumous
transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass; creamy
thick like cream; dense, heavy, impenetrable
permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; gelatinlike, gelatinous, jellylike
thick like gelatin; ropey, ropy, stringy, thready
forming viscous or glutinous threads; soupy
having the consistency and appearance of soup; syrupy, viscous
having a relatively high resistance to flow; thickened
made thick in consistency; show more antonyms...

v lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

Synonyms:: cut, dilute, reduce, thin out

Types:: water down
make less strong or intense

Type of:: weaken
lessen the strength of

adv without viscosity

“the blood was flowing thin”

Synonyms:: thinly

Antonyms:: thick, thickly
with a thick consistency

adj lacking spirit or sincere effort

“a thin smile”

Synonyms: spiritless
lacking ardor or vigor or energy

adj lacking substance or significance

“a thin plot”

Synonyms:: flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous

: insignificant, unimportant
devoid of importance, meaning, or force

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