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ADJECTIVE | 1 | thin | Of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section |
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2 | thin, lean | Lacking excess flesh | |
3 | thin, slender | Very narrow | |
4 | thin, flimsy, slight, tenuous | Having little substance or significance | |
5 | thin, sparse | Not dense | |
6 | thin | Relatively thin in consistency or low in density | |
7 | thin | (of sound) lacking resonance or volume | |
8 | thin | Lacking spirit or sincere effort | |
ADVERB | 1 | thin, thinly | Without viscosity |
VERB | 1 | thin | Lose thickness |
2 | thin | Make thin or thinner | |
3 | thin, dilute, thin out, reduce, cut | Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture | |
4 | thin, reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, slim down | Take off weight |
Sounds | thih'n |
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Rhymes | Adrenalin, aflatoxin, Aiken, and 212 more rhymes in ihn at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section. |
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Examples | "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint" |
Attribute of | thickness |
Similar | bladed; capillary, hairlike; compressed, flat; depressed; chiffon; diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, cobwebby; filamentous, filiform, filamentlike, threadlike, thready; fine; flimsy, light; hyperfine; paper thin; papery; ribbonlike, ribbony; sleazy; slender; tenuous; wafer-thin |
See also | thin, lean; narrow |
Contrary | thick |
Adverbs | thinly |
Meaning | Lacking excess flesh. |
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Examples | "you can't be too rich or too thin" |
Synonyms | lean |
Attribute of | body weight |
Similar | anorexic, anorectic; bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted; deep-eyed, hollow-eyed, sunken-eyed; fine-drawn; gangling, gangly, lanky; lank, spindly; rawboned; reedy, reedlike; twiggy, twiglike; scarecrowish; scraggy, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy; shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened; slender, slight, slim; slender-waisted, slim-waisted, wasp-waisted; spare, trim; spindle-legged, spindle-shanked; stringy, wiry; wisplike, wispy |
See also | ectomorphic; thin |
Contrary | fat |
Meaning | Very narrow. |
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Examples | "a thin line across the page" |
Synonyms | slender |
Similar to | narrow |
Meaning | Having little substance or significance. |
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Examples | "a thin plot" |
Synonyms | flimsy, slight, tenuous |
Similar to | weak |
Meaning | Not dense. |
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Examples | "a thin beard" |
Synonyms | sparse |
Similar to | distributed |
Adverbs | thinly |
Meaning | Relatively thin in consistency or low in density. Not viscous. |
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Examples | "air is thin at high altitudes"; "a thin soup"; "skimmed milk is much thinner than whole milk"; "thin oil" |
Attribute of | consistency, consistence, body; thickness |
Similar | tenuous; rare, rarefied, rarified |
Contrary | thick |
Adverbs | thinly |
Meaning | (of sound) lacking resonance or volume. |
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Examples | "a thin feeble cry" |
Similar | pale |
Contrary | full |
Meaning | Lacking spirit or sincere effort. |
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Examples | "a thin smile" |
Similar to | spiritless |
Adverbs | thinly |
Meaning | Without viscosity. |
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Examples | "the blood was flowing thin" |
Synonyms | thinly |
Contrary | thickly, thick |
Meaning | Lose thickness. Become thin or thinner. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Caused by | thin |
Broader | change state, turn |
Contrary | thicken, inspissate |
Meaning | Make thin or thinner. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "Thin the solution" |
Cause to | thin |
Narrower | draw |
Broader | reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down |
Contrary | thicken, inspissate |
Nouns | thinner |
Meaning | Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Synonyms | dilute, thin out, reduce, cut |
Narrower | water down |
Broader | weaken |
Nouns | thinning; thinner |
Meaning | Take off weight. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s |
Synonyms | reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, slim down |
Narrower | sweat off |
Broader | change state, turn |
Contrary | gain, put on |