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Synonyms for thick
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Wiktionary
thickadjective
Friendly or intimate.
They were as thick as thieves.
Synonyms:
glutinous, dense, teem, great, intimate, overflow, pally, stocky, broad, chummy, close-knit, thickset, friendly, unclear, chunky, packed, tight-knit, swarm, viscous, crowded, solid, close, opaque, extremeAntonyms:
unacquaintedthickadjective
Deep, intense, or profound.
Thick darkness.
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chunky, unclear, great, teem, chummy, glutinous, stocky, intimate, opaque, viscous, close, tight-knit, thickset, extreme, broad, solid, pally, swarm, overflow, dense, packed, crowded, close-knit, friendlythickadjective
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dumb, thick as two short planks, dense, stupid, thick as pigshitAntonyms:
brainy, intelligent, smartthickadjective
Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
Snow lay thick on the ground.
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chummy, stocky, unclear, friendly, thickset, broad, packed, close-knit, extreme, dense, pally, intimate, glutinous, teem, tight-knit, chunky, close, great, overflow, solid, viscous, swarm, crowded, opaquethickadjective
Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
I want some planks that are two inches thick.
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solid, chummy, stocky, friendly, tight-knit, intimate, unclear, teem, close-knit, opaque, dense, thickset, crowded, pally, broad, packed, chunky, close, extreme, great, swarm, overflow, glutinous, viscousthickadjective
Heavy in build; thickset.
He had such a thick neck that he had to turn his body to look to the side.
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teem, intimate, glutinous, chunky, extreme, dense, chummy, stocky, friendly, packed, swarm, tight-knit, viscous, close, thickset, opaque, crowded, great, unclear, overflow, pally, close-knit, broad, solidthickadjective
Densely crowded or packed.
We walked through thick undergrowth.
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glutinous, stocky, dense, crowded, unclear, friendly, packed, teem, swarm, opaque, pally, chummy, great, thickset, solid, extreme, close, close-knit, overflow, viscous, chunky, intimate, broad, tight-knitAntonyms:
sparsethickadjective
Having a viscous consistency.
My mum’s gravy was thick but at least it moved about.
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packed, crowded, tight-knit, swarm, overflow, opaque, close-knit, thickset, glutinous, dense, extreme, unclear, intimate, teem, close, chunky, chummy, viscous, solid, pally, stocky, friendly, great, broadAntonyms:
free-flowing, runnythickadjective
Abounding in number.
The room was thick with reporters.
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intimate, close, overflow, solid, packed, chunky, tight-knit, teem, friendly, great, close-knit, crowded, extreme, unclear, swarm, viscous, stocky, glutinous, chummy, broad, opaque, thickset, dense, pallythickadjective
Impenetrable to sight.
We drove through thick fog.
Synonyms:
teem, overflow, opaque, dense, glutinous, tight-knit, close, great, stocky, pally, thickset, crowded, swarm, chunky, intimate, solid, friendly, broad, chummy, packed, extreme, unclear, viscous, close-knitAntonyms:
thin, transparentthickadjective
Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.
We had difficulty understanding him with his thick accent.
Synonyms:
extreme, packed, tight-knit, close, stocky, viscous, close-knit, thickset, solid, swarm, friendly, unclear, opaque, great, overflow, dense, chummy, teem, intimate, crowded, broad, chunky, pally, glutinousthickadjective
Stupid.
He was as thick as two short planks.
Synonyms:
chunky, thickset, dense, packed, teem, close-knit, crowded, glutinous, extreme, friendly, broad, overflow, intimate, chummy, great, opaque, close, unclear, swarm, tight-knit, stocky, pally, viscous, solid
English Synonyms and Antonyms
thick
Synonyms:
big, blunt, clumsy, coarse, great, heavy, huge, immense, large, rude, stoutAntonyms:
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, thin
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
thick
Synonyms:
dense, condensed, inspissated, close, compact, turbid, luteous, coagulated, muddy, dull, misty, vaporous, crowded, numerous, solid, bulky, deep, confused, inarticulateAntonyms:
rare, fine, thin, sparse, strained, pure, percolated, limpid, crystalline, scanty, incompact, slight, shallow, laminated, clear, articulate, distinct
Princeton's WordNet
midst, thickadjective
the location of something surrounded by other things
"in the midst of the crowd"
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midstAntonyms:
tenuous, light, hyperfine, vaporous, see-through, cobwebby, paper thin, distant, distributed, gauzy, threadlike, rarified, penetrable, hairlike, filmy, fine, remote, filamentlike, sleazy, gauze-like, wafer-thin, thin, filiform, papery, vapourous, transparent, ribbony, diaphanous, smart, intelligible, ribbonlike, rarefied, gossamer, slender, thready, depressed, rare, capillary, bladed, sheer, flat, tall, filamentous, compressed, scarce, mildthickadjective
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
"an inch thick"; "a thick board"; "a thick sandwich"; "spread a thick layer of butter"; "thick coating of dust"; "thick warm blankets"
Synonyms:
dense, duncical, duncish, stocky, thickheaded, boneheaded, loggerheaded, blockheaded, chummy, thick-skulled, thickset, deep, wooden-headed, compact, fatheaded, heavyset, buddy-buddy, thick(p), slurredAntonyms:
ribbony, cobwebby, rarified, capillary, smart, flat, gossamer, filamentous, thin, filmy, compressed, penetrable, transparent, papery, light, rarefied, remote, sleazy, scarce, hyperfine, ribbonlike, diaphanous, paper thin, tall, intelligible, filamentlike, see-through, bladed, fine, vapourous, filiform, gauze-like, vaporous, thready, rare, distributed, gauzy, sheer, threadlike, mild, slender, hairlike, tenuous, wafer-thin, depressed, distantthickadjective
having component parts closely crowded together
"a compact shopping center"; "a dense population"; "thick crowds"; "a thick forest"; "thick hair"
Synonyms:
dense, duncical, duncish, stocky, thickheaded, boneheaded, loggerheaded, blockheaded, chummy, thick-skulled, thickset, deep, wooden-headed, compact, fatheaded, heavyset, buddy-buddy, thick(p), slurredAntonyms:
compressed, thin, smart, cobwebby, rarefied, remote, threadlike, hyperfine, filamentous, slender, depressed, mild, ribbony, diaphanous, tenuous, scarce, fine, filmy, rarified, intelligible, capillary, gauzy, light, thready, flat, see-through, filiform, distributed, gauze-like, vaporous, gossamer, transparent, paper thin, papery, sleazy, ribbonlike, hairlike, filamentlike, rare, wafer-thin, distant, bladed, penetrable, tall, vapourous, sheerthickadjective
relatively dense in consistency
"thick cream"; "thick soup"; "thick smoke"; "thick fog"
Synonyms:
dense, duncical, duncish, stocky, thickheaded, boneheaded, loggerheaded, blockheaded, chummy, thick-skulled, thickset, deep, wooden-headed, compact, fatheaded, heavyset, buddy-buddy, thick(p), slurredAntonyms:
see-through, vapourous, transparent, bladed, slender, ribbony, capillary, sleazy, thready, distant, tenuous, gauze-like, filamentous, gauzy, light, rarefied, rare, threadlike, scarce, fine, remote, rarified, filmy, sheer, tall, gossamer, ribbonlike, vaporous, thin, papery, cobwebby, diaphanous, compressed, hyperfine, filamentlike, distributed, hairlike, penetrable, smart, intelligible, depressed, wafer-thin, mild, flat, paper thin, filiformslurred, thickadjective
spoken as if with a thick tongue
"the thick speech of a drunkard"; "his words were slurred"
Synonyms:
dense, duncical, duncish, stocky, thickheaded, boneheaded, loggerheaded, blockheaded, chummy, thick-skulled, thickset, deep, wooden-headed, compact, fatheaded, heavyset, buddy-buddy, thick(p), slurredAntonyms:
tenuous, remote, rare, sheer, scarce, rarified, thin, compressed, gauzy, tall, thready, flat, mild, see-through, slender, capillary, vapourous, hyperfine, papery, threadlike, filamentous, gossamer, gauze-like, sleazy, wafer-thin, ribbony, cobwebby, filmy, paper thin, light, distant, bladed, distributed, filamentlike, rarefied, transparent, penetrable, diaphanous, filiform, vaporous, intelligible, ribbonlike, smart, depressed, hairlike, finecompact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thicksetadjective
having a short and solid form or stature
"a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thickset young man"
Synonyms:
dense, duncical, duncish, wooden-headed, thickheaded, boneheaded, loggerheaded, blockheaded, summary, chummy, thick-skulled, thickset, deep, compact, stocky, succinct, compendious, heavyset, buddy-buddy, thick(p), fatheaded, slurredAntonyms:
filiform, smart, tenuous, flat, thin, slender, bladed, gossamer, remote, see-through, fine, intelligible, paper thin, rarified, rarefied, filamentlike, filamentous, ribbonlike, mild, thready, sleazy, capillary, filmy, vaporous, gauzy, hairlike, gauze-like, rare, cobwebby, penetrable, distributed, vapourous, light, diaphanous, ribbony, hyperfine, scarce, depressed, tall, transparent, distant, wafer-thin, compressed, threadlike, papery, sheerdense, thickadjective
hard to pass through because of dense growth
"dense vegetation"; "thick woods"
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duncical, duncish, dull, dim, thickheaded, thick(p), loggerheaded, dense, impenetrable, chummy, thick-skulled, thickset, dumb, deep, slow, blockheaded, heavy, compact, stocky, boneheaded, wooden-headed, heavyset, obtuse, buddy-buddy, fatheaded, slurredAntonyms:
hyperfine, thin, papery, flat, tenuous, tall, gauzy, sheer, filamentlike, filamentous, slender, bladed, rarefied, distant, ribbonlike, remote, gossamer, filmy, gauze-like, light, cobwebby, ribbony, transparent, rare, compressed, penetrable, depressed, intelligible, see-through, scarce, smart, filiform, rarified, paper thin, sleazy, vapourous, fine, vaporous, capillary, mild, diaphanous, distributed, wafer-thin, threadlike, hairlike, threadythick, deepadjective
(of darkness) very intense
"thick night"; "thick darkness"; "a face in deep shadow"; "deep night"
Synonyms:
dense, duncical, duncish, stocky, thickheaded, boneheaded, loggerheaded, mystifying, blockheaded, cryptical, chummy, thick-skulled, rich, thickset, deep, abstruse, wooden-headed, compact, fatheaded, recondite, inscrutable, heavyset, cryptic, buddy-buddy, mysterious, bass, thick(p), slurredAntonyms:
slender, tenuous, intelligible, wafer-thin, rarified, distant, flat, mild, scarce, hairlike, filiform, gossamer, sheer, smart, thin, diaphanous, thready, capillary, ribbony, penetrable, papery, gauzy, filmy, remote, filamentlike, rarefied, filamentous, distributed, sleazy, transparent, threadlike, hyperfine, gauze-like, see-through, paper thin, cobwebby, rare, vaporous, vapourous, ribbonlike, tall, light, depressed, compressed, fine, bladedchummy, buddy-buddy, thick(p)adjective
(used informally) associated on close terms
"a close friend"; "the bartender was chummy with the regular customers"; "the two were thick as thieves for months"
Antonyms:
thin, mild, wafer-thin, compressed, filmy, gauze-like, distant, rarified, capillary, flat, ribbony, tenuous, transparent, tall, ribbonlike, depressed, scarce, filamentous, thready, gauzy, diaphanous, hairlike, sheer, cobwebby, smart, see-through, papery, bladed, remote, slender, distributed, gossamer, vapourous, filamentlike, paper thin, rarefied, threadlike, intelligible, sleazy, filiform, rare, light, penetrable, hyperfine, vaporous, fineblockheaded, boneheaded, duncical, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick, thickheaded, thick-skulled, wooden-headedadjective
(used informally) stupid
Synonyms:
dense, duncical, duncish, wooden-headed, thickheaded, boneheaded, loggerheaded, blockheaded, chummy, thick-skulled, thickset, deep, stocky, compact, fatheaded, heavyset, buddy-buddy, thick(p), slurredAntonyms:
see-through, threadlike, hyperfine, sleazy, wafer-thin, filmy, gossamer, filamentlike, thin, gauzy, thready, rarefied, vapourous, paper thin, diaphanous, gauze-like, sheer, vaporous, penetrable, papery, tall, capillary, bladed, hairlike, fine, tenuous, compressed, rarified, intelligible, light, smart, distributed, scarce, filamentous, flat, ribbony, depressed, rare, mild, ribbonlike, filiform, distant, cobwebby, remote, slender, transparentthickadverb
abounding; having a lot of
"the top was thick with dust"
Synonyms:
dense, duncical, duncish, stocky, thickheaded, boneheaded, loggerheaded, blockheaded, chummy, thick-skulled, thickset, deep, wooden-headed, compact, fatheaded, heavyset, buddy-buddy, thick(p), slurredAntonyms:
distant, light, depressed, slender, smart, filamentous, thready, flat, tenuous, sheer, thin, ribbonlike, hairlike, threadlike, fine, remote, compressed, hyperfine, filiform, capillary, intelligible, tall, papery, distributed, see-through, vaporous, gauzy, paper thin, vapourous, ribbony, wafer-thin, rare, sleazy, penetrable, gossamer, bladed, filamentlike, scarce, rarified, diaphanous, transparent, rarefied, mild, filmy, gauze-like, cobwebbythickly, thickadverb
with a thick consistency
"the blood was flowing thick"
Antonyms:
gauze-like, ribbonlike, filamentlike, ribbony, gossamer, mild, light, remote, compressed, flat, gauzy, capillary, rare, rarified, hairlike, tenuous, paper thin, threadlike, distant, filmy, thready, transparent, filiform, distributed, see-through, cobwebby, vaporous, rarefied, filamentous, wafer-thin, papery, tall, smart, fine, diaphanous, vapourous, thin, sleazy, sheer, hyperfine, scarce, slender, depressed, intelligible, penetrable, bladedthick, thicklyadverb
in quick succession
"misfortunes come fast and thick"
Antonyms:
vaporous, thin, intelligible, flat, penetrable, vapourous, bladed, gauzy, cobwebby, hyperfine, see-through, filamentlike, capillary, threadlike, tenuous, hairlike, fine, distributed, rare, papery, diaphanous, depressed, smart, rarefied, gauze-like, ribbonlike, ribbony, filamentous, compressed, light, scarce, wafer-thin, transparent, tall, sheer, rarified, filmy, paper thin, filiform, distant, sleazy, slender, thready, mild, remote, gossamer
Editors Contribution
fat
any ester of fatty acids, or a mixture of such compounds; most commonly those that occur in living beings or in food.
her tummy was thick.
Dictionary of English Synonymes
thickadjective
Synonyms:
not thin (in measure)thickadjective
thickadjective
Synonyms:
dense, gross, inspissate, inspissated, not thin (in consistence)thickadjective
Synonyms:
turbid, muddy, roiled, not clear, not transparentthickadjective
Synonyms:
abundant, frequent, close, compact, crowded, closely set, in quick successionthickadjective
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indistinct, inarticulatethickadjective
thickadjective
Synonyms:
[Colloquial.] intimate, familiar, friendly, hand and glove, hail fellow well metthicknoun
Synonyms:
thickest partthickadjective
Synonyms:
frequently, fast, quickthickadjective
thickadjective
Synonyms:
to a great depth
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
thickadjective
Synonyms:
dense, coagulated, crass, gross, inspissate, inspissated, grumous, incrassated, compact, turbid, roily, feculent, muddy, intimate, confidential
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#330 | big | |
#462 | large | |
#735 | close | |
#1006 | summary | |
#1133 | huge | |
#1254 | friendly | |
#1543 | deep | |
#2145 | heavy | |
#2159 | solid | |
#2169 | rich | |
#2685 | extreme | |
#2901 | slow | |
#2961 | bass | |
#3048 | compact | |
#3516 | broad | |
#3726 | numerous | |
#3977 | bulk | |
#4349 | thin | |
#4775 | stupid | |
#4800 | thick | |
#6351 | packed | |
#6878 | confused | |
#8197 | thickness | |
#9197 | intimate | |
#9389 | dim | |
#9564 | dumb | |
#9735 | mysterious | |
#9770 | dense | |
#11372 | blunt | |
#11861 | condensed | |
#12199 | rude | |
#12225 | overflow | |
#12856 | midst | |
#12929 | unclear | |
#13224 | crowded | |
#13293 | dull | |
#14475 | coarse | |
#14852 | misty | |
#15908 | immense | |
#17805 | opaque | |
#17856 | stout | |
#18321 | muddy | |
#20664 | chunky | |
#23873 | bulky | |
#24145 | swarm | |
#28776 | clumsy | |
#30028 | cryptic | |
#31093 | densely | |
#32670 | viscous | |
#41810 | succinct | |
#46849 | thickened | |
#51185 | impenetrable | |
#55989 | hau | |
#56643 | obtuse | |
#61679 | thickly | |
#66123 | teem | |
#66886 | inscrutable | |
#77562 | slurred | |
#83353 | stocky | |
#88701 | turbid | |
#89777 | meinung | |
#97349 | inarticulate | |
#97999 | mystifying | |
#104117 | pally | |
#113745 | abstruse | |
#135252 | glutinous | |
#144711 | chummy | |
#172427 | coagulated | |
#188549 | recondite | |
#204792 | boneheaded | |
#218770 | vaporous | |
#285263 | heavyset | |
#309329 | compendious |
How to use thick in a sentence?
It reminds me to check in on Nivi Jayasekar and my surroundings. I don't know if it necessarily matters( that the other person is doing it) because I don't think if I would meet the stranger during this time, sometimes, some people don't show up well during hard times. But some people do, so you know they will be with you during thick and thin.
There are women that produce mucus of a thick viscus quality, and it sticks and lodges in there. The fallopian tube at the uterine end is very narrow and it gets blocked in there, so it’s quite easy to imagine that a course of physical therapy is going to soften this up, dislodge it and clear Clear Passage.
The way my time ended at CNN is hard, while I have a thick skin, I also have a family, for whom the past week has been extraordinarily difficult. So, right now, I have to take a step back and focus on what comes next. That means I will no longer be doing my SiriusXM radio show. I am extremely grateful for the support I have received from SiriusXM throughout my time there. I also want to express my sincere appreciation for my loyal listeners. I will miss our conversations a great deal – but I look forward to being back in touch with you all in the future.
The irony is very thick and definitely not lost on me, president Trump has been saying mail-in ballots will bring fraud to the election but absentee ballots are legit. Which is it ? It can't be both ways. I laughed because if the campaign actually took information from other times they have reached out to me, they'd know I won't vote for President Trump despite being a registered Republican.
I don't have thin skin. I have very strong, very thick skin, i have a strong temperament, and it's a very good temperament, and it's a very in-control temperament, or I wouldn't have built this unbelievable company.
Translations for thick
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- كثيف, سميك, غليظArabic
- тығыҙ, ҡуйы, күп һанлы, ҡалынBashkir
- тоўстыBelarusian
- гъст, дебелBulgarian
- tlustý, hustýCzech
- twp, tewWelsh
- tyk, tyktDanish
- dicht, dick, plump, mitten inGerman
- παχής, πυκνόςGreek
- espeso, gruesoSpanish
- ستبر, سفت, کلفت, غلیظ, ضخیم, انبوه, چاقPersian
- samea, sakea, tiheä, paksu, paksustiFinnish
- incompréhensible, lourd, épais, opaque, dense, copains comme cochons, lourdingue, grosFrench
- tiubhIrish
- tiughScottish Gaelic
- çhiuManx
- עבהHebrew
- मोटाHindi
- sűrű, vastagHungarian
- թավ, հաստ, թանձրArmenian
- kental, tebalIndonesian
- pesante, spesso, spessa, folto, densoItalian
- עָבHebrew
- 濃い, 厚い, 鈍い, 混む, 密集, 太い, 厚さ, 厚く, 厚いですJapanese
- ជុក, ក្រាស់Khmer
- 두껍다, 두꺼운Korean
- ئهستوور, سهختKurdish
- tewCornish
- crassusLatin
- biezs, resnsLatvian
- mātotoru, haputa, oruMāori
- густ, збиен, дебел, набиен, тап, во дебелина, густоMacedonian
- ထူထဲ, ပျစ်Burmese
- tykk, tjukkNorwegian
- zware, dichte, dikke, dik, dichtopeengepakte, zwaar, dicht, dichtopeengepakt, sloom, gezet, slome, traag van begrip, gezetteDutch
- tjukkNorwegian Nynorsk
- tykkNorwegian
- gruby, gęstyPolish
- ګڼ, غټ, ټينګ, ډبل, پلندPashto, Pushto
- denso, espesso, grosso, estúpido, estúpidaPortuguese
- gros, tulbureRomanian
- густой, в толщину, толстый, тупой, гущаRussian
- debeo, дебеоSerbo-Croatian
- tlstýSlovak
- debelSlovene
- grov, trög, tjock, packad, tät, tätt, tjocktSwedish
- தடித்தTamil
- చిక్కని, మందమైన, దట్టమైనTelugu
- หนาThai
- yoğun, kalınTurkish
- товстийUkrainian
- موٹا, موٹیUrdu
- dàyVietnamese
- דיקYiddish
- 厚Chinese
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