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having or being of relatively great depth or extent from one surface to its opposite
- a thick board was laid across the pit
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2
being of a consistency that resists flow
- thick maple syrup for pancakes
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3
closely acquainted
- those two have been thick since grade school
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4
having a greater than usual measure across
- cross your name off the list with a really thick line so I can see it
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- outsize
- (also outsized),
- oversize
- (or oversized),
- sizable
- (or sizeable),
- substantial,
- tidy,
- voluminous
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5
having little space between items or parts
- a hedge thick with gorse bushes
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6
not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily
- couldn't believe that his guests were so thick that they were missing his hints that it was time to leave
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- airheaded,
- birdbrained,
- bonehead,
- boneheaded,
- brain-dead,
- brainless,
- bubbleheaded,
- chuckleheaded,
- dense,
- dim,
- dim-witted,
- doltish,
- dopey
- (also dopy),
- dorky
- [slang],
- dull,
- dumb,
- dunderheaded,
- empty-headed,
- fatuous,
- gormless
- [chiefly British],
- half-witted,
- knuckleheaded,
- lamebrain
- (or lamebrained),
- lunkheaded,
- mindless,
- oafish,
- obtuse,
- opaque,
- pinheaded,
- senseless,
- simple,
- slow,
- slow-witted,
- soft,
- softheaded,
- stupid,
- thick-witted,
- thickheaded,
- unintelligent,
- unsmart,
- vacuous,
- weak-minded,
- witless
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possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified
- a meadow thick with wildflowers
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- brimming,
- bulging,
- bursting,
- chock-full
- (or chockful),
- crammed,
- crowded,
- fat,
- filled,
- full,
- jammed,
- jam-packed,
- loaded,
- packed,
- saturated,
- stuffed
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The first known use of thick was before the 12th century
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