thick

1 having or being of relatively great depth or extent from one surface to its opposite a thick board was laid across the pit Synonyms of thick chunky, fat Words Related to thick blockish, blocky, bulky, dense, hefty, thickish; broad, deep, wide Near Antonyms of thick narrow, shallow Antonyms of thick skinny, slender, slim, thin

2 being of a consistency that resists flow thick maple syrup for pancakes Synonyms of thick ropy (also ropey), syrupy, viscid, viscous Words Related to thick creamy, heavy, slushy, thickened, thickish, turbid, undiluted; semifluid, semiliquid; gluey, glutinous, sticky; gelatinous, gooey, gummy, jellylike; concentrated, condensed Near Antonyms of thick flowing, fluid; dilute, diluted, liquid, watered-down, weak Antonyms of thick runny, soupy, thin, watery

3 closely acquainted those two have been thick since grade school Synonyms of thick bosom, buddy-buddy, chummy, close, especial, friendly, inseparable, intimate, inward, near, familiar, tightWords Related to thick clannish, close-knit, tight-knit; affable, boon, companionable, convivial, cordial, genial, gracious, hearty; gregarious, sociable, social; comfortable, cozy, easy, snug; amicable, neighborly; confidential, secretive; adoring, affectionate, dear, devoted, fond, loving, tender, tenderhearted, warmNear Antonyms of thick aloof, antisocial, cold, cool, detached, distant, frosty, remote, reserved, standoffish, unfriendly, unsociable, withdrawnAntonyms of thick distant

4 having a greater than usual measure across cross your name off the list with a really thick line so I can see it Synonyms of thick broad, fat, wideWords Related to thick expansive, extensive, sweeping; commodious, roomy, spacious; outsize (also outsized), oversize (or oversized), sizable (or sizeable), substantial, tidy, voluminousNear Antonyms of thick fine, hairlike, reedlike; elongate (or elongated), needlelike; bottleneck, close, compressed, condensed, constricted, contracted, squeezed, tight, tightened; attenuate, attenuated; small, smallish, undersized (also undersize)Antonyms of thick hairline, narrow, paper-thin, skinny, slender, slim, slim-jim, thin

5 having little space between items or parts a hedge thick with gorse bushes Synonyms of thick compact, crowded, dense, jam-packed, packed, serried, close, tightWords Related to thick crammed, jammed, overcrowded; crushed, massed, pressed, squeezed, wall-to-wall; airtight, snug; compacted, compressed, condensed, congested; firm, hard, solid; impenetrable, impermeable, imperviousNear Antonyms of thick commodious, roomy, spaciousAntonyms of thick airy, loose, open, uncrowded

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 Synonyms of thick 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, thickheaded, thick-witted, unintelligent, unsmart, vacuous, weak-minded, witlessWords Related to thick cretinous, feebleminded, simpleminded; boobish, foolish, idiotic (also idiotical), imbecile (or imbecilic), moronic; ignorant, illiterate, lowbrow, uneducated, uninformed, unintellectual, untaught, unthinking; absurd, asinine, balmy, cockeyed, crackpot, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, dippy, dotty, featherheaded, fool, half-baked, harebrained, insane, kooky (also kookie), loony (also looney), lunatic, mad, nonsensical, nutty, preposterous, sappy, screwball, silly, tomfool, unwise, wacky (also whacky), zany; fallacious, illogical, invalid, irrational, unreasonableNear Antonyms of thick ingenious, resourceful; acute, astute, discerning, insightful, keen, knowing, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, sagacious, sage, sapient, savvy, wise; cerebral, erudite, highbrow, intellectual, knowledgeable, learned, literate, scholarly, thinking, well-read; educated, informed, schooled, skilled, trained; crafty, cunning, foxy, shrewd, wily; judicious, prudent, sane, sensible, sound; logical, rational, reasonable, validAntonyms of thick apt, brainy, bright, brilliant, clever, fast, hyperintelligent, intelligent, keen, nimble, quick, quick-witted, sharp, sharp-witted, smart, supersmart, ultrasmart

7 possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified a meadow thick with wildflowers Synonyms of thick abounding, abundant, awash, flush, fraught, lousy, replete, swarming, teeming, rife, throngingWords Related to thick brimming, bulging, bursting, chock-full (or chockful), crammed, crowded, fat, filled, full, jammed, jam-packed, loaded, packed, saturated, stuffed; clogged, congested, overcrowded, overfilled, overflowing, overfull, overladen, overloaded, overstuffed, surfeited; alive, animated, astir, bustling, busy, buzzing, humming, livelyNear Antonyms of thick bare, barren, blank, devoid, empty, stark, vacant, void; depleted, drained, exhausted; deficient, incomplete, insufficient, short

the most intense or characteristic phase of something in the thick of winter many Northerners are dreaming of tropical islands Synonyms of thick deep, depth, height, middle, midst Words Related to thick center, heart