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thin

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of thin

1 having a noticeably small amount of body fat
  • After her bout with pneumonia, she looked thinner.
Synonyms of thin

bony (also boney), fatless, lean, lithe, skinny, slender, slim, spare, svelte
Words Related to thin

clean-limbed, trim

sylphlike, willowy

angular, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, sinewy, wiry

lank, lanky, rangy, reedy, spindling, spindly, stringy, twiggy, waspish, weedy

anorexic, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted, wizened

meager (or meagre), puny, slight
Near Antonyms of thin

beefy, bulky, chunky, fleshy, heavy, heavyset, stocky, stout, thick, thickset, weighty

brawny, burly, husky

pudgy, roly-poly, squat, stubby

paunchy, potbellied

flabby, soft

full, hippy, round
Antonyms of thin

chubby, corpulent, fat, obese, overweight, plump, portly, rotund, tubby
2 being of less than usual width
  • the thin threads of a cobweb
Synonyms of thin

fine, hairline, narrow, needlelike, paper-thin, skinny, slender, slim, slim-jim, ultrathin
Words Related to thin

attenuate, attenuated, elongate (or elongated), linear

bottleneck, close, compressed, condensed, constricted, contracted, squeezed, tight, tightened

lanky, rangy, reedy, shoestring, spindly, stalky, stringy, twiggy, willowy, wispy

lank, spare
Near Antonyms of thin

chunky, squat, stocky, stumpy, thick, thickset

bulky, massive, voluminous

thickish, widish
Antonyms of thin

broad, fat, wide
3 not containing very much of some important element
  • The evidence for that oddball theory is pretty thin.
Synonyms of thin

dilute, diluted, thinned, washy, watery, weak, weakened
Words Related to thin

adulterated, watered-down
Near Antonyms of thin

enriched, fortified

concentrated, condensed, evaporated
Antonyms of thin

full-bodied, rich, strong

Synonym Discussion of thin

thin, slender, slim, slight, tenuous mean not thick, broad, abundant, or dense. thin implies comparatively little extension between surfaces or in diameter, or it may imply lack of substance, richness, or abundance.
    • thin wire
    • a thin soup
slender implies leanness or spareness often with grace and good proportion.
    • the slender legs of a Sheraton chair
slim applies to slenderness that suggests fragility or scantiness.
    • a slim volume of poetry
    • a slim chance
slight implies smallness as well as thinness.
    • a slight build
tenuous implies extreme thinness, sheerness, or lack of substance and firmness.
    • a tenuous thread

thin

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of thin

to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances
  • thinned the cream with milk but didn't tell anyone
Synonyms of thin

adulterate, cut, dilute, extend, lace, sophisticate, water down, weaken
Words Related to thin

load

befoul, contaminate, corrupt, defile, dirty, envenom, foul, infect, poison, pollute, soil, spoil, sully, taint

cheapen, debase, degrade

manipulate, misrepresent, tamper (with)

counterfeit, fake, falsify, fudge

doctor, spike

attenuate, moderate, qualify, temper
Near Antonyms of thin

fertilize, lard

augment, reinforce (also reenforce), supplement

decontaminate, purify

clarify, clean, cleanse, distill (also distil), filter, flush, leach, pasteurize, purge, refine

better, enhance, improve

compact, concentrate, condense
Antonyms of thin

enrich, fortify, richen, strengthen

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