Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  thin 
 
  3  of  4  senses  of  thin 
 
  Sense  2 
  thin 
  =>  draw 
 
  Sense  3 
  dilute,  thin,  thin  out  reduce,  cut 
  =>  water  down 
 
  Sense  4 
  reduce,  melt  off  lose  weight,  slim,  slenderize,  thin,  slim  down 
  =>  sweat  off 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  thin 
 
  3  of  4  senses  of  thin 
 
  Sense  2 
  thin 
  =>  draw 
 
  Sense  3 
  dilute,  thin,  thin  out  reduce,  cut 
  =>  water  down 
 
  Sense  4 
  reduce,  melt  off  lose  weight,  slim,  slenderize,  thin,  slim  down 
  =>  sweat  off 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  thin 
 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  thin 
 
  4  senses  of  thin 
 
  Sense  1 
  thin 
  =>  change  state,  turn 
 
  Sense  2 
  thin 
  =>  reduce,  cut  down  cut  back  trim,  trim  down  trim  back  cut,  bring  down 
 
  Sense  3 
  dilute,  thin,  thin  out  reduce,  cut 
  =>  weaken 
 
  Sense  4 
  reduce,  melt  off  lose  weight,  slim,  slenderize,  thin,  slim  down 
  =>  change  state,  turn 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  thin 
 
  thin  used  as  a  verb  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  4) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  thin 
 
  Sense  1 
  thin 
  =>  change  state,  turn 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  2 
  thin 
  =>  reduce,  cut  down  cut  back  trim,  trim  down  trim  back  cut,  bring  down 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  3 
  dilute,  thin,  thin  out  reduce,  cut 
  =>  weaken 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  4 
  reduce,  melt  off  lose  weight,  slim,  slenderize,  thin,  slim  down 
  =>  change  state,  turn 
  -------------- 
 
  Grep  of  noun  thin 
  cephalothin 
  christ  within 
  lecithin 
  light  within 
  strophanthin 
  thin-leaved  bilberry 
  thin-leaved  stringybark 
  thin-shelled  mussel 
  thin  air 
  thin  person 
  thing 
  thing-in-itself 
  thingamabob 
  thingamajig 
  thingmabob 
  thingmajig 
  things 
  thingumabob 
  thingumajig 
  thingummy 
  think 
  think  factory 
  think  tank 
  thinker 
  thinking 
  thinking  cap 
  thinner 
  thinness 
  thinning 
  thinning  shears 
  zeaxanthin 
 
  Overview  of  verb  thin 
 
  The  verb  thin  has  4  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  thin  --  (lose  thickness;  become  thin  or  thinner) 
  2.  thin  --  (make  thin  or  thinner;  "Thin  the  solution") 
  3.  dilute,  thin,  thin  out  reduce,  cut  --  (lessen  the  strength  or  flavor  of  a  solution  or  mixture;  "cut  bourbon") 
  4.  reduce,  melt  off  lose  weight,  slim,  slenderize,  thin,  slim  down  --  (take  off  weight) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  thin 
 
  The  adj  thin  has  8  senses  (first  6  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (17)  thin  --  (of  relatively  small  extent  from  one  surface  to  the  opposite  or  in  cross  section;  "thin  wire";  "a  thin  chiffon  blouse";  "a  thin  book";  "a  thin  layer  of  paint") 
  2.  (15)  thin,  lean  --  (lacking  excess  flesh;  "you  can't  be  too  rich  or  too  thin";  "Yon  Cassius  has  a  lean  and  hungry  look"-Shakespeare) 
  3.  (7)  slender,  thin  --  (very  narrow;  "a  thin  line  across  the  page") 
  4.  (2)  flimsy,  slight,  tenuous,  thin  --  (having  little  substance  or  significance;  "a  flimsy  excuse";  "slight  evidence";  "a  tenuous  argument";  "a  thin  plot") 
  5.  (2)  sparse,  thin  --  (not  dense;  "a  thin  beard";  "trees  were  sparse") 
  6.  (1)  thin  --  (relatively  thin  in  consistency  or  low  in  density;  not  viscous;  "air  is  thin  at  high  altitudes";  "a  thin  soup";  "skimmed  milk  is  much  thinner  than  whole  milk";  "thin  oil") 
  7.  thin  --  ((of  sound)  lacking  resonance  or  volume;  "a  thin  feeble  cry") 
  8.  thin  --  (lacking  spirit  or  sincere  effort;  "a  thin  smile") 
 
  Overview  of  adv  thin 
 
  The  adv  thin  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  thinly,  thin  --  (without  viscosity;  "the  blood  was  flowing  thin") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  thin 
 
  8  senses  of  thin 
 
  Sense  1 
  thin  (vs.  thick) 
 
  thick  (vs.  thin) 
  =>  deep 
  =>  deep-chested 
  =>  fat 
  =>  four-ply 
  =>  heavy 
  =>  quilted 
  =>  three-ply 
  =>  two-ply 
  =>  thickened 
 
  Sense  2 
  thin  (vs.  fat),  lean 
 
  fat  (vs.  thin) 
  =>  abdominous,  paunchy,  potbellied 
  =>  blubber,  blubbery 
  =>  buxom,  chubby,  embonpoint,  plump,  zaftig,  zoftig 
  =>  compact,  heavyset,  stocky,  thick,  thickset 
  =>  corpulent,  obese,  weighty,  rotund 
  =>  double-chinned,  jowly,  loose-jowled 
  =>  dumpy,  podgy,  pudgy,  tubby 
  =>  fattish 
  =>  fleshy,  heavy,  overweight 
  =>  gross,  porcine 
  =>  portly,  stout 
 
  Sense  3 
  slender,  thin 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  narrow)  ->  wide,  broad 
 
  Sense  4 
  flimsy,  slight,  tenuous,  thin 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  weak)  ->  strong 
 
  Sense  5 
  sparse,  thin 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  distributed)  ->  concentrated 
 
  Sense  6 
  thin  (vs.  thick) 
 
  thick  (vs.  thin) 
  =>  clogged,  clotted 
  =>  creamy,  cream(postnominal),  soupy 
  =>  dense,  heavy,  impenetrable 
  =>  gelatinous,  gelatinlike,  jellylike 
  =>  heavy 
  =>  ropy,  ropey,  stringy,  thready 
  =>  syrupy,  viscous 
  =>  thickened 
  =>  coagulable 
  =>  coagulate,  coagulated,  curdled,  grumous,  grumose 
 
  Sense  7 
  thin  (vs.  full) 
 
  full  (vs.  thin) 
  =>  booming,  stentorian 
  =>  grumbling,  rumbling 
  =>  plangent 
  =>  rich 
  =>  orotund,  rotund,  round,  pear-shaped 
  =>  sounding 
  =>  heavy,  sonorous 
 
  Sense  8 
  thin 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  spiritless)  ->  spirited 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  thin 
 
  8  senses  of  thin 
 
  Sense  1 
  thin  (vs.  thick) 
  =>  bladed 
  =>  capillary,  hairlike 
  =>  chiffon 
  =>  compressed,  flat 
  =>  depressed 
  =>  diaphanous,  filmy,  gauzy,  gossamer,  see-through,  sheer,  transparent,  vaporous,  cobwebby 
  =>  filamentous,  filiform,  filamentlike,  threadlike,  thready 
  =>  fine 
  =>  flimsy,  light 
  =>  hyperfine 
  =>  papery 
  =>  sleazy 
  =>  slender 
  =>  tenuous 
  =>  wafer-thin 
  =>  ribbonlike,  ribbony 
  Also  See->  narrow#1;  thin#2,  lean#1 
 
  Sense  2 
  thin  (vs.  fat),  lean 
  =>  anorexic,  anorectic 
  =>  bony,  cadaverous,  emaciated,  gaunt,  haggard,  pinched,  skeletal,  wasted 
  =>  deep-eyed,  hollow-eyed,  sunken-eyed 
  =>  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 
  =>  shriveled,  shrivelled,  shrunken,  withered,  wizen,  wizened 
  Also  See->  ectomorphic#1;  thin#1 
 
  Sense  3 
  slender,  thin 
  =>  narrow  (vs.  wide) 
 
  Sense  4 
  flimsy,  slight,  tenuous,  thin 
  =>  weak  (vs.  strong) 
 
  Sense  5 
  sparse,  thin 
  =>  distributed  (vs.  concentrated) 
 
  Sense  6 
  thin  (vs.  thick) 
  =>  tenuous 
  =>  rare  rarefied,  rarified 
 
  Sense  7 
  thin  (vs.  full) 
  =>  pale 
 
  Sense  8 
  thin 
  =>  spiritless  (vs.  spirited) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  thin 
 
  3  of  8  senses  of  thin 
 
  Sense  1 
  thin  (vs.  thick) 
  =>  thickness 
 
  Sense  2 
  thin  (vs.  fat),  lean 
  =>  body  weight 
 
  Sense  6 
  thin  (vs.  thick) 
  =>  thickness 
  =>  consistency,  consistence,  body 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  thin 
 
  thin  used  as  an  adjective  is  common  (polysemy  count  =  8) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  thin 
  thin 
  thin-skinned 
  thinkable 
  thinking 
  thinned 
  wafer-thin 
 
  Overview  of  verb  thin 
 
  The  verb  thin  has  4  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  thin  --  (lose  thickness;  become  thin  or  thinner) 
  2.  thin  --  (make  thin  or  thinner;  "Thin  the  solution") 
  3.  dilute,  thin,  thin  out  reduce,  cut  --  (lessen  the  strength  or  flavor  of  a  solution  or  mixture;  "cut  bourbon") 
  4.  reduce,  melt  off  lose  weight,  slim,  slenderize,  thin,  slim  down  --  (take  off  weight) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  thin 
 
  The  adj  thin  has  8  senses  (first  6  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (17)  thin  --  (of  relatively  small  extent  from  one  surface  to  the  opposite  or  in  cross  section;  "thin  wire";  "a  thin  chiffon  blouse";  "a  thin  book";  "a  thin  layer  of  paint") 
  2.  (15)  thin,  lean  --  (lacking  excess  flesh;  "you  can't  be  too  rich  or  too  thin";  "Yon  Cassius  has  a  lean  and  hungry  look"-Shakespeare) 
  3.  (7)  slender,  thin  --  (very  narrow;  "a  thin  line  across  the  page") 
  4.  (2)  flimsy,  slight,  tenuous,  thin  --  (having  little  substance  or  significance;  "a  flimsy  excuse";  "slight  evidence";  "a  tenuous  argument";  "a  thin  plot") 
  5.  (2)  sparse,  thin  --  (not  dense;  "a  thin  beard";  "trees  were  sparse") 
  6.  (1)  thin  --  (relatively  thin  in  consistency  or  low  in  density;  not  viscous;  "air  is  thin  at  high  altitudes";  "a  thin  soup";  "skimmed  milk  is  much  thinner  than  whole  milk";  "thin  oil") 
  7.  thin  --  ((of  sound)  lacking  resonance  or  volume;  "a  thin  feeble  cry") 
  8.  thin  --  (lacking  spirit  or  sincere  effort;  "a  thin  smile") 
 
  Overview  of  adv  thin 
 
  The  adv  thin  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  thinly,  thin  --  (without  viscosity;  "the  blood  was  flowing  thin") 

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