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Overview of adj thick The adj thick has 12 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (25) thick -- (not thin; of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions; "a thick board"; "a thick sandwich"; "spread a thick layer of butter"; "thick coating of dust"; "thick warm blankets"; or of a specific thickness; "an inch thick") 2. (7) compact, dense, thick -- (closely crowded together; "a compact shopping center"; "a dense population"; "thick crowds") 3. (6) thick -- (relatively dense in consistency; "thick cream"; "thick soup"; "thick smoke"; "thick fog") 4. (2) slurred, thick -- (spoken as if with a thick tongue; "the thick speech of a drunkard"; "his words were slurred") 5. heavy, thick -- (wide from side to side "a heavy black mark") 6. dense, thick -- (hard to pass through because of dense growth; "dense vegetation"; "thick woods") 7. thick, deep -- ((of darkness) very intense; "thick night"; "thick darkness"; "a face in deep shadow"; "deep night") 8. thick -- (abundant; "a thick head of hair") 9. compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset -- (heavy and compact in form or stature; "a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thick middle-aged man"; "a thickset young man") 10. chummy, thick -- ((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") 11. blockheaded, boneheaded, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick, thickheaded, thick-skulled, wooden-headed -- (used informally) 12. thick -- (abundantly covered of filled; "the top was thick with dust") Antonyms of adj thick 12 senses of thick Sense 1 thick (vs. thin) 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 Sense 2 compact, dense, thick INDIRECT (VIA concentrated) -> distributed Sense 3 thick (vs. thin) thin (vs. thick) => tenuous => rare rarefied, rarified Sense 4 slurred, thick INDIRECT (VIA unintelligible) -> intelligible Sense 5 heavy, thick INDIRECT (VIA wide) -> narrow Sense 6 dense, thick INDIRECT (VIA impenetrable) -> penetrable Sense 7 thick, deep INDIRECT (VIA intense) -> mild Sense 8 thick INDIRECT (VIA heavy) -> light Sense 9 compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset INDIRECT (VIA fat) -> thin, lean Sense 10 chummy, thick(prenominal) INDIRECT (VIA close) -> distant Sense 11 blockheaded, boneheaded, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick, thickheaded, thick-skulled, wooden-headed INDIRECT (VIA stupid) -> smart Sense 12 thick INDIRECT (VIA abundant) -> scarce Similarity of adj thick 12 senses of thick Sense 1 thick (vs. thin) => deep => deep-chested => fat => four-ply => heavy => quilted => three-ply => two-ply => thickened Also See-> fat#1; wide#1, broad#1 Sense 2 compact, dense, thick => concentrated (vs. distributed) Sense 3 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 4 slurred, thick => unintelligible (vs. intelligible) Sense 5 heavy, thick => wide (vs. narrow), broad Sense 6 dense, thick => impenetrable (vs. penetrable) Sense 7 thick, deep => intense (vs. mild) Sense 8 thick => heavy (vs. light) Sense 9 compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset => fat (vs. thin) Sense 10 chummy, thick(prenominal) => close (vs. distant) Sense 11 blockheaded, boneheaded, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick, thickheaded, thick-skulled, wooden-headed => stupid (vs. smart) Sense 12 thick => abundant (vs. scarce) Attributes of adj thick 2 of 12 senses of thick Sense 1 thick (vs. thin) => thickness Sense 3 thick (vs. thin) => thickness => consistency, consistence, body Familiarity of adj thick thick used as an adjective is familiar (polysemy count = 12) Grep of adj thick thick thick-skinned thick-skulled thick with thickened thickening thickheaded thickly settled thickset thickspread Overview of adj thick The adj thick has 12 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (25) thick -- (not thin; of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions; "a thick board"; "a thick sandwich"; "spread a thick layer of butter"; "thick coating of dust"; "thick warm blankets"; or of a specific thickness; "an inch thick") 2. (7) compact, dense, thick -- (closely crowded together; "a compact shopping center"; "a dense population"; "thick crowds") 3. (6) thick -- (relatively dense in consistency; "thick cream"; "thick soup"; "thick smoke"; "thick fog") 4. (2) slurred, thick -- (spoken as if with a thick tongue; "the thick speech of a drunkard"; "his words were slurred") 5. heavy, thick -- (wide from side to side "a heavy black mark") 6. dense, thick -- (hard to pass through because of dense growth; "dense vegetation"; "thick woods") 7. thick, deep -- ((of darkness) very intense; "thick night"; "thick darkness"; "a face in deep shadow"; "deep night") 8. thick -- (abundant; "a thick head of hair") 9. compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset -- (heavy and compact in form or stature; "a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thick middle-aged man"; "a thickset young man") 10. chummy, thick -- ((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") 11. blockheaded, boneheaded, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick, thickheaded, thick-skulled, wooden-headed -- (used informally) 12. thick -- (abundantly covered of filled; "the top was thick with dust")
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