thick
the location of something surrounded by other things (Freq. 1)
- in the midst of the crowd
• Syn:
midst
• Hypernyms:
inside, interior
1. not thin;
of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions (Freq. 25)
- an inch thick
- a thick board
- a thick sandwich
- spread a thick layer of butter
- thick coating of dust
- thick warm blankets
• Ant:
thin
• Similar to:
deep, deep-chested, fat, four-ply, heavy,
quilted, thickened, three-ply, two-ply
• See Also:
fat, wide, broad
• Derivationally related forms:
thickness
• Attrubites:
thickness
2. having component parts closely crowded together (Freq. 7)
- a compact shopping center
- a dense population
- thick crowds
- a thick forest
- thick hair
• Similar to:
concentrated
3. relatively dense in consistency (Freq. 6)
- thick cream
- thick soup
- thick smoke
- thick fog
• Ant:
thin
• Similar to:
clogged, clotted, coagulable, coagulate, coagulated,
curdled, grumous, grumose, creamy, dense, heavy,
impenetrable, gelatinous, gelatinlike, jellylike, ropy, ropey,
stringy, thready, soupy, syrupy, viscous, thickened
• Derivationally related forms:
thickness
• Attrubites:
thickness, consistency, consistence, eubstance, body
4. spoken as if with a thick tongue (Freq. 2)
- the thick speech of a drunkard
- his words were slurred
• Syn:
slurred
• Similar to:
unintelligible
• Derivationally related forms:
thickness
5. (used informally) stupid
• Syn: blockheaded, boneheaded, duncical, duncish, fatheaded,
loggerheaded, thickheaded, thick-skulled, wooden-headed
• Similar to:
stupid
6. hard to pass through because of dense growth
- dense vegetation
- thick woods
• Syn:
dense
• Similar to:
impenetrable
• Derivationally related forms:
thickness, denseness (for: dense), density (for: dense)
7. (of darkness) very intense
- thick night
- thick darkness
- a face in deep shadow
- deep night
• Syn:
deep
• Similar to:
intense
• Derivationally related forms:
deep (for: deep)
8. having a short and solid form or stature
- a wrestler of compact build
- he was tall and heavyset
- stocky legs
- a thickset young man
• Syn:
compact, heavyset, stocky, thickset
• Similar to:
short, little
• Derivationally related forms:
compactness (for: compact)
9. (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
• Syn:
chummy, buddy-buddy
• Similar to:
close
• Derivationally related forms:
chum (for: chummy), chumminess (for: chummy)
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism
10. abounding;
having a lot of
- the top was thick with dust
• Similar to:
abundant
1. with a thick consistency
- the blood was flowing thick
• Syn:
thickly
• Ant:
thinly (for: thickly)
• Derived from adjective:
thick (for: thickly)
2. in quick succession
- misfortunes come fast and thick
• Syn:
thickly
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