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thick

• (a) 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
  • an inch thick
  • a thick board
  • a thick sandwich
  • spread a thick layer of butter
  • thick coating of dust
  • thick warm blankets
• (r) with a thick consistency
  • the blood was flowing thick
  thickly,
• (r) in quick succession
  • misfortunes come fast and thick
  thickly,
• (s) having component parts closely crowded together
  • a compact shopping center
  • a dense population
  • thick crowds
  • a thick forest
  • thick hair
• (a) relatively dense in consistency
  • thick cream
  • thick soup
  • thick smoke
  • thick fog
• (s) spoken as if with a thick tongue
  • the thick speech of a drunkard
  • his words were slurred
  slurred,
• (s) having a short and solid form or stature
  • a wrestler of compact build
  • he was tall and heavyset
  • stocky legs
  • a thickset young man
  heavyset, stocky, thickset, compact,
• (s) hard to pass through because of dense growth
  • dense vegetation
  • thick woods
  dense,
• (s) (of darkness) very intense
  • thick night
  • thick darkness
  • a face in deep shadow
  • deep night
  deep,
• (s) (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
  buddy-buddy, chummy,
• (s) (used informally) stupid blockheaded, boneheaded, duncical, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thickheaded, thick-skulled, wooden-headed,
• (s) abounding; having a lot of
  • the top was thick with dust

Nouns

• (n) the location of something surrounded by other things
  • in the midst of the crowd
  midst,

Synonyms

midst thickly slurred heavyset stocky thickset compact dense deep buddy-buddy chummy blockheaded boneheaded duncical duncish fatheaded loggerheaded thickheaded thick-skulled wooden-headed

Antonyms

thin thinly

See also

fat broad wide

Words of close approximity