- v. take off weight (view details)
- v. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture (view details)
- v. make thin or thinner (view details)
- v. lose thickness (view details)
- adj. not dense (view details)
- adj. lacking excess flesh (view details)
- adj. (of sound) lacking resonance or volume (view details)
- adj. lacking spirit or sincere effort (view details)
- adj. having little substance or significance (view details)
- adj. of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section (view details)
- adj. relatively thin in consistency or low in density (view details)
- adj. very narrow (view details)
- adv. without viscosity (view details)
Meaning 1: (verb) take off weight
Synonym(s): lose weight ( what does lose weight stand for? ), melt off ( what does melt off stand for? ), reduce ( what does reduce stand for? ), slenderize ( what does slenderize stand for? ), slim ( what does slim stand for? ), slim down ( what does slim down stand for? )
Opposite(s): gain ( what does gain stand for? ), put on ( what does put on stand for? )
thin is derived from: reducing ( what does reducing stand for? )
Meaning 2: (verb) lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
Usage Example(s): cut bourbon
Synonym(s): cut ( what does cut stand for? ), dilute ( what does dilute stand for? ), reduce, thin out ( what does thin out stand for? )
thin is derived from: cutting ( what does cutting stand for? ), diluent ( what does diluent stand for? ), dilutant ( what does dilutant stand for? ), dilution ( what does dilution stand for? ), thinner ( what does thinner stand for? ), thinning ( what does thinning stand for? )
Meaning 3: (verb) make thin or thinner
Usage Example(s): Thin the solution
Opposite(s): inspissate ( what does inspissate stand for? ), thicken ( what does thicken stand for? )
Cause(s): thin ( what does thin stand for? )
thin is derived from: diluent, dilutant, thinner
Meaning 4: (verb) lose thickness, become thin or thinner
Opposite(s): inspissate, thicken
Meaning 5: (adjective) not dense
Usage Example(s): a thin beard, trees were sparse
Synonym(s): sparse ( what does sparse stand for? )
Similar(s): distributed ( what does distributed stand for? )
Meaning 6: (adjective) lacking excess flesh
Usage Example(s): Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look-Shakespeare, you can”t be too rich or too thin
Synonym(s): lean ( what does lean stand for? )
Opposite(s): fat ( what does fat stand for? )
Similar(s): anorectic ( what does anorectic stand for? ), anorexic ( what does anorexic stand for? ), bony ( what does bony stand for? ), cadaverous ( what does cadaverous stand for? ), deep-eyed ( what does deep-eyed stand for? ), emaciated ( what does emaciated stand for? ), fine-drawn ( what does fine-drawn stand for? ), gangling ( what does gangling stand for? ), gangly ( what does gangly stand for? ), gaunt ( what does gaunt stand for? ), haggard ( what does haggard stand for? ), hollow-eyed ( what does hollow-eyed stand for? ), lank ( what does lank stand for? ), lanky ( what does lanky stand for? ), pinched ( what does pinched stand for? ), rawboned ( what does rawboned stand for? ), reedlike ( what does reedlike stand for? ), reedy ( what does reedy stand for? ), scarecrowish ( what does scarecrowish stand for? ), scraggy ( what does scraggy stand for? ), scrawny ( what does scrawny stand for? ), shriveled ( what does shriveled stand for? ), shrivelled ( what does shrivelled stand for? ), shrunken ( what does shrunken stand for? ), skeletal ( what does skeletal stand for? ), skinny ( what does skinny stand for? ), slender ( what does slender stand for? ), slender-waisted ( what does slender-waisted stand for? ), slight ( what does slight stand for? ), slim, slim-waisted ( what does slim-waisted stand for? ), spare ( what does spare stand for? ), spindle-legged ( what does spindle-legged stand for? ), spindle-shanked ( what does spindle-shanked stand for? ), spindly ( what does spindly stand for? ), stringy ( what does stringy stand for? ), sunken-eyed ( what does sunken-eyed stand for? ), trim ( what does trim stand for? ), twiggy ( what does twiggy stand for? ), twiglike ( what does twiglike stand for? ), underweight ( what does underweight stand for? ), wasp-waisted ( what does wasp-waisted stand for? ), wasted ( what does wasted stand for? ), weedy ( what does weedy stand for? ), wiry ( what does wiry stand for? ), wisplike ( what does wisplike stand for? ), wispy ( what does wispy stand for? ), withered ( what does withered stand for? ), wizen ( what does wizen stand for? ), wizened ( what does wizened stand for? )
Worth Checking: ectomorphic ( what does ectomorphic stand for? ), thin
Attribute(s): body weight ( what does body weight stand for? )
Meaning 7: (adjective) (of sound) lacking resonance or volume
Usage Example(s): a thin feeble cry
Opposite(s): full ( what does full stand for? )
Similar(s): pale ( what does pale stand for? )
Meaning 8: (adjective) lacking spirit or sincere effort
Usage Example(s): a thin smile
Similar(s): spiritless ( what does spiritless stand for? )
Meaning 9: (adjective) having little substance or significance
Usage Example(s): a flimsy excuse, a tenuous argument, a thin plot, slight evidence
Synonym(s): flimsy ( what does flimsy stand for? ), slight, tenuous ( what does tenuous stand for? )
Similar(s): weak ( what does weak stand for? )
Meaning 10: (adjective) of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section
Usage Example(s): a thin book, a thin chiffon blouse, a thin layer of paint, thin wire
Opposite(s): thick ( what does thick stand for? )
Similar(s): bladed ( what does bladed stand for? ), capillary ( what does capillary stand for? ), chiffon ( what does chiffon stand for? ), cobwebby ( what does cobwebby stand for? ), compressed ( what does compressed stand for? ), depressed ( what does depressed stand for? ), diaphanous ( what does diaphanous stand for? ), filamentlike ( what does filamentlike stand for? ), filamentous ( what does filamentous stand for? ), filiform ( what does filiform stand for? ), filmy ( what does filmy stand for? ), fine ( what does fine stand for? ), flat ( what does flat stand for? ), flimsy, gauzy ( what does gauzy stand for? ), gossamer ( what does gossamer stand for? ), hairlike ( what does hairlike stand for? ), hyperfine ( what does hyperfine stand for? ), light ( what does light stand for? ), paper thin ( what does paper thin stand for? ), papery ( what does papery stand for? ), ribbonlike ( what does ribbonlike stand for? ), ribbony ( what does ribbony stand for? ), see-through ( what does see-through stand for? ), sheer ( what does sheer stand for? ), sleazy ( what does sleazy stand for? ), slender, tenuous, threadlike ( what does threadlike stand for? ), thready ( what does thready stand for? ), transparent ( what does transparent stand for? ), vaporous ( what does vaporous stand for? ), wafer-thin ( what does wafer-thin stand for? )
Worth Checking: lean, narrow ( what does narrow stand for? ), thin
Attribute(s): thickness ( what does thickness stand for? )
Meaning 11: (adjective) relatively thin in consistency or low in density, not viscous
Usage Example(s): a thin soup, air is thin at high altitudes, skimmed milk is much thinner than whole milk, thin oil
Opposite(s): thick
Similar(s): rare ( what does rare stand for? ), rarefied ( what does rarefied stand for? ), rarified ( what does rarified stand for? ), tenuous
Attribute(s): body ( what does body stand for? ), consistence ( what does consistence stand for? ), consistency ( what does consistency stand for? ), thickness
Meaning 12: (adjective) very narrow
Usage Example(s): a thin line across the page
Synonym(s): slender
Similar(s): narrow
Meaning 13: (adverb) without viscosity
Usage Example(s): the blood was flowing thin
Synonym(s): thinly ( what does thinly stand for? )
Opposite(s): thick, thickly ( what does thickly stand for? )
Pertaining to: thin
Anagram1 for thin: hint (What does hint stand for?)
1An anagram is a word that results from the rearrangement of letters of another word. For example, an anagram of Mary is Army. Anagrams are fun!
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