thin synonyms

thin

modif.

  1. Of little thickness

    flimsy, slim, slight, tenuous, attenuated, diaphanous, sheer, rare, sleazy, permeable, paper-thin, wafer-sliced; see also transparent 1.

    Antonyms thick*, heavy*, coarse. *

  2. Slender

    slim, lean, skinny, scraggy, lank, lanky, spindly, spare, gaunt, bony, wan, rangy, skeletal, scrawny, lanky, delicate, wasted, haggard, emaciated, rawboned, shriveled, wizened, rickety, spindling, pinched, starved; see also dainty 1.

    Antonyms fat*, obese*, heavy. *

  3. Sparse

    scarce, insufficient, deficient; see inadequate 1.

  4. Having little content

    sketchy, slight, insubstantial, weak-kneed, vapid, weak, light, feeble, flat, diluted, thinly stretched; see also shallow 1, 2.

    Antonyms thick*, solid*, substantial. *

  5. Having little volume

    faint, shrill, piping, weak, rarefied, tenuous, attenuated, fragile, small, tiny, featherweight, bodiless, disembodied, ethereal, shaky; see also light 7.

    Antonyms thick*, heavy*, dense.

thin

v.

expand, thin out, disperse, weed out, dilute, edit, delete, rarefy, reduce, attenuate; see also decrease 2, weaken 2.

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