thin

1. Of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section (synset 302420960)
   "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint"
   also:

   • lean, thin - lacking excess flesh
   • narrow - not wide
   tells us about: thickness - the dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
   similar to:

   • bladed - composed of thin flat plates resembling a knife blade
   • capillary, hairlike - long and slender with a very small internal diameter
   • compressed, flat - flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
   • depressed - flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces
   • cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous - so thin as to transmit light
   • filamentlike, filamentous, filiform, threadlike, thready - thin in diameter; resembling a thread
   • fine - thin in thickness or diameter
   • light - very thin and insubstantial
   • hyperfine - extremely fine or thin, as in a spectral line split into two or more components
   • paper thin - thin as paper
   • papery - thin and paperlike
   • ribbonlike, ribbony - long and thin; resembling a ribbon
   • sleazy - of cloth; thin and loosely woven
   • slender - having little width in proportion to the length or height
   • tenuous - very thin in gauge or diameter
   • wafer-thin - very thin
2. Lacking excess flesh (synset 300991420)
   "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"
   also:

   • ectomorphic - having a build with little fat or muscle but with long limbs
   • thin - of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section
   tells us about: body weight - the weight of a person's body
   similar to:

   • anorectic, anorexic - suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin
   • cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted - very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
   • deep-eyed, hollow-eyed, sunken-eyed - characteristic of the bony face of a cadaver
   • gangling, gangly, lanky - tall and thin
   • lank, spindly - long and lean
   • rawboned - having a lean and bony physique
   • reedlike, reedy - resembling a reed in being upright and slender
   • twiggy, twiglike - thin as a twig
   • scarecrowish - resembling a scarecrow in being thin and ragged
   • boney, bony, scraggly, scraggy, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy - being very thin
   • shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened - lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
   • slender, slight, slim, svelte - being of delicate or slender build
   • slender-waisted, slim-waisted, wasp-waisted - having a small waist
   • spare, trim - thin and fit
   • spindle-legged, spindle-shanked - having long slender legs
   • stringy, wiry - lean and sinewy
   • sylphic, sylphlike - (of a woman or girl) slender and graceful like a sylph
   • wisplike, wispy - thin and weak
   same as: lean
3. Very narrow (synset 302573296)
   "a thin line across the page"
   similar to: narrow - not wide
   same as: slender
4. Not dense (synset 300544579)
   "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"
   similar to: distributed - spread out or scattered about or divided up
   same as: sparse
5. Relatively thin in consistency or low in density;
   Not viscous (synset 302426097)
   "air is thin at high altitudes"; "a thin soup"; "skimmed milk is much thinner than whole milk"; "thin oil"
   tells us about:

   • body, consistence, consistency, substance - the property of holding together and retaining its shape
   • thickness - resistance to flow
   similar to:

   • tenuous - having thin consistency
   • rare, rarefied, rarified - having low density
6. (of sound) lacking resonance or volume (synset 301460862)
   "a thin feeble cry"
   similar to: pale - not full or rich
7. Lacking spirit or sincere effort (synset 302290011)
   "a thin smile"
   similar to: spiritless - lacking ardor or vigor or energy
8. Lacking substance or significance (synset 302172469)
   "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; "a fragile claim to fame"
   similar to: insignificant, unimportant - devoid of importance, meaning, or force
   same as: flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous

1. Without viscosity (synset 400479945)
   "the blood was flowing thin"
   same as: thinly

1. Lose thickness;
   Become thin or thinner (synset 200431952)
   is a type of: change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
2. Make thin or thinner (synset 200431578)
   "Thin the solution"
   causes: thin - lose thickness; become thin or thinner
   is a type of: bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down - cut down on; make a reduction in
   subtypes: draw - reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die
3. Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture (synset 200226497)
   "cut bourbon"
   is a type of: weaken - lessen the strength of
   subtypes: water down - make less strong or intense
   same as: cut, dilute, reduce, thin out
4. Take off weight (synset 200045548)
   is a type of: change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
   subtypes: sweat off - lose weight by sweating
   same as: melt off, reduce, slenderize, slim, slim down

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