thick
Adjective
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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 (synset 302419189)"an inch thick"; "a thick board"; "a thick sandwich"; "spread a thick layer of butter"; "thick coating of dust"; "thick warm blankets"also:tells us about: thickness - the dimension through an object as opposed to its length or widthsimilar to:- deep - relatively thick from top to bottom
- deep-chested - thick in the chest
- fat - having a relatively large diameter
- four-ply - having a thickness made up of four layers or strands
- heavy - made of fabric having considerable thickness
- heavy - of relatively large extent and density
- quilted - made of layers of fabric held together by patterned stitching
- thickened - made or having become thick
- three-ply - having a thickness made up of three layers or strands
- two-ply - having a thickness made up of two layers or strands
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Having component parts closely crowded together (synset 300541229)
"a compact shopping center"; "a dense population"; "thick crowds"; "a thick forest"; "thick hair"similar to: concentrated - gathered together or made less diffuse
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Relatively dense in consistency (synset 302424186)
"thick cream"; "thick soup"; "thick smoke"; "thick fog"tells us about:
- body, consistence, consistency, substance - the property of holding together and retaining its shape
- thickness - resistance to flow
similar to:- clogged, clotted - thickened or coalesced in soft thick lumps (such as clogs or clots)
- coagulable - capable of coagulating and becoming thick
- coagulate, coagulated, curdled, grumose, grumous - transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass
- creamy - thick like cream
- dense, heavy, impenetrable - permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
- gelatinlike, gelatinous, jellylike - thick like gelatin
- ropey, ropy, stringy, thready - forming viscous or glutinous threads
- soupy - having the consistency and appearance of soup
- syrupy, viscous - having a relatively high resistance to flow
- thickened - made thick in consistency
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Spoken as if with a thick tongue (synset 301340267)
"the thick speech of a drunkard"; "his words were slurred"similar to: unintelligible - poorly articulated or enunciated, or drowned by noisesame as: slurred
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Having a short and solid form or stature (synset 302395981)
"a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thickset young man"
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Hard to pass through because of dense growth (synset 301776384)
"dense vegetation"; "thick woods"similar to: impenetrable - not admitting of penetration or passage into or throughsame as: dense
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(of darkness) densely dark (synset 301517859)
"thick night"; "thick darkness"; "a face in deep shadow"; "deep night"similar to: intense - possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degreesame as: deep
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(used informally) associated on close terms (synset 300454147)
"a close friend"; "the bartender was chummy with the regular customers"; "the two were thick as thieves for months"domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechsimilar to: close - close in relevance or relationshipsame as: buddy-buddy, chummy
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(used informally) stupid (synset 300442219)
similar to: stupid - lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuitysame as: blockheaded, boneheaded, duncical, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick-skulled, thickheaded, wooden-headed
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Abounding;
Having a lot of (synset 300015517)"the top was thick with dust"similar to: abundant - present in great quantity
Noun
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The location of something surrounded by other things (synset 108606254)
"in the midst of the crowd"same as: midst
Adverb
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With a thick consistency (synset 400480171)
"the blood was flowing thick"same as: thickly
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In quick succession (synset 400479093)
"misfortunes come fast and thick"same as: thickly
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