Meaning of thin in English

1. Pronunciation

   /θɪn/

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1. Verb

   thin

   Definitions

   1. lose thickness

   Examples

   • « become thin or thinner »

   Antonyms

   • thicken
   • inspissate
2. 2. make thin or thinner

   Examples

   • « Thin the solution »

   Antonyms

   • thicken
   • inspissate
3. 3. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

   Examples

   • « cut bourbon »
4. 4. take off weight

   Antonyms

   • gain
   • put on

5. Classifying Adjective

   thin

   Definitions

   1. very narrow

   Examples

   • « a thin line across the page »

   Synonyms

   • narrow
6. 2. having little substance or significance

   Examples

   • « a flimsy excuse »
   • « slight evidence »
   • « a tenuous argument »
   • « a thin plot »

   Synonyms

   • weak
7. 3. not dense

   Examples

   • « a thin beard »
   • « trees were sparse »

   Synonyms

   • distributed
8. 4. lacking spirit or sincere effort

   Examples

   • « a thin smile »

   Synonyms

   • spiritless

9. Adverb

   thin

   Definitions

   1. without viscosity

   Examples

   • « the blood was flowing thin »

   Antonyms

   • thickly
   • thick

10. Qualitative Adjective

    thin

    Etymology

    Old English thynne, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dun and German dünn, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin tenuis

    Definitions

    1. of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section

    Examples

    • « thin wire »
    • « a thin chiffon blouse »
    • « a thin book »
    • « a thin layer of paint »

    Synonyms

    • bladed
    • capillary
    • hairlike
    • compressed
    • flat
    • depressed
    • diaphanous
    • filmy
    • gauzy
    • gossamer
    • see-through
    • sheer
    • transparent
    • vaporous
    • cobwebby
    • filamentous
    • filiform
    • filamentlike
    • threadlike
    • thready
    • fine
    • flimsy
    • light
    • hyperfine
    • paper thin
    • papery
    • sleazy
    • slender
    • tenuous
    • wafer-thin
    • chiffon
    • ribbonlike
    • ribbony

    Antonyms

    • thick
11. 2. lacking excess flesh

    Examples

    • « you can't be too rich or too thin »
    • « Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look-Shakespeare »

    Synonyms

    • anorexic
    • anorectic
    • bony
    • cadaverous
    • emaciated
    • gaunt
    • haggard
    • pinched
    • skeletal
    • wasted
    • deep-eyed
    • hollow-eyed
    • sunken-eyed
    • fine-drawn
    • gangling
    • gangly
    • lanky
    • lank
    • spindly
    • rawboned
    • reedy
    • reedlike
    • twiggy
    • twiglike
    • scarecrowish
    • scraggy
    • scrawny
    • skinny
    • underweight
    • weedy
    • shriveled
    • shrivelled
    • shrunken
    • withered
    • wizen
    • wizened
    • slender
    • slight
    • slim
    • slender-waisted
    • slim-waisted
    • wasp-waisted
    • spare
    • trim
    • spindle-legged
    • spindle-shanked
    • stringy
    • wiry
    • wisplike
    • wispy

    Antonyms

    • fat
12. 3. relatively thin in consistency or low in density

    Examples

    • « not viscous »
    • « air is thin at high altitudes »
    • « a thin soup »
    • « skimmed milk is much thinner than whole milk »
    • « thin oil »

    Synonyms

    • tenuous
    • rare
    • rarefied
    • rarified

    Antonyms

    • thick
13. 4. (of sound) lacking resonance or volume

    Examples

    • « a thin feeble cry »

    Synonyms

    • pale

    Antonyms

    • full