thin, adj.
(thinner, thinnest)
freq. cnt. 41
(thinner, thinnest)
freq. cnt. 41
of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 16
thin
sample sentences
"thin wire""a thin chiffon blouse"
"a thin book"
"a thin layer of paint"
semantic pointers
also see
attribute
similar to
bladed
capillary, hairlike
compressed, flat
depressed
transparent, diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby
filamentous, filiform, filamentlike, threadlike, thready
fine
light
hyperfine
paper thin
papery
ribbonlike, ribbony
sleazy
slender
tenuous
wafer-thin
lacking excess flesh
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 20 freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 5
lean thin
sample sentences
"you can't be too rich or too thin""Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
also see
attribute
similar to
anorexic, anorectic
gaunt, emaciated, cadaverous, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted
deep-eyed, hollow-eyed, sunken-eyed
lanky, gangling, gangly
lank, spindly
rawboned
reedy, reedlike
twiggy, twiglike
scarecrowish
scrawny, skinny, bony, scraggy, boney, underweight, weedy, scraggly
withered, shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, wizen, wizened
slender, slim, slight, svelte
slender-waisted, slim-waisted, wasp-waisted
spare, trim
spindle-legged, spindle-shanked
wiry, stringy
sylphlike, sylphic
wisplike, wispy
very narrow
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 3
slender thin
sample sentences
"a thin line across the page"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to
not dense
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2
sparse thin
sample sentences
"a thin beard""trees were sparse"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to
relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
thin
sample sentences
"air is thin at high altitudes""a thin soup"
"skimmed milk is much thinner than whole milk"
"thin oil"
semantic pointers
attribute
similar to
(of sound) lacking resonance or volume
<adj.all>
thin
sample sentences
"a thin feeble cry"
semantic pointers
similar to
lacking substance or significance
<adj.all>
flimsy fragile slight tenuous thin
sample sentences
"slight evidence""a tenuous argument"
"a thin plot"
"a fragile claim to fame"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to
lacking spirit or sincere effort
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thin