Thin

Quick meaning: Thin is an adjective meaning Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.

Meaning

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.

More Meanings

1. Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
2. Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
3. Of low viscosity or low specific gravity.
4. Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
5. (golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.
6. Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
7. Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.

Example Sentences

thin wire; thin string

Water is thinner than honey.

thin plate of metal; thin paper; thin board; thin covering

Out of spite, the human beings pretended not to believe that it was Snowball who had destroyed the windmill: they said that it had fallen down because the walls were too thin.

Word Forms

• thinner
• thinnest
• thins
• thinning
• thinned

Synonyms for thin

Depending on context, synonyms include narrow, fine, reedy, skinny, svelte, scrawny.

Antonyms for thin

Common opposites include thick, full, fat, put on, thicken, thickly.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pinched, tenuous, slenderize, skinny, twiglike, spindly.

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