Thin synonyms
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Part of speech:
Rare, as air at high altitudes; not dense
Bony and lean:
Without much flesh; very thin
The definition of scrawny is very thin or skinny.
Collapsed in size.
The definition of flimsy is something which is lacking in strength or thin and easily broken.
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Lacking in some essential; incomplete; defective
(Slang) Quite intoxicated by drugs or alcohol
Small in girth or thickness in proportion to height or length; slender.
Being in excess of what is needed; extra:
(Textiles) Very thin or transparent.
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The definition of rare is something that exists in limited quantities, that is unusually good, or meat that is not cooked until it is well done.
The definition of sleazy is shabby, a low morals person or a flimsy texture.
Very thin or shallow:
wafer-sliced
Of little thickness
(Of hair) Straight and flat; thin and limp. (often associated with being greasy)
Thin; emaciated
Faint or weak in a way suggestive of sickness or great weariness, sadness, etc.
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Of featherweights
Of a fine, almost transparent, texture; gossamer; light and insubstantial.
The definition of gaunt is looking thin, bony or sickly.
The definition of delicate is someone or something that is subtle, fragile, frail or a skilled example of something.
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Exhausted or distraught and often gaunt in appearance.
Dried up; shriveled; withered
Liable to collapse or break down because weak or unsteady
Spindly.
Very thin
The definition of insufficient is that there is not enough of something.
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Missing important points or lacking in detail; not thorough:
Small, weak, or gentle; not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe.
Not substantial
Slight; indistinct; not prominent
Weak; not strong
Having a flat heel or no heel
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Unrestrained and irritatingly insistent
Lean, sinewy, and strong
lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
solid (antonym)
Firm, strong, and dependable
obese (antonym)
Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index over 30 kg/m2.
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fat (antonym)
Rich; producing a large income; desirable.
Stinging or capable of stinging
The definition of fragile is someone or something delicate, flimsy or easily broken.
Of relatively little weight; not heavy:
thinly stretched
Having little content
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The definition of faint is something without strength such as a very quiet sound or a very light color.
Tranquil; peaceful:
The definition of ethereal is someone or something that is light, airy or heavenly.
To increase the size, volume, quantity, or scope of; enlarge:
To break up and scatter in all directions; spread about; distribute widely
To thin down or weaken as by mixing with water or other liquid
To delete is defined as to remove or cancel something.
To make or become thin, or less dense
To increase the number of electrons of (an atom, element, or ion)
(Electronics) To reduce the amplitude of an electrical signal with little or no distortion.
heavy (antonym)
Not easily borne; oppressive:
thick (antonym)
Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite, usually in the smallest solid dimension; not thin:
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Made, or become weak; subject to attenuation
Of or like a cadaver; esp., pale, ghastly, or gaunt and haggard
Made of chiffon
Excellent in character or ability:
Thin, light, and transparent, like gauze; diaphanous
Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc.
incompact
Not compact; not having the parts firmly united; incoherent or loose.
The definition of meager is something that is thin, scanty or not enough.
Eliciting or deserving pity; pitiable:
Refined or esoteric:
Not covering a considerable amount of the body:
The definition of slender is narrow in width, thin or slim in size, or having only a little force.
Occurring, growing, or settled at widely spaced intervals; not thick or dense.
Slender and sinewy; wiry.
subtile
(Obsolete) subtle
The definition of superficial is something on the surface or a person concerned only about obvious things.
Slender and graceful; lithe
Conspicuously deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent
(Rare) Transparent
(Of a material or object) See-through, clear; having the property that light passes through it almost undisturbed, such that one can see through it clearly.
Lacking material substance; insubstantial.
A long thin cellular structure characteristic of many fungi, usually having multiple nuclei and often divided by septa.
Inadequate nutrition; poor nourishment resulting from insufficient food, improper diet, etc.
The quality or condition of being tenuous; lack of thickness, density, or substance.
Relating to an illness that has a rapid onset and follows a short but severe course.
lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
(Music) To reduce (a perfect or a minor interval) by a half step
(Archaic) To underrate; underestimate
lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
To become hollow or empty.
To decrease or limit the scope, extent, or number of
To cause to turn pale.
lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
To limit, as in amount or share; stint:
lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
To render subtle:
lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
strong (antonym)
Having an intense or offensive effect on the senses:
efficient (antonym)
Producing a desired effect, product, etc. with a minimum of effort, expense, or waste; working well
dense (antonym)
Of a person, slow to comprehend; of low intelligence.
thicken (antonym)
To strengthen; to confirm.
beef up (antonym)
(Idiomatic) to strengthen or reinforce; to add substance to
Bony and lean; gaunt:
Lacking strength or resolution:
(Idiomatic) weakened or simplified
Resembling water; watery.
Extremely scanty; meager.
(Chiefly Southern US) Sickly; ill.
(Informal) Contemptibly slight, worthless, or skimpy
Difficult to believe; not plausible.
Not likely to happen.
Unable to be conceived, unbelievable
So implausible as to elicit disbelief; unbelievable:
Incredible; so surprising it is almost unable to believe.
Inconceivable:
To salivate in anticipation of food:
all skin and bones
thin as a rail
tighten (related)
The definition of tighten is to make something more fixed in place, more constricted, or more snug.
without viscosity
take off weight
(Intransitive) to become less heavy.
To become slender
full (antonym)
Complete in every particular:
dark-brown (related)
brittle (related)
whitish (related)
light-brown (related)
soft (related)
rubbery (related)
body-section (related)
greyish (related)
greyish-white (related)
thin-skin (related)
yellowish (related)
leathery (related)
Approaching starvation, emaciated and malnourished.
Limited in importance or significance; trivial:
Extremely small:
Having no body, form, or substance; incorporeal.
Having no material body, immaterial; incorporeal or insubstantial.
Edit is defined as to prepare something for publication or final copy by removing errors and extra words.
coarse (antonym)
Consisting of large particles; not fine in texture:
substantial (antonym)
Considerable in importance, value, degree, amount, or extent:
dainty (related)
Fastidious and fussy, especially when eating.
shallow (related)
Extending not far downward.
gracile
ichorous
Resembling or relating to ichor.
Improperly nourished
concentrated (antonym)
undiluted (antonym)
Unadulterated; free from extraneous elements.
inflated (antonym)
Hollow and enlarged:
big (related)
Conspicuous in position, wealth, or importance; prominent:
excess (related)
Being more than is usual, required, or permitted:
increase (related)
To cause to become greater in size, amount, degree, etc.; add to; augment
thickly (antonym)
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