noun
- The location of something surrounded by other things.
- usage: "in the midst of the crowd"
- synonyms: midst
adjective
- 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.
- usage: "an inch thick"; "a thick board"; "a thick sandwich"; "spread a thick layer of butter"; "thick coating of dust"; "thick warm blankets"
- Having component parts closely crowded together.
- usage: "a compact shopping center"; "a dense population"; "thick crowds"; "a thick forest"; "thick hair"
- Relatively dense in consistency.
- usage: "thick cream"; "thick soup"; "thick smoke"; "thick fog"
- Spoken as if with a thick tongue.
- usage: "the thick speech of a drunkard"; "his words were slurred"
- synonyms: slurred
- Having a short and solid form or stature.
- usage: "a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thickset young man"
- Hard to pass through because of dense growth.
- usage: "dense vegetation"; "thick woods"
- synonyms: dense
- Of darkness. ( very intense)
- usage: "thick night"; "thick darkness"; "a face in deep shadow"; "deep night"
- synonyms: deep
- Used informally. ( associated on close terms)
- usage: "a close friend"; "the bartender was chummy with the regular customers"; "the two were thick as thieves for months"
- synonyms: chummy, buddy-buddy
- Used informally. ( stupid)
- synonyms: blockheaded, boneheaded, duncical, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thickheaded, thick-skulled, wooden-headed
- Abounding; having a lot of.
- usage: "the top was thick with dust"
adverb
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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