thick
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: thĭk
ipa: /θɪk/
ipa: /θɘk/
rhymes: -ɪk
Forms: form: thicker
form: thickest
Etymology: From Middle English thikke, from Old English þicce (“thick, dense”), from Proto-West Germanic *þikkwī, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz (“thick”), from Proto-Indo-European *tégus (“thick”).
Cognates
Cognate with Danish tyk (“thick”), Dutch dik (“thick”), Faroese tjúkkur (“thick”), German dick (“thick”), Icelandic þykkur (“thick”), Norwegian Bokmål tykk (“thick”), Norwegian Nynorsk tjukk (“thick”), Saterland Frisian tjuk (“thick”), Swedish tjock (“thick”). Related to Old Irish tiug (“thick”) and Welsh tew (“thick”).
Senses: examples: text: The thickest salmon, the curdiest trout, the fattest partridge, and the most tender woodcock smoked on his board, and, rumor said, cooked with a delicacy that more pretentious houses could not rival.
ref: 1861, Charles James Lever, A Day's Ride:
text: The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue.[…].
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 17, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
synonyms: word: broad
word: broad
word: thick
word: wide
antonyms: word: slim
word: thin
word: wide
glosses: Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
examples: text: I want some planks that are two inches thick.
glosses: Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
examples: text: He had such a thick neck that he had to turn his body to look to the side.
text: As she twirled around in front of the mirror admiring how the dress showed off her thick booty, she felt like a princess in a children's storybook.
ref: 2007, James T. Knight, Queen of the Hustle:
text: JJ loved “average hood girls”, Cody loved dark-skinned thick girls and Mooch lusted for yellow-boned skinny woman.
ref: 2009, Kenny Attaway, Nuthouse Love, page 82:
synonyms: chunky
solid
stocky
thickset
antonyms: word: slender
word: slight
word: slim
word: svelte
word: thin
word: heavy
word: large
word: obese
word: overweight
word: strapping
glosses: Heavy in build; thickset.
examples: text: My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter III, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
text: We walked through thick undergrowth.
synonyms: word: crowded
word: dense
word: packed
word: close
word: compact
word: crowded
word: dense
word: solid
word: thick
word: tight
antonyms: word: sparse
word: compact
word: dense
glosses: Densely crowded or packed.
examples: text: My mum’s gravy was thick but at least it moved about.
synonyms: word: glutinous
word: viscous
word: lentous
word: glutinous
word: gooey
word: slabby
word: stiff
word: syrupy
word: thick
word: thickflowing
word: treacly
word: viscid
word: viscose
word: viscous
antonyms: word: free-flowing
word: runny
word: lacteous
word: gelatinous
word: pulpy
word: resinous
word: viscous
glosses: Having a viscous consistency.
examples: text: The room was thick with reporters.
synonyms: word: overflowing
word: swarming
word: teeming
word: abounding
word: abundant
word: adequate
word: ample
word: bountiful
word: brimming
word: comfortable
word: copious
word: enough
word: fecund
word: fertile
word: fruitful
word: galore
word: generous
word: lavish
word: liberal
word: luxuriant
word: manysome
word: numerous
word: overflowing
word: plenteous
word: plentiful
word: profuse
word: prolific
word: replete
word: rich
word: rife
word: sufficient
word: teeming
word: thick
word: wealthy
antonyms: scant
scarce
slight
glosses: Abounding in number.
examples: text: We drove through thick fog.
synonyms: word: dense
word: opaque
word: solid
word: adiaphanous
word: nontransparent
word: opacous
word: opacular
word: opaque
word: thick
antonyms: word: thin
word: transparent
word: hazy
word: opaque
word: translucent
glosses: Impenetrable to sight.
examples: text: He answered me in his characteristically thick Creole patois.
qualifier: Of an accent
glosses: Prominent, strong.
Greatly evocative of one's nationality or place of origin.
examples: text: We had difficulty understanding him with his thick accent.
qualifier: Of an accent
glosses: Prominent, strong.
Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.
synonyms: word: unclear
word: abstruse
word: Chinese
word: dense
word: enigmatic
word: fathomless
word: Greek
word: inapprehensible
word: incognizable
word: incomprehensible
word: ineffable
word: inenubilable
word: inexplicable
word: impenetrable
word: insensible
word: inscrutable
word: insoluble
word: insolvable
word: mysterious
word: nonunderstandable
word: obscure
word: retruse
word: thick
word: undecipherable
word: undiscoverable
word: unexplainable
word: unfathomable
word: ungraspable
word: unintelligible
word: unknowable
word: ununderstandable
antonyms: word: clear
word: lucid
word: confusing
word: incomprehensible
examples: text: He was as thick as two short planks.
synonyms: word: dense
word: dumb
word: stupid
word: thick as pigshit
word: thick as two short planks
word: addlebrained
word: addlepated
word: airheaded
word: bee-brained
word: beef-witted
word: beefheaded
word: beetle-headed
word: birdbrained
word: blockheaded
word: Boeotian
word: boneheaded
word: boofheaded
word: brainless
word: bubbleheaded
word: buffle-headed
word: bullet-headed
word: cerebrally challenged
word: childish
word: chowderheaded
word: chuckleheaded
word: crackbrained
word: cretinous
word: dense
word: dented
word: dim-bulb
word: dim-headed
word: dim-witted
word: dim
word: doltish
word: dopey
word: dozy
word: drowsy
word: dull-headed
word: dull-minded
word: dull-witted
word: dull
word: dumber than a box of rocks
word: dumb
word: dunderheaded
word: empty-headed
word: fatheaded
word: feeble-minded
word: flea-brained
word: foolish
word: fuzzy-headed
word: fuzzy-minded
word: half-brained
word: half-witted
word: hammer-headed
word: idiotic
word: imbecilic
word: inane
word: insipid
word: intellectually challenged
word: knuckleheaded
word: lamebrained
word: lowbrow
word: lumpish
word: lunkheaded
word: mentally challenged
word: mentally retarded
word: mindless
word: monosynaptic
word: moronic
word: muttonheaded
word: nitwitted
word: numbskulled
word: oafish
word: obtuse
word: peabrained
word: pratty
word: pudding-headed
word: puerile
word: purblind
word: quarter-witted
word: retarded
word: rockheaded
word: sharp as a bowling ball
word: sheep-headed
word: simple
word: slow-witted
word: slow
word: smooth-brained
word: stolid
word: stupid
word: thick-skulled
word: thickheaded
word: thickwitted
word: thick
word: unapprehensive
word: unclever
word: unintelligent
word: unsmart
word: vacant
word: vacuous
word: witless
word: wooden-headed
word: wool-headed
word: woolly-headed
word: woolly-minded
word: dumb as a bag of hammers
word: dumb as a box of rocks
word: dumb as a doorknob
word: dumb as an ox
word: dumb as a post
word: dumb as a sack of hammers
word: dumb as dirt
word: dumber than a rock
word: not the sharpest crayon in the box
word: not the sharpest knife in the drawer
word: not the sharpest tool in the shed
word: thick as a brick
word: thick as a plank
word: thick as champ
word: thick as mince
word: thick as two short planks
word: thick as a whale omelette
word: ass-brained
word: fuckwitted
word: shit-for-brains
word: thick as pig shit
antonyms: word: brainy
word: intelligent
word: smart
word: brainless
word: dumb
word: foolish
word: idiotic
word: imbecile
word: insensible
word: lowbrow
word: mindless
word: stupid
word: unintelligent
word: witless
glosses: Stupid.
examples: text: They were as thick as thieves.
text: Jem is a tall, good-looking fellow, as old as I am, and that's twenty-one last birthday; we came into the office together years ago, and have been very thick ever since
ref: 1859, Thomas Hughes, The Scouring of the White Horse:
synonyms: word: chummy
word: close
word: close-knit
word: friendly
word: pally
word: intimate
word: tight-knit
antonyms: unacquainted
glosses: Friendly or intimate.
examples: text: Thick darkness.
synonyms: great
extreme
glosses: Deep, intense, or profound.
examples: text: Thick prehistory also is interested in a much broader array of topics than the perennial sociological concern for how individuals relate to the collective and how social continuity and change occur in light of that relationship; thick prehistory addresses the social, biological, and psychological person.
ref: 2006, Christopher Carr, D. Troy Case, “The Gathering of Hopewell”, in Christopher Carr, D. Troy Case, editors, Gathering Hopewell: Society, Ritual, and Ritual Interaction, →ISBN, page 47:
text: A thick theory, such as libertarianism or socialism, is not appropriate as the basis for a constitution in a pluralistic society in which the people hold differing views about the good (or justice).
ref: 2013, John O. McGinnis, Michael B. Rappaport, Originalism and the Good Constitution, →ISBN, page 5:
text: Nor is his defence of market capitalism likely to persuade all his progressive friends, because no matter how much fairness is achieved through an application of the difference principle, they are reluctant to accept Tomasi’s defence of private property rights or a thick concept of economic freedom.
ref: 2021, Wanjiru Njoya, Economic Freedom and Social Justice: The Classical Ideal of Equality in Contexts of Racial Diversity, →ISBN, page 95:
glosses: Detailed and expansive; substantive.
examples: text: “Screaming headlines in every paper in the country—damn all journalists, I say! Do you know there was a whole crowd staring in at the lodge gates this morning. Sort of Madame Tussaud’s chamber of horrors business that can be seen for nothing. Pretty thick, isn’t it?”
ref: 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 126:
text: "Of course I was eager to put her affairs in order," George told my father, "but I found it a bit thick when expected to pay for Lord Randolph Churchill's barouche purchased in the '80s."
ref: 1969, Anita Leslie, Lady Randolph Churchill, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 288:
glosses: Troublesome; unreasonable.
examples: text: A word to the thick soul sistas, I want to get with ya
ref: 1991, “Baby Got Back”, in Mack Daddy, performed by Sir Mix-a-Lot:
related: word: thicc
word: thic
synonyms: word: built
word: buxom
word: chubby
word: curvaceous
word: curvesome
word: curvy
word: embonpoint
word: full-figured
word: juicy
word: luscious
word: pneumatic
word: red-hot
word: Rubenesque
word: sonsy
word: thicc
word: thick
word: toothsome
word: voluptuous
word: well-endowed
word: well-proportioned
word: zaftig
glosses: Curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips.
raw_tags: of women
Derived terms: sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: blood is thicker than water
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: come thick and fast
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: get through one's thick skull
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: have a thick head
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: hyperthick
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: in the thick of it
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: lay it on thick
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: paper-thick
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: semithick
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: slim-thick
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: spread it on thick
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: superthick
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: the thick plottens
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: thickalicious
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: thick and fast
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: thick and thin
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: thick-and-thin block
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word: thick and threefold
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: thick around the middle
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word: thick as a brick
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: thick as a plank
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: thick as a whale omelette
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: thick as champ
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: thick as mince
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: thick as pig shit
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: thick as thieves
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: thick as two short planks
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: thickbill
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: thick-billed green pigeon
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: thick-billed longspur
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: thick-billed murre
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: thick-billed seedeater
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word: thick-brained
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word: thick client
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word: thick-crust pizza
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word: thick ear
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word: thicket
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word: thickflowing
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word: thickhead
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: thickheaded
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: thick-headed
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word: thick-horned nudibranch
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word: thickie
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word: thickish
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word: thick-knee
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word: thickleaf
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word: thick-leaved poison
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word: thick lip
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word: thickly
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: thickneck
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: thickness
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: thicknet
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: thicko
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: thick of things
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word: thick on the ground
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word: thick origami
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word: thick sandwich course
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word: thick sandwich degree
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word: thickset
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: thick-set
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word: thickshake
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word: thickskin
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: thick skin
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word: thick-skinned
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word: thick-skinnedness
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word: thickskull
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word: thick-skulled
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word: thicksome
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word: thick space
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word: thick stuff
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word: thick-tailed bushbaby
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word: thick tea
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word: thick translation
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word: thick-un
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word: thick wind
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word: thickwit
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: thickwitted
sense: terms derived from thick (adjective)
word: thick-witted
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word: thicky
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word: ultrathick
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word: warty thick-toed gecko