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The Meaning of thick

  • (superl.) Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; -- said of a solid body; as, a timber seven inches thick.
  • (superl.) Having more depth or extent from one surface to its opposite than usual; not thin or slender; as, a thick plank; thick cloth; thick paper; thick neck.
  • (superl.) Dense; not thin; inspissated; as, thick vapors. Also used figuratively; as, thick darkness.
  • (superl.) Not transparent or clear; hence, turbid, muddy, or misty; as, the water of a river is apt to be thick after a rain.
  • (superl.) Abundant, close, or crowded in space; closely set; following in quick succession; frequently recurring.
  • (superl.) Not having due distinction of syllables, or good articulation; indistinct; as, a thick utterance.
  • (superl.) Deep; profound; as, thick sleep.
  • (superl.) Dull; not quick; as, thick of fearing.
  • (superl.) Intimate; very friendly; familiar.
  • (n.) The thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest.
  • (n.) A thicket; as, gloomy thicks.
  • (adv.) Frequently; fast; quick.
  • (adv.) Closely; as, a plat of ground thick sown.
  • (adv.) To a great depth, or to a greater depth than usual; as, land covered thick with manure.
  • (v. t. & i.) To thicken.

Synonyms

midst , slurred , compact , heavyset , stocky , thickset , dense , deep , chummy , buddy-buddy , blockheaded , boneheaded , duncical , duncish , fatheaded , loggerheaded , thickheaded , thick-skulled , wooden-headed , thickly , thickly

Antonyms

thin , thin , thinly

Rhymes

afflik , arithmetic , bailiwick , bic , bick , blick , bolshevik , bric , brick , broomstick , bryk , candlestick , chick , chopstick , click , crick , cwik , dic , dick , dipstick , dyk , dzik , fenwick , fick , ficke , firebrick , flick , frick , fricke , gick , glick , handpick , hick , homesick , impolitic , joystick , kick , knick , krick , kubrick , kwik , lick , lipstick , lunatic , mc , mic , mick , micke , nic , nick , nightstick , nik , nonstick , ostpolitik , pic , pick , pickwick , picnic , pik , politic , prick , quick , quik , realpolitik , ric , rick , ricke , rilke , schick , schlick , schrick , schtick , seasick , shick , shtick , sic , sick , sidekick , slapstick , slick , smick , snick , spic , spick , stick , strick , swick , tic , tick , toothpick , trick , vandyck , vanwyck , vanwyk , vic , vick , vik , wick , wik , wrick , wyk , yardstick , zick , zwick