What are the opposite words for thick?
When we look for antonyms for the word "thick," there are a plethora of options to choose from, depending on the context. For instance, thin, slender, lean, and fine are a few opposite terms that could replace the word "thick" in various situations. Additionally, we can use the word slim, delicate, narrow, weak, or frail in a similar sense. On the other hand, bulky, hefty, substantial, and solid are all synonyms for the word "thick" and, therefore, should be avoided in antonyms. Ultimately, context plays the crucial role in selecting the right opposite term to describe the opposite of a "thick" appearance or texture.
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- all
- friendly
- light
- small
- bent
- paper
- transparent
- shallow
- few
- narrow
- passing
- astute
- bendable
- faint
- fine
- gangling
- inadequate
- insubstantial
- lacy
- meager
- perceptive
- rangy
- scant
- sheer
- spare
- underweight
- angular
- deprived
- diaphanous
- emaciated
- flimsy
- frail
- gaunt
- gauzy
- gossamer
- haggard
- imperceptible
- lanky
- lean
- lithe
- scanty
- see-through
- skinny
- slender
- slight
- starving
- supple
- simple, unadorned
- bare
- slender/slim
- fine, see-through
- undernourished; thin
- having little effect on senses
- hardly any
- not strong; light, thin
- breakable, weak
- see-through, gossamer in texture
- worn, weakened
- imponderable
- weak, imaginary
- delicate, netlike
- tall and thin
- not heavy
- insignificant, small
- confined, restricted
- thin, flimsy
- brief, casual
- long and lean
- abrupt, steep
- very thin
- tiny in size, quantity
- extra, reserve
- thin and well-built
- weak, thin
- deep, bulky
- dense (referring to weather)
- concentrated, dense
- crowded, packed
- fine, light, slender
- not strong
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
- all
- friendly
-
light
- featherweight,
- light-footed,
- shoestring,
- Floatable,
- Imponderous,
- not much,
- hardly any,
- hardly enough,
- in significant,
- light footed,
- more floatable,
- more imponderous,
- more light footed,
- more light-footed,
- more lightfooted,
- more shoestring,
- more tissuelike,
- most floatable,
- most imponderous,
- most light footed,
- most light-footed,
- most lightfooted,
- most shoestring,
- most tissuelike,
- not rich,
- tissuelike,
- un heavier,
- un heaviest,
- un heavy,
- un-heavier,
- un-heaviest,
- un-heavy,
- un-important,
- unheavier,
- unheaviest.
-
small
- bitty,
- mini,
- pint-sized,
- pocket-sized,
- runty,
- shrimp,
- shrimper,
- small-scale,
- Toyer,
- bittier,
- bittiest,
- more mini,
- more pint sized,
- more pint-sized,
- more pocket sized,
- most mini,
- most pint sized,
- most pint-sized,
- most pocket sized,
- most pocket-sized,
- most pocketsized,
- most small scale,
- most small-scale,
- pint sized,
- pocket sized,
- pocketsized,
- runtier,
- runtiest,
- shrimpest,
- small scale,
- smallscale,
- toyest,
- un-pretentious.
- bent
-
paper
- cardboard,
- disposable,
- wafer-thin,
- paper thin,
- more cardboard,
- more disposable,
- more paper thin,
- more paper-thin,
- more paperthin,
- more wafer thin,
- more wafer-thin,
- more waferthin,
- most cardboard,
- most disposable,
- most paper thin,
- most paper-thin,
- most paperthin,
- most wafer thin,
- most wafer-thin,
- most waferthin,
- paper-thin,
- paperthin,
- wafer thin,
- waferthin.
- transparent
- shallow
-
few
- Unfrequent,
- scarcely any,
- few and far between,
- not too many,
- widely spaced,
- few far between,
- in consequential,
- in considerable,
- in frequent,
- in-consequential,
- in-considerable,
- in-frequent,
- in-sufficient,
- more minority,
- more seldom,
- more semioccasional,
- more unfrequent,
- most minority,
- most seldom,
- most semioccasional,
- most straggling,
- most unfrequent,
- semi occasional,
- semi-occasional,
- semioccasional,
- un common,
- un commoner,
- un commonest,
- un frequent,
- un-common,
- un-commoner,
- un-frequent.
-
narrow
- linear,
- Incapacious,
- de finite,
- de terminate,
- de-finite,
- de-terminate,
- more circumscribed,
- more compressed,
- more confining,
- more constricted,
- more contracted,
- more incapacious,
- more linear,
- more pent,
- more taper,
- more tapered,
- most circumscribed,
- most compressed,
- most confining,
- most constricted,
- most contracted,
- most incapacious,
- most linear,
- most pent,
- most taper,
- most tapered,
- pre carious,
- pre-carious,
- straiter,
- straitest.
- passing
- astute
- bendable
-
faint
- out of earshot,
- far off,
- ill defined,
- illdefined,
- in audible,
- in distinct,
- in-audible,
- in-distinct,
- low pitched,
- lowpitched,
- more aside,
- more bated,
- more bleached,
- more blurred,
- more deadened,
- more faltering,
- more muted,
- more muttering,
- more piano,
- more stifled,
- most aside,
- most bated,
- most bleached,
- most deadened,
- most faltering,
- most murmuring,
- most muted,
- most muttering,
- most piano,
- most softened,
- most stifled,
- out earshot,
- re-mote,
- un clear,
- un clearest,
- un-clear,
- un-clearest.
-
fine
- fine,
- fine-grained,
- first-string,
- fragile,
- gilt-edged,
- hairline,
- powdered,
- unpolluted,
- Finedrawn,
- Gossamery,
- first class,
- fine-drawn,
- five-star,
- firstrate,
- firstclass,
- Fine-spun,
- fine drawn,
- fine grained,
- fine spun,
- finegrained,
- first rate,
- firststring,
- fivestar,
- giltedged,
- good looking,
- goodlooking,
- more fine drawn,
- more fine grained,
- more fine spun,
- more fine-drawn,
- more fine-grained,
- more fine-spun,
- more finedrawn,
- more finegrained,
- more first string,
- more first-string,
- more firststring,
- more five star,
- more five-star,
- more fivestar,
- more fragile,
- more giltedged,
- more gossamery,
- more hairline,
- more hairsplitting,
- more powdered,
- more pulverized,
- more quality,
- more undarkened,
- more unpolluted,
- most fine drawn,
- most fine grained,
- most fine spun,
- most fine-drawn,
- most fine-grained,
- most fine-spun,
- most finedrawn,
- most finegrained,
- most first string,
- most first-string,
- most firststring,
- most five star,
- most five-star,
- most fivestar,
- most gilt edged,
- most giltedged,
- most gossamery,
- most hairline,
- most hairsplitting,
- most powdered,
- most pulverized,
- most quality,
- most undarkened,
- out standing,
- out-standing,
- re fined,
- top notch,
- top-pest,
- un adulterated,
- un darkened,
- un polluted,
- un-adulterated,
- un-darkened,
- un-polluted,
- un-real,
- well made,
- wellmade.
- gangling
- inadequate
- insubstantial
- lacy
- meager
- perceptive
-
rangy
- long-legged,
- reedy,
- leggier,
- leggiest,
- reedier,
- long legged,
- long-limbed,
- longlimbed,
- more long legged,
- more long limbed,
- more long-legged,
- more long-limbed,
- more longlegged,
- more longlimbed,
- most long legged,
- most long limbed,
- most long-legged,
- most long-limbed,
- most longlegged,
- most longlimbed,
- reediest.
- scant
-
sheer
- cobwebby,
- unalloyed,
- unmixed,
- Sideling,
- head long,
- head-long,
- more altogether,
- more cobwebby,
- more sideling,
- more unalloyed,
- more unmixed,
- most altogether,
- most cobwebby,
- most sideling,
- most unalloyed,
- most unmixed,
- out and out,
- out right,
- out righter,
- out rightest,
- out-right,
- out-righter,
- quiter,
- un diluted,
- un mitigated,
- un mixed,
- un qualified,
- un-alloyed,
- un-diluted,
- un-mitigated,
- un-mixed,
- un-qualified.
- spare
- underweight
-
angular
- divaricate,
- lean,
- sharp-cornered,
- Crotched,
- bi furcate,
- bi-furcate,
- more akimbo,
- more bifurcate,
- more crossing,
- more crotched,
- more divaricate,
- more intersecting,
- more sharp cornered,
- more sharp-cornered,
- more sharpcornered,
- more skewed,
- more staggered,
- more v shaped,
- more v-shaped,
- more vshaped,
- more y shaped,
- more y-shaped,
- most akimbo,
- most bifurcate,
- most crossing,
- most crotched,
- most divaricate,
- most intersecting,
- most sharp cornered,
- most sharp-cornered,
- most skewed,
- most staggered,
- most v shaped,
- most v-shaped,
- most vshaped,
- most y shaped,
- most y-shaped,
- sharp cornered,
- v shaped,
- vshaped,
- y shaped,
- yshaped.
- deprived
- diaphanous
-
emaciated
- atrophied,
- like a bag of bones,
- like bag bones,
- like bag of bones,
- more atrophied,
- more attenuate,
- more attenuated,
- more pinched,
- more skin and bones,
- more skin-and-bones,
- most atrophied,
- most attenuate,
- most attenuated,
- most pinched,
- most skeletonlike,
- most skin and bones,
- most skin-and-bones,
- skeletonlike,
- skin-and-bones,
- thin as rail.
-
flimsy
- house of cards,
- meager,
- papery,
- rickety,
- shallow,
- unpersuasive,
- cut rate,
- Controvertible,
- shallower,
- ungrounded,
- cut-rate,
- cutrate,
- house cards,
- in adequate,
- in conceivable,
- in credible,
- in firm,
- in firmer,
- in firmest,
- in-adequate,
- in-conceivable,
- in-credible,
- in-firm,
- in-firmer,
- in-firmest,
- more controvertible,
- more cut rate,
- more cut-rate,
- more cutrate,
- more papery,
- more rinkydink,
- more ungrounded,
- more unpersuasive,
- most controvertible,
- most cut rate,
- most cut-rate,
- most cutrate,
- most papery,
- most rinkydink,
- most ungrounded,
- most unpersuasive,
- rinkydink,
- un believable,
- un grounded,
- un persuasive,
- un reasonable,
- un satisfactory,
- un sound,
- un sounder,
- un substantial,
- un-believable,
- un-grounded,
- un-persuasive,
- un-reasonable,
- un-satisfactory,
- un-sound,
- un-sounder,
- un-soundest,
- un-substantial.
- frail
- gaunt
- gauzy
- gossamer
- haggard
- imperceptible
- lanky
- lean
- lithe
- scanty
- see-through
- skinny
- slender
- slight
-
starving
- peckish,
- Hungering,
- de hydrated,
- de-hydrated,
- dog-hungry,
- doghungry,
- flying light,
- more dehydrated,
- more dog hungry,
- more dog-hungry,
- more hungering,
- more peckish,
- more perishing,
- more rattleboned,
- most craving,
- most dehydrated,
- most dog hungry,
- most hungering,
- most perishing,
- most rattleboned,
- rattleboned.
- supple
-
simple, unadorned
- bare.
- bare
- slender/slim
- fine, see-through
- undernourished; thin
- having little effect on senses
-
hardly any
- few.
- not strong; light, thin
- breakable, weak
- see-through, gossamer in texture
- worn, weakened
- imponderable
- weak, imaginary
-
delicate, netlike
- lacy.
- tall and thin
- not heavy
- insignificant, small
- confined, restricted
- thin, flimsy
- brief, casual
- long and lean
- abrupt, steep
- very thin
- tiny in size, quantity
- extra, reserve
- thin and well-built
- weak, thin
-
deep, bulky
- attenuated,
- clear,
- diluted,
- easy,
- flexible,
- intelligent,
- little,
- loose,
- low,
- narrow,
- reasonable,
- restricted,
- sensible,
- skinny,
- slack,
- slight,
- slim,
- small,
- smart,
- soft,
- thin,
- uncrowded,
- unfriendly,
- unsociable,
- watery,
- weak,
- wise.
- dense (referring to weather)
- concentrated, dense
- crowded, packed
-
fine, light, slender
- thin.
-
not strong
- weak.
-
Other relevant words
- clarified,
- distributed,
- rarefied,
- acute,
- airy,
- aloof,
- antisocial,
- apt,
- astute,
- attenuate,
- attenuated,
- blank,
- bottleneck,
- close,
- cold,
- commodious,
- condensed,
- constricted,
- contracted,
- cool,
- crafty,
- cunning,
- deficient,
- depleted,
- detached,
- dilute,
- diluted,
- discerning,
- distributed,
- drained,
- educated,
- elongate,
- empty,
- erudite,
- exhausted,
- foxy,
- frosty,
- highbrow,
- incomplete,
- informed,
- ingenious,
- insightful,
- insufficient,
- intelligible,
- judicious,
- knowing,
- knowledgeable,
- learned,
- literate,
- logical,
- loose,
- mild,
- open,
- penetrable,
- perceptive,
- percipient,
- perspicacious,
- prudent,
- rational,
- reasonable,
- reedlike,
- remote,
- reserved,
- resourceful,
- roomy,
- runny,
- sagacious,
- sage,
- sane,
- sapient,
- savvy,
- scarce,
- scholarly,
- schooled,
- sensible,
- shallow,
- short,
- shrewd,
- skilled,
- sleazy,
- sound,
- spacious,
- standoffish,
- stark,
- tall,
- thinking,
- tight,
- tightened,
- trained,
- uncrowded,
- unfriendly,
- unsociable,
- vacant,
- valid,
- weak,
- well-read,
- wily,
- wise,
- withdrawn,
- see through,
- watered-down.
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Other antonyms
- antagonistic,
- bitty,
- brilliant,
- cerebral,
- clarified,
- compressed,
- depressed,
- distant,
- distinct,
- emaciated,
- fast,
- filmy,
- fine,
- flat,
- flimsy,
- gangly,
- gaunt,
- haggard,
- intellectual,
- keen,
- lanky,
- lightsome,
- malnourished,
- quick,
- rangy,
- rare,
- rickety,
- scanty,
- sharp,
- sheer,
- shrill,
- slender,
- smallish,
- soupy,
- spare,
- stretchy,
- supple,
- unalloyed,
- undernourished,
- undersized,
- unmixed,
- unpersuasive,
- unpolluted,
- vague,
- first class,
- Squeezed,
- worn down,
- far off.
Antonym of the day
split down the middle
- Antonyms:
- combine, join.
