Synonyms for thin
- adjective
- verb
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Skinny — scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space
skinny, slim, scrawny, flimsy, weak, gaunt, slight, diaphanous, emaciated, svelte, light, gauzy, tenuous, lank, small, fragile UK, sheer, gossamer, rare, delicate, poor, flat
2. Fine — very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions
3. Slender
slender, narrow, sparse, reedy, lean, wispy, thread-like, wizened, spindly, spread out, diffuse, shrunk, shrunken, shriveled US, withered, incompact rare, uncompact rare
4. Watery
Other
Verb
Other
wisen rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
- adj. 2
Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
The trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin.
- adj. 3
Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
thin plate of metal; thin paper; thin board; thin covering
- v. 1
To make thin or thinner.
Related words
Forms
- Past participle
- thinned
e.g. thinned → diluted, reduced, trimmed, weakened…
Example sentences
- slim The chance that Tom will be executed is very slim.
- skinny Tom and Mary were very skinny when they were kids.
- flimsy The flimsy cordon failed to keep back the protestors.
- scrawny Tom doesn't know the difference between thin and scrawny.
- slender Her sister Joanna was bright and slender as a lily.
- papery Medlars have a very thin papery skin.
By length
- 3 letters
- cut1
- 4 letters
- fine1, poor1, rare1, weak1, flat1, lean1, slim1, trim1, lank1
- 5 letters
- small1, light1, sharp1, sheer1, gaunt1, runny2, reedy2, washy2, wispy2, gauzy, wisen
- 6 letters
- reduce2, narrow2, slight1, skinny2, weaken2, sparse1, shrunk1, watery3, dilute2, flimsy2, twiggy2, svelte1, papery3
- 7 letters
- fragile2, slender2, diluted3, diffuse2, tenuous3, scrawny2, spindly, wizened2
- 8 letters
- delicate3, diminish3, withered2, shrunken2, rarefied3, gossamer3
- 9 letters
- emaciated5, shriveled2, attenuate4, incompact, uncompact
- 10 letters
- diaphanous4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (runny2 = 2 syllables).