thick

thick is a 5-letter English word with 28 senses as noun, adverb, transitive/intransitive verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 14 · 28 senses

Definitions

1. superlative. 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.
2. superlative. 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.
3. superlative. Dense; not thin; inspissated; as, thick vapors. Also used figuratively; as, thick darkness.
4. superlative. Not transparent or clear; hence, turbid, muddy, or misty; as, the water of a river is apt to be thick after a rain.
5. superlative. Abundant, close, or crowded in space; closely set; following in quick succession; frequently recurring.
6. superlative. Not having due distinction of syllables, or good articulation; indistinct; as, a thick utterance.
7. superlative. Deep; profound; as, thick sleep.
8. superlative. Dull; not quick; as, thick of fearing.
9. superlative. Intimate; very friendly; familiar.
10. noun. The thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest.
11. noun. A thicket; as, gloomy thicks.
12. adverb. Frequently; fast; quick.
13. adverb. Closely; as, a plat of ground thick sown.
14. adverb. To a great depth, or to a greater depth than usual; as, land covered thick with manure.
15. transitive/intransitive verb. To thicken.
16. noun. the location of something surrounded by other things

    "in the midst of the crowd"

    Synonyms: midst

17. adjective. abounding; having a lot of

    "the top was thick with dust"

18. adjective. (used informally) stupid

    Synonyms: blockheaded, boneheaded, duncical, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thickheaded

19. adjective. (used informally) associated on close terms

    "a close friend"

    "the bartender was chummy with the regular customers"

    Synonyms: chummy

20. adjective. having component parts closely crowded together

    "a compact shopping center"

    "a dense population"

21. adjective. spoken as if with a thick tongue

    "the thick speech of a drunkard"

    "his words were slurred"

    Synonyms: slurred

22. adjective. (of darkness) very intense

    "thick night"

    "thick darkness"

    Synonyms: deep

23. adjective. hard to pass through because of dense growth

    "dense vegetation"

    "thick woods"

    Synonyms: dense

24. adjective. having a short and solid form or stature

    "a wrestler of compact build"

    "he was tall and heavyset"

    Synonyms: compact, heavyset, stocky, thickset

25. 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

    "an inch thick"

    "a thick board"

26. adjective. relatively dense in consistency

    "thick cream"

    "thick soup"

27. adverb. in quick succession

    "misfortunes come fast and thick"

    Synonyms: thickly

28. adverb. with a thick consistency

    "the blood was flowing thick"

    Synonyms: thickly

Synonyms

midst, blockheaded, boneheaded, duncical, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thickheaded, chummy, slurred, deep, dense, compact, heavyset, stocky, thickset, thickly

Common word forms

thicks, thicken, thicker, thickly, thickest, thickness

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