thin

Adjective

• lacking substance or significance; a fragile claim to fame"
  • slight evidence
    
  • a tenuous argument
    
  • a thin plot
    

• lacking spirit or sincere effort
  • a thin smile
    

• (of sound) lacking resonance or volume
  • a thin feeble cry
    

• relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous
  • air is thin at high altitudes
    
  • a thin soup
    
  • skimmed milk is much thinner than whole milk
    
  • thin oil
    

• not dense
  • a thin beard
    
  • trees were sparse
    

• very narrow
  • a thin line across the page
    

• lacking excess flesh
  • you can't be too rich or too thin
    
  • Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look-Shakespeare
    

• of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section
  • thin wire
    
  • a thin chiffon blouse
    
  • a thin book
    
  • a thin layer of paint
    

Adverb

• without viscosity
  • the blood was flowing thin
    

Verb

• take off weight

• lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
  • cut bourbon
    

• make thin or thinner
  • Thin the solution
    

• lose thickness; become thin or thinner

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  flimsy , fragile , slight , tenuous , sparse , slender , lean , thinly , reduce , melt off , lose weight , slim , slenderize , slim down , dilute , thin out , cut
• Antonyms: 
  full , thick , fat , thickly , gain , put on , thicken , inspissate