THICK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thick mean? 

• THICK (noun)
  The noun THICK has 1 sense:

1. the location of something surrounded by other things

  Familiarity information: THICK used as a noun is very rare.

• THICK (adjective)
  The adjective THICK has 10 senses:

1. 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

2. having component parts closely crowded together

3. relatively dense in consistency

4. spoken as if with a thick tongue

5. having a short and solid form or stature

6. hard to pass through because of dense growth

7. (of darkness) densely dark

8. (used informally) associated on close terms

9. (used informally) stupid

10. abounding; having a lot of

  Familiarity information: THICK used as an adjective is familiar.

• THICK (adverb)
  The adverb THICK has 2 senses:

1. with a thick consistency

2. in quick succession

  Familiarity information: THICK used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THICK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The location of something surrounded by other things

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

midst; thick

Context example:

in the midst of the crowd

Hypernyms ("thick" is a kind of...):

inside; interior (the region that is inside of something)

• THICK (adjective)

Declension: comparative and superlative

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Context example:

thick warm blankets

Similar:

heavy (of relatively large extent and density)

two-ply (having a thickness made up of two layers or strands)

three-ply (having a thickness made up of three layers or strands)

thickened (made or having become thick)

quilted (made of layers of fabric held together by patterned stitching)

heavy (made of fabric having considerable thickness)

fat (having a relatively large diameter)

deep-chested (thick in the chest)

deep (relatively thick from top to bottom)

four-ply (having a thickness made up of four layers or strands)

Also:

fat (having an (over)abundance of flesh)

broad; wide (having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other)

Attribute:

thickness (the dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width)

Antonym:

thin (of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section)

Derivation:

thickness (used of a line or mark)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having component parts closely crowded together

Context example:

thick hair

Similar:

concentrated (gathered together or made less diffuse)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Relatively dense in consistency

Context example:

thick fog

Similar:

thickened (made thick in consistency)

syrupy; viscous (having a relatively high resistance to flow)

soupy (having the consistency and appearance of soup)

ropey; ropy; stringy; thready (forming viscous or glutinous threads)

gelatinlike; gelatinous; jellylike (thick like gelatin)

dense; heavy; impenetrable (permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter)

creamy (thick like cream)

coagulate; coagulated; curdled; grumose; grumous (transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass)

coagulable (capable of coagulating and becoming thick)

clogged; clotted (thickened or coalesced in soft thick lumps (such as clogs or clots))

Attribute:

thickness (resistance to flow)

body; consistence; consistency; substance (the property of holding together and retaining its shape)

Antonym:

thin (relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous)

Derivation:

thickness (resistance to flow)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Spoken as if with a thick tongue

Synonyms:

slurred; thick

Context example:

his words were slurred

Similar:

unintelligible (poorly articulated or enunciated, or drowned by noise)

Derivation:

thickness (indistinct articulation)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Having a short and solid form or stature

Synonyms:

compact; heavyset; stocky; thick; thickset

Context example:

a thickset young man

Similar:

little; short (low in stature; not tall)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Hard to pass through because of dense growth

Synonyms:

dense; thick

Context example:

thick woods

Similar:

impenetrable (not admitting of penetration or passage into or through)

Derivation:

thickness (the dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width)

Sense 7

Meaning:

(of darkness) densely dark

Synonyms:

deep; thick

Context example:

deep night

Similar:

intense (possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree)

Sense 8

Meaning:

(used informally) associated on close terms

Synonyms:

buddy-buddy; chummy; thick

Context example:

the two were thick as thieves for months

Similar:

close (close in relevance or relationship)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Sense 9

Meaning:

(used informally) stupid

Synonyms:

blockheaded; boneheaded; duncical; duncish; fatheaded; loggerheaded; thick; thick-skulled; thickheaded; wooden-headed

Similar:

stupid (lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity)

Sense 10

Meaning:

Abounding; having a lot of

Context example:

the top was thick with dust

Similar:

abundant (present in great quantity)

• THICK (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With a thick consistency

Synonyms:

thick; thickly

Context example:

the blood was flowing thick

Sense 2

Meaning:

In quick succession

Synonyms:

thick; thickly

Context example:

misfortunes come fast and thick

 Context examples 

He said “he wondered at one thing very much, which was, to hear me speak so loud;” asking me “whether the king or queen of that country were thick of hearing?”

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

I have seen the thick body of him before to-day.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was high and thick and of a bright green color.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

The moonlight was so bright that through the thick yellow blind the room was light enough to see.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

You won't see me, you'll be crying so hard that the thick fog round you will obscure the prospect.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

They came down as thick as apples out of a tree.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The bull-dog was bleeding back of one ear from a rip in his thick neck.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

His hair and whiskers were blacker and thicker, looked at so near, than even I had given them credit for being.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

There was a thick fog, and nothing could be seen.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He and the squire were very thick and friendly, but I soon observed that things were not the same between Mr. Trelawney and the captain.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)