thick

About 29.60 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
2. adjective Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.

   I want some planks that are two inches thick.

3. adjective Heavy in build; thickset.

   He had such a thick neck that he had to turn his body to look to the side.

4. adjective Densely crowded or packed.

   We walked through thick undergrowth.

5. adjective Having a viscous consistency.

   My mum’s gravy was thick but at least it moved about.

6. adjective Abounding in number.

   The room was thick with reporters.

7. adjective Impenetrable to sight.

   We drove through thick fog.

8. adjective (Of an accent) Prominent, strong. Greatly evocative of one's nationality or place of origin.

   He answered me in his characteristically thick Creole patois.

Similar words

dense viscous grumous clotted thickset stocky heavyset heavy fat wide

Often followed by

and with as of layer black in that walls

Word family

thicker thickest thickish thickly thicks