thin

About 35.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.

   thin plate of metal; thin paper; thin board; thin covering

2. adjective Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.

   thin wire; thin string

3. adjective Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.

   thin person

4. adjective Of low viscosity or low specific gravity.

   Water is thinner than honey.

5. adjective Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.

   The trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin.

6. adjective Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.
7. adjective Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.

   a thin, tight-lipped smile

8. adjective Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.

   a thin disguise

Similar words

pinched slender tenuous slenderize slim lose weight slim down skinny twiglike spindly

Often followed by

and layer film films air as sections line layers

Word family

thinly thinned thinner thinness thinnesses thinnest thinning thinnish thins