thick

Meaning

Adj

1. Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
2. Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
3. Heavy in build; thickset.
4. Densely crowded or packed.
5. Having a viscous consistency.
6. Abounding in number.
7. Impenetrable to sight.
8. Prominent, strong.
9. Prominent, strong.
10. (informal) Stupid.
11. (informal) Friendly or intimate.
12. Deep, intense, or profound.
13. (literary) Detailed and expansive; substantive.
14. (UK, dated) Troublesome; unreasonable.
15. (slang) Curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips.

Adv

1. In a thick manner.
2. Frequently or numerously.

Noun

1. The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.
2. A thicket.
3. (slang) A stupid person; a fool.

Verb

To thicken.

Det

Alternative form of thilk (“that same”).

Opposite of

slim, thin, wide, slender, slight, svelte, heavy, large, obese, overweight, strapping, sparse, compact, dense, free-flowing, runny, lacteous, gelatinous, pulpy, resinous, viscous, scant, scarce, transparent, hazy, opaque, translucent, clear, lucid, confusing, incomprehensible, brainy, intelligent, smart, brainless, dumb, foolish, idiotic, imbecile, insensible, lowbrow, mindless, stupid, unintelligent, witless, unacquainted

Synonyms

dense

fat

viscous

close

heavy

big

coarse

compact

deep

large

stout

concentrated

corpulent

strong

bulky

solid

bold

wide

muddy

rough

luxuriant

tough

bushy

thickly

dim

sticky

stiff

thickset

become thick

thickness

massive

doughy

impenetrable

lush

crowded

condensed

dull

stupid

dumb

rich

🤑

dark

crass

great

gross

fluffy

slow

profound

brain

🧠

cloudy

☁️

dim-witted

Translations

épais

dick

gros

espeso

dik

grueso

spesso

grosso

espesso

denso

grosso

denso

dicht

dicht

Pronounced as (IPA)

/θɪk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: thikke

Inherited from Old English: þicce

Cognate with Danish: tyk

Cognate with Dutch: dik

Cognate with Faroese: tjúkkur

Cognate with German: dick

Cognate with Icelandic: þykkur

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: tykk

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk: tjukk

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: tjuk

Cognate with Swedish: tjock

Cognate with Old Irish: tiug

Cognate with Welsh: tew

In summary

From Middle English thikke, from Old English þicce (“thick, dense”), from Proto-West Germanic *þikkwī, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz (“thick”), from Proto-Indo-European *tégus (“thick”).
Cognates
Cognate with Danish tyk (“thick”), Dutch dik (“thick”), Faroese tjúkkur (“thick”), German dick (“thick”), Icelandic þykkur (“thick”), Norwegian Bokmål tykk (“thick”), Norwegian Nynorsk tjukk (“thick”), Saterland Frisian tjuk (“thick”), Swedish tjock (“thick”). Related to Old Irish tiug (“thick”) and Welsh tew (“thick”).

Sentences

The walls were covered with a thick paste .

Their long , curved thick bills are adapted for digging and probing .

The foundation for the building consists of thick granite footers .