Thick meaning

What does “thick” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“thick” is a noun, adjective and adverb with 13 meanings. Its most common meaning is: the location of something surrounded by other things.

thick

the location of something surrounded by other things
“in the midst of the crowd”
Synonymsmidst

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
“an inch thick”
“a thick board”
Oppositesthin
having component parts closely crowded together
“a compact shopping center”
“a dense population”
relatively dense in consistency
“thick cream”
“thick soup”
Oppositesthin
spoken as if with a thick tongue
“the thick speech of a drunkard”
“his words were slurred”
Synonymsslurred
having a short and solid form or stature
“a wrestler of compact build”
“he was tall and heavyset”
Synonymscompact heavyset stocky thickset
hard to pass through because of dense growth
“dense vegetation”
“thick woods”
Synonymsdense
(of darkness) densely dark
“thick night”
“thick darkness”
Synonymsdeep
(used informally) associated on close terms
“a close friend”
“the bartender was chummy with the regular customers”
Synonymschummy buddy-buddy
(used informally) stupid
Synonymsblockheaded boneheaded duncical duncish fatheaded loggerheaded thickheaded thick-skulled
abounding; having a lot of
“the top was thick with dust”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University