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thinness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun thinness has 5 senses
- thinness(n = noun.attribute) slenderness, tenuity - relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width; "the tenuity of a hair"; "the thinness of a rope" is a kind of dimension
- thinness(n = noun.attribute) leanness, spareness - the property of having little body fat; Array is a kind of bodily property
- thinness(n = noun.attribute) fineness - the property of being very narrow or thin; "he marvelled at the fineness of her hair" is a kind of narrowness
- thinness(n = noun.attribute) spareness, sparseness, sparsity - the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness; Array is a kind of exiguity, leanness, meagerness, meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness
- thinness(n = noun.attribute) Array - a consistency of low viscosity; "he disliked the thinness of the soup" is a kind of body, consistence, consistency, eubstance
Antonym: thickness
Derived form adjective thin1
has particulars: scrawniness, skinniness, boniness, bonyness, emaciation, gauntness, maceration, slenderness, slightness, slimness, wiriness
Derived form adjective thin2
Derived form adjective thin3
Derived forms adjective thin6, adjective thin8
has particulars: fluidity, fluidness, liquidity, liquidness, runniness, wateriness
Antonym: thickness
Derived form adjective thin5
CIDE DICTIONARY
thinness, n.
The quality or state of being thin (in any of the senses of the word). [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
thinness
Lenten fare, admission of light, airiness, airy nothing, airy texture, attenuation, austerity, bodilessness, chinchiness, chintziness, clarity, clearness, crystal-clearness, crystallinity, deadness, delicacy, diaphaneity, diaphanousness, dilutedness, dilution, ethereality, exiguity, exiguousness, exility, fewness, filminess, fineness, flatness, flavorlessness, flightiness, flimsiness, fluffiness, frailty, frivolousness, frothiness, gauziness, glassiness, glasslikeness, gossameriness, gracility, immateriality, inanity, incorporeality, infrequency, insipidity, insipidness, insolidity, insubstantiality, jejuneness, jejunity, laciness, lack of depth, leanness, lifelessness, lightness, limpidity, lucidity, meagerness, meanness, mildness, miserliness, mistiness, narrowness, niggardliness, nonopacity, paltriness, paperiness, parsimony, paucity, pellucidity, puniness, rareness, rarity, restrictedness, saplessness, savorlessness, scantiness, scantness, scarcity, scrawniness, scrimpiness, shallow-wittedness, shallowness, sheerness, show-through, skimpiness, slenderness, slightness, slim pickings, slimness, smallness, spareness, sparseness, sparsity, staleness, stinginess, stringency, subtility, subtilty, subtlety, superficiality, tastelessness, tenuity, tenuousness, tightness, transmission of light, transparence, transparency, transpicuousness, uncloudedness, unprofoundness, unprofundity, unsavoriness, unsubstantiality, vagueness, vapidity, vitreosity, vitreousness, vitrescence, volatility, wateriness, weakness, wishy-washiness, wispinessROGET THESAURUS
thinness
Littleness
N littleness, smallness, exiguity, inextension, parvitude, parvity, duodecimo, Elzevir edition, epitome, microcosm, rudiment, vanishing point, thinness, dwarf, pygmy, pigmy, Liliputian, chit, pigwidgeon, urchin, elf, atomy, dandiprat, doll, puppet, Tom Thumb, Hop-o'-my-thumb, manikin, mannikin, homunculus, dapperling, cock-sparrow, animalcule, monad, mite, insect, emmet, fly, midge, gnat, shrimp, minnow, worm, maggot, entozoon, bacteria, infusoria, microzoa, phytozoaria, microbe, grub, tit, tomtit, runt, mouse, small fry, millet seed, mustard seed, barleycorn, pebble, grain of sand, molehill, button, bubble, point, atom, fragment, powder, point of a pin, mathematical point, minutiae, micrometer, vernier, scale, microphotography, photomicrography, micrography, photomicrograph, microphotograph, microscopy, microscope (optical instruments), little, small, minute, diminutive, microscopic, microzoal, inconsiderable, exiguous, puny, tiny, wee, petty, minikin, miniature, pygmy, pigmy, elfin, undersized, dwarf, dwarfed, dwarfish, spare, stunted, limited, cramp, cramped, pollard, Liliputian, dapper, pocket, portative, portable, duodecimo, dumpy, squat, short, impalpable, intangible, evanescent, imperceptible, invisible, inappreciable, insignificant, inconsiderable, trivial, infinitesimal, homoeopathic, atomic, subatomic, corpuscular, molecular, rudimentary, rudimental, embryonic, vestigial, weazen, scant, scraggy, scrubby, thin, granular, shrunk, brevipennate, in a small compass, in a nutshell, on a small scale, minutely, microscopically.Thinness
N narrowness, thinness, narrowness, closeness, exility, exiguity, line, hair's breadth, finger's breadth, strip, streak, vein, monolayer, epitaxial deposition, thinness, tenuity, emaciation, macilency, marcor, shaving, slip, thread paper, skeleton, shadow, anatomy, spindleshanks, lantern jaws, mere skin and bone, middle constriction, stricture, neck, waist, isthmus, wasp, hourglass, ridge, ghaut, ghat, pass, ravine, narrowing, coarctation, angustation, tapering, contraction, narrow, close, slender, thin, fine, thread-like, finespun, gossamer, paper-thin, taper, slim, slight-made, scant, scanty, spare, delicate, incapacious, contracted, unexpanded &c (expand), slender as a thread, emaciated, lean, meager, gaunt, macilent, lank, lanky, weedy, skinny, scrawny slinky, starved, starveling, herring gutted, worn to a shadow, lean as a rake, thin as a lath, thin as a whipping post, thin as a wafer, hatchet-faced, lantern-jawed, attenuated, shriveled, extenuated, tabid, marcid, barebone, rawboned, monomolecular, narrowness, thinness, narrowness, closeness, exility, exiguity, line, hair's breadth, finger's breadth, strip, streak, vein, monolayer, epitaxial deposition, thinness, tenuity, emaciation, macilency, marcor, shaving, slip, thread paper, skeleton, shadow, anatomy, spindleshanks, lantern jaws, mere skin and bone, middle constriction, stricture, neck, waist, isthmus, wasp, hourglass, ridge, ghaut, ghat, pass, ravine, narrowing, coarctation, angustation, tapering, contraction, narrow, close, slender, thin, fine, thread-like, finespun, gossamer, paper-thin, taper, slim, slight-made, scant, scanty, spare, delicate, incapacious, contracted, unexpanded &c (expand), slender as a thread, emaciated, lean, meager, gaunt, macilent, lank, lanky, weedy, skinny, scrawny slinky, starved, starveling, herring gutted, worn to a shadow, lean as a rake, thin as a lath, thin as a whipping post, thin as a wafer, hatchet-faced, lantern-jawed, attenuated, shriveled, extenuated, tabid, marcid, barebone, rawboned, monomolecular.
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