thick

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. broad, wide, massive, thickset, stout, fat; dense, solid; populous, crowded; heavy, viscous, creamy, gooey (sl.); foggy, smoky, hazy; hoarse, guttural, throaty; slow[-witted], witless. See breadth, density, multitude.

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(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Dense]

Syn. compact, dense, close, impenetrable, impervious, condensed, compressed, multitudinous, numerous, lush, rank, crowded, solid, packed, populous, profuse, populated, swarming, heaped, abundant, concentrated, crammed, full, congested, packed together, closely packed, inspissated, like sardines in a can*, jam-packed*; see also full 1 , 3 , jammed 2 .

Ant. scattered*, sparse, wide-open.

2. [Deep]

Syn. high, in depth, three-dimensional, from front to back, edgewise; see also deep 2 .

Ant. long*, wide, across.

3. [Of heavy consistency]

Syn. compact, heavy, viscous, viscid, dense, syrupy, ropy, coagulated, imporous, curdled, turbid, geLatinous, grumous, glutinous, gummous, gummy, grumose, opaque, vitrified, ossified, clotted; see also adhesive .

Ant. light*, porous, filmy.

4. [Not clear]

Syn. cloudy, turbid, indistinct; see dull 2 , muddy 1 , obscure 1 .

5. [Stupid]

Syn. obtuse, ignorant, doltish; see dull 3 .

6. [*Intimate]

Syn. cordial, familiar, fraternal; see friendly 1 , intimate 1 .

7. [*Presumptuous]

Syn. insolent, tactless, unbearable; see rude 2 .

• through thick and thin*,

Syn. faithfully, devotedly, in good and bad times; see loyally .

Syn.- thick , in this connection, suggests a Great number of constituent parts massed tightly together [thick fur ] ; close , in this comParison, refers to something whose parts or elements are near together with little space between [close -order drill ] ; dense suggests such a crowding together of elements or parts as to form an almost impervious mass [ a dense fog ] ; compact suggests close and firm packing, esp. within a small space, and usually implies neatness and order in the arrangement of parts [ a compact bundle ]

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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.

1. deep extensive, fat, massive, thickset, obese, wide, large, solid, bulky.

2. dense closely packed, concentrated, close, crowded, heavy, condensed, compact, impermeable, luxuriant, viscid, viscous, glutinous, congealed, caked.

3. having a great number closely packed crowded, teeming, chock-full, bursting, numerous, great, swarming, replete, overflowing, *jam-packed, crammed.

4. stupid dense, retarded, dull, bovine, slow, dim-witted, obtuse, dumb, moronic, imbecilic, simple, *chowderheaded, *lamebrained, *dense as a post.

ANT.: 1. thin, slim, slight. 2. thin, sparse, scant, watery. 3. empty, rare, thin, scarce. 4. brilliant, smart, intelligent, sharp

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I adjective 1. Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite: fat. See THICK. 2. Short, heavy, and solidly built: blocky, chunky, compact1, dumpy, heavyset, squat, stocky, stodgy, stubby, stumpy, thickset. See FAT. 3. Having all parts near to each other: close, compact1, crowded, dense, packed, tight. See TIGHTEN. 4. Growing profusely: dense, heavy, lush1, luxuriant, profuse, rank2. See BIG. 5. Having a dense or viscous consistency: gelatinous, heavy, stodgy. See SOLID. 6. Informal. Lacking in intelligence: blockheaded, dense, doltish, dumb, hebetudinous, obtuse, stupid, thickheaded, thick-witted. Slang: dimwitted, dopey. See ABILITY. 7. Informal Very closely associated: chummy, close, familiar, friendly, intimate1. Slang: tight. Idiom: hand in glove with. See LOVE. II noun The most intensely active central part: eye, midst. See EDGE.