Find the synonyms or antonyms of a word
Antonyms for thinnest
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : thin |
Phonetic Transcription : θɪn |
Definition of thinnest
Origin :- Old English þynne "narrow, lean, scanty," from Proto-Germanic *thunnuz, *thunw- (cf. West Frisian ten, Middle Low German dunne, Dutch dun, Old High German dunni, German dünn, Old Norse þunnr), from PIE *tnus-, *tnwi-, from weak grade of root *ten- "stretch" (cf. Latin tenuis "thin, slender;" see tenet).
- These our actors ... were all Spirits, and Are melted into Ayre, into thin Ayre. [Shakespeare, "The Tempest," IV.i.150, 1610]
- Thin-skinned is attested from 1590s; the figurative sense of "touchy" is from 1670s.
- adj fine, light, slender
- adj transparent, fine
- adj deficient, weak
- adj diluted
- It was thick and soft with sheet after sheet of thinnest paper.
- Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
- Looking down I saw beside me the thinnest kitten I ever beheld.
- Extract from : « Concerning Cats » by Helen M. Winslow
- It is, however, composed of the thinnest vapours imaginable.
- Extract from : « The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) » by J. Arthur Thomson
- It spreads over the surface in the thinnest film that can be imagined.
- Extract from : « Diggers in the Earth » by Eva March Tappan
- Nearly all were half-clad, or wearing only the thinnest of garments.
- Extract from : « Lights and Shadows in Confederate Prisons » by Homer B. Sprague
- They accept the thinnest gilt, the poorest pinchbeck, for gold.
- Extract from : « Modern Women and What is Said of Them » by Anonymous
- He ran his greedy eyes over them, searching for the thinnest ones.
- Extract from : « Peter and Wendy » by James Matthew Barrie
- This observation cannot be made except in the thinnest hives.
- Extract from : « New observations on the natural history of bees » by Francis Huber
- They had traversed most of the way and were close to the studio of Chios, where the troops were thinnest.
- Extract from : « Saronia » by Richard Short
- Two worlds, the higher and the lower, separated by the thinnest of partitions.
- Extract from : « Over the Teacups » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Synonyms for thinnest
- attenuate
- attenuated
- beanpole
- beanstalk
- bony
- cadaverous
- delicate
- diaphanous
- diffuse
- dilute
- diluted
- dispersed
- emaciated
- ethereal
- featherweight
- feeble
- filmy
- fine
- flat
- flimsy
- fragile
- gangling
- gangly
- gaunt
- gossamer
- haggard
- implausible
- improbable
- inadequate
- inconceivable
- incredible
- insubstantial
- insufficient
- lame
- lank
- lanky
- lean
- light
- lightweight
- meager
- narrow
- paper-thin
- peaked
- permeable
- pinched
- pole
- poor
- puny
- questionable
- rangy
- rare
- rarefied
- rawboned
- reedy
- refined
- rickety
- runny
- scant
- scanty
- scarce
- scattered
- scraggy
- scrawny
- see-through
- shadow
- shallow
- sheer
- shriveled
- skeletal
- sketchy
- skimpy
- skinny
- slight
- slim
- slinky
- small
- spare
- sparse
- spindly
- stalky
- starved
- stick
- stilt
- stretched
- subtile
- subtle
- superficial
- tenuous
- thick
- threadlike
- translucent
- transparent
- twiggy
- twiglike
- unbelievable
- unconvincing
- undernourished
- underweight
- unpersuasive
- unsubstantial
- untenable
- vapid
- wafer-thin
- wan
- wasted
- watery
- weak
- weak-kneed
- wishy-washy
- wispy
- wizened
Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019