1. 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
   "a thick sandwich"; "spread a thick layer of butter"; "thick coating of dust"; "thick warm blankets"; "an inch thick"; "a thick board"
    
2. Relatively dense in consistency
   "thick smoke"; "thick fog"; "thick cream"; "thick soup"
    
3. Having component parts closely crowded together
   "thick crowds"; "a thick forest"; "thick hair";
   - dense
    
4. Hard to pass through because of dense growth
   "thick woods";
   - dense
    
5. Spoken as if with a thick tongue
   "the thick speech of a drunkard";
   - slurred
    
6. [informal] Associated on close terms
   "the two were thick as thieves for months";
   - chummy [informal], buddy-buddy [informal]
    
7. [informal] Stupid, slow witted or dull
   "Anyone know how Lawrence got to be such a thick bigot?";
   - blockheaded [informal], boneheaded [informal], duncical [informal], duncish [informal], fatheaded [informal], loggerheaded [informal], thickheaded [informal], thick-skulled [informal], wooden-headed [informal], chuckleheaded [informal], pea-brained [informal], birdbrained [informal], muttonheaded [informal], knuckleheaded [informal], dunderheaded [informal], thick-witted [informal]
    
8. Abounding; having a lot of
   "the top was thick with dust"
    
9. Having a short and solid form or stature
   "a wrestler of thick build";
   - compact, heavyset, stocky, thickset
    
10. (of darkness) densely dark
    "thick darkness"; "thick night";
    - deep

1. With a thick consistency
   "the blood was flowing thick";
   - thickly
    
2. In quick succession
   "misfortunes come fast and thick";
   - thickly

1. The location of something surrounded by other things
   "in the thick of the crowd";
   - midst
    
2. [slang] Street name for gamma hydroxybutyrate
   "The police warned about the dangers of thick";
   - soap [slang], scoop [slang], max [slang], liquid ecstasy [slang], goop [N. Amer, slang], Georgia home boy [slang], easy lay [slang], gloop [Brit, Cdn, slang]

Derived forms: thicks, thickest, thicker

See also: abundant, body, broad, clogged, close, clotted, coagulable, coagulate, coagulated, concentrated, consistence, consistency, creamy, curdled, daft [Brit, informal], deep, deep-chested, dense, dumb, fat, foolish, four-ply, gelatinous, grumose, grumous, heavy, imbecile, imbecilic, impenetrable, intense, jellylike, little, quilted, ropey, ropy, short, soupy, stringy, stupid, substance, syrupy, thickened, thickness, thready, three-ply, two-ply, unintelligible, viscous, wide

Type of: gamma hydroxybutyrate, GHB, inside, interior

Antonym: thin

Encyclopedia: Thick