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Definitions for Thinner

[1] a volatile liquid, as turpentine, used to dilute paint, varnish, rubber cement, etc., to the desired or proper consistency.
[2] a person who adds thinners to paints, varnishes, etc.
[3] a person who specializes in weeding plants, pruning shrubbery, thinning fruit, etc.
[4] comparative of thin.
[5] having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice.
[6] of small cross section in comparison with the length; slender: a thin wire.
[7] having little flesh; spare; lean: a thin man.
[8] composed of or containing objects, particles, etc., widely separated; sparse: thin vegetation.
[9] scant; not abundant or plentiful.
[10] of relatively slight consistency or viscosity: thin soup.
[11] rarefied, as air.
[12] without solidity or substance; flimsy: a very thin plot for such a long book.
[13] lacking fullness or volume; weak and shrill: a thin voice.
[14] without force or a sincere effort: a thin smile.
[15] lacking body, richness, or strength: a thin wine.
[16] lacking in chroma; of light tint.
[17] Photography . (of a developed negative) lacking in density or contrast through underdevelopment or underexposure.
[18] in a thin manner.
[19] sparsely; not densely.
[20] so as to produce something thin: Slice the ham thin.
[21] to make thin or thinner (often followed by down, out, etc.).
[22] to become thin or thinner; become reduced or diminished (often followed by down, out, off, etc.): The crowd is thinning out.
[23] (often plural, functioning as singular) a solvent, such as turpentine, added to paint or varnish to dilute it, reduce its opacity or viscosity, or increase its penetration into the ground
[24] of relatively small extent from one side or surface to the other; fine or narrow
[25] slim or lean
[26] sparsely placed; meagre thin hair
[27] of relatively low density or viscosity a thin liquid
[28] weak; poor; insufficient a thin disguise
[29] (of a photographic negative) having low density, usually insufficient to produce a satisfactory positive
[30] mountaineering a climb or pitch on which the holds are few and small
[31] thin on the ground few in number; scarce
[32] in order to produce something thin to cut bread thin
[33] to make or become thin or sparse

Words related to Thinner

fragile, slim, lean, meager, gaunt, delicate, small, skinny, narrow, wispy, flimsy, translucent, paper-thin, poor, flat, shallow, sparse, thick, transparent, skimpy

Words nearby Thinner

thinker, the, thinking, thinking cap, thinking through, thinkpiece, thinner, thinnish, thinspiration, thinspo, thio, thio acid

Origin of Thinner

before 900; (adj. and adv.) Middle English thyn(ne ), Old English thynne; cognate with Dutch dun, German dünn, Old Norse thunnr; (v.) Middle English thynnen, Old English thynnian, derivative of the adj.; compare Middle Dutch dunnen, Old Norse thynna; akin to Old Irish tana, Latin tenuis thin, Greek tany- long

Other words from Thinner

thin·ly , adverb
thin·ness , noun
o·ver·thin , adjective
o·ver·thin·ly , adverb
o·ver·thin·ness , noun
self-thin·ning , adjective
su·per·thin , adjective
un·thinned , adjective
un·thin·ning , adjective

Word origin for Thinner

Old English thynne; related to Old Frisian thenne, Old Saxon, Old High German thunni, Old Norse thunnr, Latin tenuis thin, Greek teinein to stretch

Synonyms for Thinner

delicate, fragile, gaunt, lean, meager, narrow, skinny, slim, small, attenuate, attenuated, emaciated, peaked, pinched, pole, rarefied, shadow, shriveled, slight, spare, starved, stick, undernourished, wan, wasted, beanpole, beanstalk, bony, cadaverous, ethereal, featherweight, gangling, gangly, haggard, lank, lanky, lightweight, puny, rangy, rawboned, reedy, rickety, scraggy, scrawny, skeletal, slinky, spindly, stalky, stilt, subtle, threadlike, twiggy, twiglike, underweight, wizened