thickthick1 /θɪk/ ●●● adjective 1something that is thick is wide and not thin ANT thin: a thick piece of bread a thick layer of paint22 feet thick/12 inches thick etc. used in order to describe how thick something is: The wall is about 16 inches thick.3a substance that is thick has very little water in it: thick soup4difficult to see through or breathe in: The air was thick with smoke. It is dangerous to drive in thick fog.5growing very close together with not much space in between: a thick forest He has thick black hair. [Origin: Old English thicce]—thickly adverb