thinthin1 /θɪn/ ●●● adjective (comparative thinner, superlative thinnest) 
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something that is thin is not very wide or thick ANT thick: 
a thin slice of cheese The walls here are paper-thin (=very thin).2having little fat on your body ANT fat: He’s tall, very thin, and has dark hair.THESAURUSslim/slender – used about someone who is thin in an attractive wayslight – used about someone who is thin and whose body structure is smallskinny – used about someone who is very thin in a way that is not attractivelean – used about someone who is thin in a healthy way: He has a runner’s physique: long legs and a lean body.underweight – thin in a way that is not healthy, used especially by doctorsgaunt – used about someone who is thin, pale, and unhealthyemaciated formal – used about someone who is extremely thin and weak because of illness or not eatinganorexic formal – used about people who are extremely thin because they have a mental illness that makes them stop eatingskeletal – used about people who are so thin that you can see the shape of their bones► see thesaurus at fat13if someone has thin hair, s/he does not have very much hair ANT thick4air that is thin is difficult to breathe because there is not much oxygen in it5a substance that is thin has a lot of water in it ANT thick: thin broth [Origin: Old English thynne]—thinness noun [uncountable]
1 something that is thin is not very wide or thick ANT thick: a thin slice of cheese The walls here are paper-thin (=very thin).2having little fat on your body ANT fat: He’s tall, very thin, and has dark hair.THESAURUSslim/slender – used about someone who is thin in an attractive wayslight – used about someone who is thin and whose body structure is smallskinny – used about someone who is very thin in a way that is not attractivelean – used about someone who is thin in a healthy way: He has a runner’s physique: long legs and a lean body.underweight – thin in a way that is not healthy, used especially by doctorsgaunt – used about someone who is thin, pale, and unhealthyemaciated formal – used about someone who is extremely thin and weak because of illness or not eatinganorexic formal – used about people who are extremely thin because they have a mental illness that makes them stop eatingskeletal – used about people who are so thin that you can see the shape of their bones► see thesaurus at fat13if someone has thin hair, s/he does not have very much hair ANT thick4air that is thin is difficult to breathe because there is not much oxygen in it5a substance that is thin has a lot of water in it ANT thick: thin broth [Origin: Old English thynne]—thinness noun [uncountable]
