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Synonyms for thick

Synonyms for thick: dense, chummy and compact. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.

3 synonyms · Tier 2, Treeline · 2 senses · adjective · 2 reason lines · a wrong tile in 3 puzzles

The 3 synonyms for thick

Interchangeable with thick, one per sense

Audited under thick's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one thick carries in that sense.

  • denseadjective, in the sense "having component parts closely crowded together"
  • chummyadjective, in the sense "associated on close terms"

Recorded from the other side of the pair

These entries were written under the other word and name thick as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.

  • compactcompact is an adjective in the sense "having a short and solid form or stature"

two of these come from thick's own entries in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.

Sense 1 of 2adjectiveTier 2, Treeline

having component parts closely crowded together

A thick forest.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

dense

Same sentence, swapped: A dense forest.

Close but different

The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot thick is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

  • deep
  • chummy
  • thin
Sense 2 of 2adjectiveTier 3, RidgelinePeople and roles

associated on close terms

The two were thick as thieves for months.

The sentence the game shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

chummy

Same sentence, swapped: The two were chummy as thieves for months.

Close but different

The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot thick is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

  • dense
  • deep
  • thin

Where thick turns up in the game

thick is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where thick is the trap

  • shakingnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is trembling, in the sense "a shaky motion", and thick is one of the three tiles that lose.
  • chokingnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is strangulation, in the sense "the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe", and thick is on the board beside it.
  • deepadjective, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is abstruse, in the sense "difficult to penetrate", so thick is there to be ruled out.

Play thick

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so thick reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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A reason under every answer, not just a right answer

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. thick carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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