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Thinness

The quality or state of being thin (in any of the senses of the word).

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Broader term 13

Body 76% connected

The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.

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Consistence 76% connected

Alt. of Consistency

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Consistency 76% connected

The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity.

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Dimension 76% connected

Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; -- usually, in the plural, measure in leng…

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Exiguity 76% connected

Scantiness; smallness; thinness.

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Leanness 76% connected

The condition or quality of being lean.

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Meagerness 76% connected

Alt. of Meagreness

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Meagreness 76% connected

The state or quality of being meager; leanness; scantiness; barrenness.

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Narrowness 76% connected

The condition or quality of being narrow.

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Poorness 76% connected

The quality or state of being poor (in any of the senses of the adjective).

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Scantiness 76% connected

Quality or condition of being scanty.

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Scantness 76% connected

The quality or condition of being scant; narrowness; smallness; insufficiency; scantiness.

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Substance 76% connected

That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in whic…

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Narrower term 12

Boniness 76% connected

The condition or quality of being bony.

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Emaciation 76% connected

The act of making very lean.

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Fluidness 76% connected

The state of being flluid; fluidity.

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Liquidity 76% connected

The state or quality of being liquid.

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Liquidness 76% connected

The quality or state of being liquid; liquidity; fluency.

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Maceration 76% connected

The act or process of macerating.

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Skinniness 76% connected

Quality of being skinny.

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Slightness 76% connected

The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard.

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Slimness 76% connected

The quality or state of being slim.

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Threadiness 76% connected

Quality of being thready.

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Wateriness 76% connected

The quality or state of being watery; moisture; humidity.

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Wiriness 76% connected

The quality of being wiry.

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Slender 74% connected

Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant.

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Slender 74% connected

Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant.

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Thin 74% connected

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

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Thin 74% connected

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

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Synonym 5

Fineness 92% connected

The quality or condition of being fine.

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Leanness 92% connected

The condition or quality of being lean.

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Spareness 92% connected

The quality or state of being lean or thin; leanness.

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Sparseness 92% connected

The quality or state of being sparse; as, sparseness of population.

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Tenuity 92% connected

The quality or state of being tenuous; thinness, applied to a broad substance; slenderness, applied to anything that is long; as, the tenuity of a le…

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Antonym 2

Thickness 94% connected

The quality or state of being thick (in any of the senses of the adjective).

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Thickness 94% connected

The quality or state of being thick (in any of the senses of the adjective).

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