thinness

noun

1. relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width (Freq. 1)

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the tenuity of a hair

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the thinness of a rope

• Syn: ↑tenuity, ↑slenderness

• Ant: ↑thickness

• Derivationally related forms: ↑slender (for: ↑slenderness), ↑tenuous (for: ↑tenuity), ↑thin

• Hypernyms: ↑dimension

2. the property of having little body fat (Freq. 1)

• Syn: ↑leanness, ↑spareness

• Ant: ↑fatness (for: ↑leanness)

• Derivationally related forms: ↑thin, ↑lean (for: ↑leanness)

• Hypernyms: ↑bodily property

• Hyponyms:

↑skinniness, ↑scrawniness, ↑bonyness, ↑boniness, ↑emaciation, ↑gauntness, ↑maceration, ↑slenderness, ↑slightness, ↑slimness, ↑wiriness

3. the property of being very narrow or thin

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he marvelled at the fineness of her hair

• Syn: ↑fineness

• Derivationally related forms: ↑thin, ↑fine (for: ↑fineness)

• Hypernyms: ↑narrowness

4. the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness

• Syn: ↑sparseness, ↑spareness, ↑sparsity

• Derivationally related forms: ↑thin, ↑sparse (for: ↑sparsity), ↑spare (for: ↑spareness), ↑sparse (for: ↑sparseness)

• Hypernyms:

↑meagerness, ↑meagreness, ↑leanness, ↑poorness, ↑scantiness, ↑scantness, ↑exiguity

5. a consistency of low viscosity

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he disliked the thinness of the soup

• Ant: ↑thickness

• Derivationally related forms: ↑thin

• Hypernyms: ↑consistency, ↑consistence, ↑eubstance, ↑body

• Hyponyms: ↑fluidity, ↑fluidness, ↑liquidity, ↑liquidness, ↑runniness, ↑wateriness