thin: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 7 letter points · starts with T · ends with N
Meaning of thin
adj
Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
Example: thin plate of metal; thin paper; thin board; thin covering
Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
Example: thin wire; thin string
Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
Example: thin person
Of low viscosity or low specific gravity.
Example: Water is thinner than honey.
Listed forms: thinner, thinnest.
Source: Wiktionary — thin.
noun
A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.
Any food produced or served in thin slices.
Listed forms: thins.
Source: Wiktionary — thin.
verb
- transitive
To make thin or thinner.
- intransitive
To become thin or thinner.
Example: The crowds thinned after the procession had passed: there was nothing more to see.
To dilute.
To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.
Listed forms: thins, thinning, thinned.
Source: Wiktionary — thin.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for thin.
adjective
lacking excess flesh
adjective
very narrow
adjective
not dense
adjective
lacking substance or significance
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is thin in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of thin
T(1) + H(4) + I(1) + N(1) = 7 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of thin
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from thin
10 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in thin. Showing up to 24, longest first.