thick

/θɪk/

#4,774 of the most-used English words

noun

1. The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.
   "It was mayhem in the thick of battle."
2. A thicket.
3. A stupid person; a fool.

verb

1. To thicken.

adjective

1. Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
2. Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
   "I want some planks that are two inches thick."
3. Heavy in build; thickset.
   "He had such a thick neck that he had to turn his body to look to the side."
4. Densely crowded or packed.
   "We walked through thick undergrowth."

Similar: broad, chummy, close, close-knit, friendly, intimate

adverb

1. In a thick manner.
   "Snow lay thick on the ground."
2. Frequently or numerously.
   "The arrows flew thick and fast around us."