Definitions for thinner

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thinner thin·ner

Spelling: [thin-er]

IPA: /ˈθɪn ər/

Thinner is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 121 anagrams from letters in thinner (ehinnrt).

Definitions for thinner

noun

1. a volatile liquid, as turpentine, used to dilute paint, varnish, rubber cement, etc., to the desired or proper consistency.
2. a person who adds thinners to paints, varnishes, etc.
3. a person who specializes in weeding plants, pruning shrubbery, thinning fruit, etc.

adverb

1. in a thin manner.
2. sparsely; not densely.
3. so as to produce something thin:

adjective

1. comparative of thin.
2. having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick:
3. of small cross section in comparison with the length; slender:
4. having little flesh; spare; lean:
5. composed of or containing objects, particles, etc., widely separated; sparse:
6. scant; not abundant or plentiful.
7. of relatively slight consistency or viscosity:
8. rarefied, as air.
9. without solidity or substance; flimsy:
10. lacking fullness or volume; weak and shrill:
11. without force or a sincere effort:
12. lacking body, richness, or strength:
13. lacking in chroma; of light tint.
14. Photography. (of a developed negative) lacking in density or contrast through underdevelopment or underexposure.

verb (used with object)

1. to make thin or thinner (often followed by down, out, etc.).

verb (used without object)

1. to become thin or thinner; become reduced or diminished (often followed by down, out, off, etc.):

Origin of thinner

First recorded in 1825-35; thin + -er¹

Examples for thinner

By comparison, Let Me Be Frank With You—as one meaning of the title suggests—is direct and thinner.

This triangle they filled with a thinner stone carved with two lions.

She was thin, thinner than ever, and stiff as if she had withered.

Like thinner and translucent for summer and warmer for winter.

She grew thinner and thinner, till at last nothing was left of her but her voice.

You are thinner than a grasshopper, and you won't make it any heavier.

Diets not only fail to make us thinner, they also fail to make us healthier in the long term.

Like many young girls, Flores used to idealize a thinner body.

I thought I looked ugly, and it seemed to me I was thinner than ever and not so tall.

And in expected Apple fashion, the phones are thinner and faster than ever before.