view, belief; theory, theorem, hypothesis, idea, supposition, assumption, premise, conjecture, axiom, postulate; statement, declaration, assertion, allegation, charge; question, topic under discussion or on the floor or.up for debate, moot point.
2. theme, topic, subject, area or field of inquiry; concept, conceit, notion; keynote, main idea, gist, meaning, point.
3. research paper, study, investigation, dissertation, master's thesis; monograph, disquisition, discourse, treatise, tract, tractate, homily.
thespian, adj. 1. histrionic, histrionical, Roscian, Sl. ham or hammy, Sl. actressy; dramatic, dramaturgic, dramaturgical, theatrical, theatric, tragic; scenic, stagy; operatic.
-n. 2. actor, actress, player, playactor, stage player, stage performer, performer, role player, trouper; theatrician, histrio, histrion, Archaic, histrionic, Roscian, Sl. ham; personator, impersonator,
thew, n. 1. Usu.
thews muscle, sinew, tendon, Anat. ligament.
2. thews physical strength, brawn, beef, muscle, physique, musculature; Inf. huskiness, Inf heftiness, Inf beefiness, burliness, brawniness, muscularity, sinewiness; hardness, firmness, solidness; power, potency, might, Literary, puissance; energy, vigor, vitality; activeness, athleticism, manliness, virility, able-bodiedness.
thick, adj. 1. broad, wide, beamy; large, big, ample, bulky, solid.
2. close-packed, close, dense, gross, heavy, crowded, serried; impenetrable, impermeable, impassable, thickset; compact, tight, compressed, condensed, consolidated.
3. abundant, plentiful, plenteous, numerous, Inf. aplenty; full, filled, Inf. chock-full, jammed, packed, Inf. jam-packed, crammed, stuffed; rife, replete, abounding, overflowing, running or spilling over, bristling; teeming with, swarming with, crawling with, alive with, Sl. lousy with, thick with.
4. profound, deep, mysterious; intense, extreme, acute, excessive.
5. husky, hoarse, dry, scratching, cracked; harsh, rough, raucous, gruff, raspy, gravelly, grating; guttural, throaty, raspy; indistinct, unclear, blurred, muffled, inarticulate, confused.
6. viscous, viscid, glutinous, ropy, mucilaginous; inspissated, Pharm. incrassated; clotted, grumous, curdled, coagulated; gelatinous, congealed, jellified, jelled, jellied, set.
7. turbid, roily, roiled, muddy, sedimentous, feculent.
8. misty, foggy, nubilous, vaporous, soupy, murky, obscure; hazy, smoky, smazy, smoggy, polluted.
9. Informal, chummy, clubby, inseparable, hob-and-nob, hand and glove, Sl. buddy-buddy, Sl. palsy-walsy, Inf. thick as thieves; well-acquainted, familiar, close, Scot. pack, dear, intimate, confidential, bosom; friendly, comradely, brotherly, sisterly.
10. stupid, unintelligent, dull-witted, dull, slow, Sl. lamebrained, Inf dopey, Inf. dill, oxlike; duncish, obtuse, bovine, Inf. cretinous, stolid, Boeotian; empty-headed, brainless, dim-witted, slow-witted, halfwitted, fat-witted, beef-witted, thick-witted; boneheaded, wooden-headed, doltish, blockheaded, blockish, imbecilic, Inf moronic.
thicken, v. 1. inspissate, condense, Pharm. in-crassate; gelatinize, congeal, jell, jellify, jelly, set, solidify, harden; curdle, clabber, coagulate, clot, cake.
2. grow more intense, intensify, deepen, become intricate, become complex.