thick
41
8.2
- adjective
- /θɪk/
- Offensive
:
tonto
- Oh yes, yes, I was the stupid thick kid that wasn't going to go anywhere.
- thick-headed
- get through one's thick head
- thick-skulled
Until you get that through your thick fucking head, you'll keep losing.
- Until you get that through your thick fucking head, you'll keep losing.
- Oh yes, yes, I was the stupid thick kid that wasn't going to go anywhere.
- I just assumed that I must be a little bit thick.
- Like almost never, almost never do you get someone that is so thick headed that they're not going to listen to you.
- Sometimes I think we think we're so smart and we're thick and compared to nature and what nature knows.
- I know that Seth Rogen called thick Patty eaters Dick heads.
Examples
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"Are all Americans as thick as you?" she asks.
Fiction book (2000) -
If you have a brain in that thick skull of yours, listen to me.
Fiction book (1991) -
My friend Jim over there is pretty thick too, I guess.
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Years of being told I was thick when I was in an apprentice.
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Get this into your thick skull.
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When are you gonna get that through your thick skull, Mr. Morris?
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Are you being thick?
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But even Isobel was not so thick as to overlook the obvious.
Fiction book (1991) -
Don't be so thick.
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Everyone in the class thought he was thick because he never understood the lessons.
Synonyms
138
8.1
Not smart or quick to understand
28
6.5
Slow to understand and not quick to learn
24
6.8
Slow to understand what others explain
8
8.0
Very stupid and not thinking clearly
6
5.6
Not quick to understand or learn
4
7.9
Slow to understand simple ideas or instructions
1
8.1
Not quick to understand or learn new things
1
8.3
Not able to think clearly or make good decisions
1
8.8
Not very smart or sensible
A little slow to understand things
A person who is slow to understand and easily fooled
Showing very little intelligence or common sense
Slow to understand or learn things
Very foolish and showing little sense
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
11
3.3
In all situations, both good and bad, people stay loyal and support each other
Compounds
- Specialized
A large seabird that lives in Arctic seas with a short, thick bill and black and white feathers
- Specialized
An edible mushroom with a thick stem and a cone-shaped cap with deep uneven holes
How Smart
507
3.4
573
1.7
- Offensive
41
8.2
- Offensive
∞
1.0
- Offensive
24
3.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember thick meaning 'stupid' is to think of a mind that is 'thick' or hard to pass ideas through — the same idea of being dense or slow. So calling someone 'thick' means they are slow to understand.