thicks
Crowded, concentrated areas
Thicks is the plural of thick used as a noun, referring to the denser or more crowded parts of something: lost in the thicks of the forest, pushing through the thicks of the crowd.
The singular thick appears most often in the phrase in the thick of it, meaning at the most intense or active point of a situation.
Dense low forest vegetation
- undergrowthLow forest vegetation
- brushwoodCut or fallen branches
- brambleThorny wild shrub
- copseSmall group of trees
shrubbery · bushes · brake · spinney · scrub · chaparral · bracken · tangle
Impossible to pass through
- impassableImpossible to traverse
- overgrownExcessively covered in vegetation
- tangledTwisted confusedly together
- mattedTangled into clumps
solid · packed · heavy · choked · clogged · lush · luxuriant · profuse
Forested area
- forestsDensely treed land areas
- grovesSmall clusters of trees
- thicketsDense shrub growths
- copsesSmall dense woods
brakes · coppices · woodlands · bushlands · jungles · wildernesses · timberlands · plantations
underbrush
Dense low forest vegetation
- undergrowthLow forest vegetation
- brushwoodCut or fallen branches
- brambleThorny wild shrub
copse · shrubbery · bushes · brake · spinney · scrub · chaparral · bracken · tangle · snarl
impenetrable
Impossible to pass through
- impassableImpossible to traverse
- overgrownExcessively covered in vegetation
- tangledTwisted confusedly together
matted · solid · packed · heavy · choked · clogged · lush · luxuriant · profuse · rank
woods
Forested area
copses · brakes · coppices · woodlands · bushlands · jungles · wildernesses · timberlands · plantations
- thick and thinAll circumstances, good or bad
- thick fogHeavy atmospheric moisture obscuring sight
- thick skinImmunity to criticism
- lay it on thickExaggerate praise or emotion
- blood is thicker than waterRelatives matter most
- thick as thievesIntimately allied and loyal
thick, thicken, thickness, thicket, thickened, thickening, thickset, thicker, thickest