thins

Makes less viscous

Thins is the verb form of thin, meaning to make or become less dense, thick, or numerous.

Hair thins with age.

A crowd thins as people leave.

You thin paint by adding solvent, or thin seedlings by removing some to give others room to grow.

The fog gradually thinned as the sun rose.

dilutes

watery

Containing excess liquid

stretches · reduces · liquefies · dissolves · attenuates · waters down · extends · adulterates · rarefies · disperses

slims

svelte

Gracefully slender

trim · lithe · toned · streamlined · tapered · sleek · narrows · reduces · sheds · slenderizes

rarefies

sparse

Thinly scattered or distributed

depletes · reduces · diminishes · dissipates · attenuates · spreads out · lessens · decreases · wanes · ebbs

weakens

frail

Weak and breakable

enfeebled · weakened · sapped · waning · fading · failing · deteriorates · declines · flags · wilts

hair

balding

Losing hair progressively

wispy · fine · losing · patchy · scalp · follicles · strands · volume · density · coverage

spreads

layer

Single thickness of material

daubs · brushes · rolls · spreads · distributes · skims · glazes

Categories
Opposites
viscosity/consistency

thinsthickens

Becomes less fluid

congeals · coagulates · solidifies · gels · sets

density/quantity

thinsthickens

Becomes less fluid

concentrates · densifies · crowds · clusters · multiplies

width/thickness (physical)

thinsthickens

Becomes less fluid

widens · broadens · fattens · bulks up · swells

Phrases
Family

thin, thinned, thinning, thinner, thinness, thinly, thinnest, thinkable, thine

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