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English

Noun

The state of being thin.

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Thinness \Thin"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being thin (in any of the senses of
the word).
[1913 Webster]

WordNet thinness
n 1: relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to
its length or width; "the tenuity of a hair"; "the
thinness of a rope" [syn: tenuity, slenderness]
[ant: thickness]
2: the property of having little body fat [syn: leanness]
[ant: fatness]
3: the property of being very narrow or thin; "he marvelled at
the fineness of her hair" [syn: fineness]
4: a consistency of low viscosity; "he disliked the thinness of
the soup" [ant: thickness]

Moby Dictionary
Lenten fare , admission of light , airiness , airy nothing ,
airy texture , attenuation , austerity , bodilessness , chinchiness ,
chintziness , clarity , clearness , crystal-clearness , crystallinity ,
deadness , delicacy , diaphaneity , diaphanousness , dilutedness ,
dilution , ethereality , exiguity , exiguousness , exility , fewness ,
filminess , fineness , flatness , flavorlessness , flightiness ,
flimsiness , fluffiness , frailty , frivolousness , frothiness ,
gauziness , glassiness , glasslikeness , gossameriness , gracility ,
immateriality , inanity , incorporeality , infrequency , insipidity ,
insipidness , insolidity , insubstantiality , jejuneness , jejunity ,
laciness , lack of depth , leanness , lifelessness , lightness ,
limpidity , lucidity , meagerness , meanness , mildness , miserliness ,
mistiness , narrowness , niggardliness , nonopacity , paltriness ,
paperiness , parsimony , paucity , pellucidity , puniness , rareness ,
rarity , restrictedness , saplessness , savorlessness , scantiness ,
scantness , scarcity , scrawniness , scrimpiness , shallow-wittedness ,
shallowness , sheerness , show-through , skimpiness , slenderness ,
slightness , slim pickings , slimness , smallness , spareness ,
sparseness , sparsity , staleness , stinginess , stringency , subtility ,
subtilty , subtlety , superficiality , tastelessness , tenuity ,
tenuousness , tightness , transmission of light , transparence ,
transparency , transpicuousness , uncloudedness , unprofoundness ,
unprofundity , unsavoriness , unsubstantiality , vagueness , vapidity ,
vitreosity , vitreousness , vitrescence , volatility , wateriness ,
weakness , wishy-washiness , wispiness