Synonyms of the word thready


THREADYFILAMENTLIKE - FILAMENTOUS - FILIFORM - ROPEY - ROPY - STRINGY - THICK - THIN - THREADLIKE

thready

  • adj. Of, resembling of capable of forming a thread; filamentous.
  • adj. (of a pulse) weak.

filamentlike

  • adj. Resembling or characteristic of a filament.

filamentous

  • adj. Having the form of threads or filaments; filamented.

filiform

  • adj. Shaped like or resembling a thread or filament; filamentous.
  • adj. Having all component parts or segments cylindrical and more or less uniform in size.

ropey

  • adj. Alternative spelling of ropy.

ropy

  • adj. Resembling rope in appearance or texture, used especially of muscles that are thick or hard to the touch.
  • adj. Capable of forming rope-like or thread-like structures.
  • adj. (Britain, colloquial) Of poor quality; in poor health.
  • adj. (of milk or another liquid) Slimy, as after the action of Enterobacter aerogenes in syrup.

stringy

  • adj. Composed of, or resembling, string or strings.
  • adj. (of a person) Wiry, lean, scrawny.
  • adj. (programming, informal) Resembling or involving text strings.

thick

  • adj. Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
  • adj. Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
  • adj. Heavy in build; thickset.
  • adj. Densely crowded or packed.
  • adj. Having a viscous consistency.
  • adj. Abounding in number.
  • adj. Impenetrable to sight.
  • adj. Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.
  • adj. (informal) Stupid.
  • adj. (informal) Friendly or intimate.
  • adj. Deep, intense, or profound.
  • adj. (Britain, dated) troublesome; unreasonable.
  • adj. (slang, chiefly of women) Curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips.
  • adv. In a thick manner.
  • adv. Thickly.
  • adv. Frequently; in great numbers.
  • n. The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.
  • n. A thicket.
  • n. (slang) A stupid person; a fool.
  • v. (archaic, transitive) To thicken.

thin

  • adj. Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
  • adj. Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
  • adj. Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
  • adj. Of low viscosity or low specific gravity, e.g., as is water compared to honey.
  • adj. Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
  • adj. (golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head…
  • adj. Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
  • adj. Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.
  • n. (philately) A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete…
  • n. Any food produced or served in thin slices.
  • v. (transitive) To make thin or thinner.
  • v. (intransitive) To become thin or thinner.
  • v. To dilute.
  • v. To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.
  • adv. Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.

threadlike

  • adj. Having the form of a thread.
  • adj. Resembling a thread in length or thinness.

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