WordWeb Online

1. Relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
   "the thinness of a rope";
   - tenuity, slenderness
    
2. The property of having little body fat
   - leanness, spareness
    
3. The property of being very narrow or thin
   "he marvelled at the thinness of her hair";
   - fineness
    
4. The property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness
   - sparseness, spareness, sparsity
    
5. A consistency of low viscosity
   "he disliked the thinness of the soup"

Type of: bodily property, body, consistence, consistency, dimension, exiguity, leanness, meagerness [N. Amer], meagreness [Brit, Cdn], narrowness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, substance

Antonym: thickness

Encyclopedia: Thinness