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Noun: thinness  thinnus
  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
    - 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"

Derived forms: thinnesses

See also: thin

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

Antonym: thickness