thickened

ADJECTIVE

concentrated

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fixed full-bodied potent rich robust

STRONG

complete crashed evaporated stuffed telescoped total

WEAK

boiled down entire lusty straight strong thick unadulterated undiffused undiluted undivided unmingled unmixed whole

Antonyms

STRONGEST

weak

STRONG

incomplete unfinished

WEAK

diffuse diluted free loose thin

ADJECTIVE

reinforced

Synonyms

STRONGEST

assisted augmented fortified strengthened

STRONG

backed banded bolstered braced buttressed stiffened

WEAK

beefed up built-up

ADJECTIVE

stiff

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arthritic creaky rigid solid stark tense thick tight wooden

STRONG

brittle buckram firm refractory rheumatic set

WEAK

annealed benumbed cemented chilled congealed contracted fixed frozen graceless hardened immalleable impliable incompliant indurate inelastic jelled mechanical numbed ossified petrified resistant solidified starched starchy steely stiff as a board stony taut unbending unflexible ungraceful unsupple unyielding

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bending flexible loose pliable slack soft

STRONG

indefinite supple

WEAK

pliant

ADJECTIVE

thick

Synonyms

STRONGEST

deep gooey heavy impenetrable opaque stiff syrupy

STRONG

close compact concrete firm set solid

WEAK

caked clabbered clotted coagulated compressed condensed congealed consolidated crowded curdled fixed gelatinous gloppy gummous gummy gunky impervious jelled jellied ossified ropy sloppy solidified turbid viscid viscous vitrified

Antonyms

STRONGEST

clear easy light soft trivial understandable

STRONG

flexible indefinite loose slack

WEAK

attenuated diluted intelligent reasonable sensible slight smart thin uncrowded unfriendly unsociable watery wise

Example Sentences

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But for deeper flavor, transfer the skillet to the oven and bake for 20–25 minutes, until bubbling around the edges and slightly thickened.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

Since that incident, Gen Bewick says Akrotiri's air defences have been "thickened".

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

What’s different now is that artificial intelligence has thickened the plot.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

"This thickened, heated crust may have made the region mechanically weaker, so that the plate boundary preferentially shifted here," explains co-author PD Dr. Jörg Geldmacher, marine geologist at GEOMAR.

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026

Tata had been in Brooklyn more than fifteen years, and if her blood hadn’t thickened by then, I worried about how long it would take.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

thickened

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