# thick

> English word · Adjective · IPA /θɪk/ · frequency rank #3,265

## Definitions
1. Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
2. Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
3. Heavy in build; thickset.
4. Densely crowded or packed.
5. Having a viscous consistency.
6. Abounding in number.
7. Impenetrable to sight.
8. Prominent, strong.
9. Prominent, strong.
10. Stupid.
11. Friendly or intimate.
12. Deep, intense, or profound.
13. Detailed and expansive; substantive.
14. Troublesome; unreasonable.
15. Curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips.

## Etymology
From Middle English thikke, from Old English þicce (“thick, dense”), from Proto-West Germanic *þikkwī, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz (“thick”), from Proto-Indo-European *tégus (“thick”).
Cognates
Cognate with North Frisian sjok, tjok, tjuk, tschok (“thick”), Saterland Frisian tjuk (“thick”), West Frisian dik, tuuk (“thick”), Central Franconian deck (“thick”), Cimbrian dikh, dikhe (“thick”), Dutch dik (“thick”), German dick (“thick”), Luxembourgish déck (“thick”), Yiddish דיק (dik, “thick”), Danish tyk (“thick”), Elfdalian tiokk (“thick”), Faroese tjúkkur (“thick”), Icelandic þykkur (“thick”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk tjukk, tykk (“thick”), Scanian tjykker (“thick”), Swedish tjock (“thick”); also Cornish and Welsh tew (“thick”), Irish tiubh, tiugh (“thick”), Manx çhiu (“thick”), Scottish Gaelic tiugh (“thick”).

## Easily confused with
- **tic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thick-vs-tic)
- **tik** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thick-vs-tik)
- **this** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thick-vs-this)
- **thin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thick-vs-thin)
- **tick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thick-vs-tick)
- **tuck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thick-vs-tuck)
- **tock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thick-vs-tock)
- **tink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thick-vs-tink)
- **tics** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thick-vs-tics)
- **think** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thick-vs-think)
- **thing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thick-vs-thing)
- **third** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thick-vs-third)
- **track** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thick-vs-track)
- **twice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thick-vs-twice)
- **truck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thick-vs-truck)
- **trick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thick-vs-trick)
- **thief** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thick-vs-thief)
- **thigh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thick-vs-thigh)
- **ticks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thick-vs-ticks)
- **thine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thick-vs-thine)

## Common misspellings (8)
`htick`, `thcik`, `thhick`, `thicck`, `thickk`, `thikc`, `tihck`, `tthick`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/thick