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thesaurus n. 1 treasury, treasure trove, storehouse, armoury, arsenal,
repository, cache: It is hoped that this book will be regarded
as a thesaurus of linguistic treasures. 2 synonym dictionary,
synonymy, dictionary, lexicon: He checked in his thesaurus for
a synonym of 'idea'.
thesis n. 1 argument, theory, proposition, point, contention, belief,
idea, premise or premiss, assumption, view, assertion, precept,
opinion, notion, theorem, axiom, postulate: Think how many
centuries it took man to come to grips with the thesis that all
men are created equal. 2 See theme, 2, above.
Thespian adj. 1 dramatic, theatrical or theatric, histrionic, acting,
performing; Colloq ham, hammy: His Thespian talents went
unnoticed until he appeared as an extra in a James Bond movie.
--n. 2 actor, actress, performer, trouper, player;
supernumerary; matin‚e idol, star; Colloq ham: For many years
she was one of the most beloved Thespians who ever trod the
boards.
thick adj. 1 broad, wide, solid, thickset, burly, ample, solid,
bulky, substantial, beamy: He sank his teeth into the thickest
sandwich I have ever seen. She is a bit thicker in the
mid-section than I had remembered, but a good ketch nonetheless.
2 Usually, thick with. dense, solid, compact, concentrated,
condensed, packed, close-packed, compressed, crowded, choked,
filled, full, deep, clotted, chock-full or choke-full or
chuck-full, chock-a-block, teeming, swarming, alive, bristling,
crawling, bursting, crammed, jammed, brimming, Colloq lousy
with: The gallery was thick with visitors. 3 compact,
condensed, compressed, choking, packed, impenetrable,
impassable, dense; pea-soup, soupy, murky, misty, foggy, smoggy,
smoky, opaque, obscure, obscuring, hazy: We plunged deeper into
the thick jungle. A thick fog blanketed the valley. 4 abundant,
plentiful, bushy, luxuriant: Her thick red hair tumbled down
over her shoulders. 5 dense, viscid, viscous, gelatinous,
mucilaginous, gluey, glutinous, ropy, coagulated, clotted,
congealed, jelled, jellied, inspissated, stiffish; stiff, firm,
rigid, solid: For a thicker sauce, use cornflour. 6
thickheaded, thick-witted, thick-skulled, dense, stupid, slow,
slow-witted, dull, dull-witted, stolid, obtuse, gormless,
boneheaded, fat-headed, pin-headed, wooden-headed, addle-pated,