What is the difference between stupid and thick?
stupid | thick | Synonyms |
Lacking in intelligence or exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence.
To the point of stupor.
(archaic) Characterized by or in a state of stupor; paralysed.
* 1702 Alexander Pope, Sappho 128:
(archaic) Lacking sensation; inanimate; destitute of consciousness; insensate.
* 1744 George Berkeley, Siris §190:
(slang) Amazing.
(slang) damn, annoying, darn
A stupid person; a fool.
* 1910 , , ‘The Strategist’, Reginald in Russia :
* 1922 , Elizabeth G. Young, Homestead ranch
* 1996 , Anita Rau Badamim, Tamarind Mem
Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
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Heavy in build; thickset.
* 2007 , James T. Knight, Queen of the Hustle
Densely crowded or packed.
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, title= Having a viscous consistency.
Abounding in number.
Impenetrable to sight.
Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.
(informal) Stupid.
(informal) Friendly or intimate.
* T. Hughes
Deep, intense, or profound.
* Shakespeare
In a thick manner.
Thickly.
Frequently; in great numbers.
The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.
* Dryden
A thicket.
* Drayton
* Spenser
A stupid person; a fool.
* 2014 , Joseph O'Connor, The Thrill of It All (page 100)
(archaic) To thicken.
Thick is a synonym of stupid.
Thick is a antonym of stupid.
As adjectives the difference between stupid and thick
is that stupid is lacking in intelligence or exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence while thick is relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.As adverbs the difference between stupid and thick
is that stupid is extremely while thick is in a thick manner.As nouns the difference between stupid and thick
is that stupid is a stupid person; a fool while thick is the thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.As a verb thick is
to thicken.stupid
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- Because it's a big stupid jellyfish!
- Neurobiology bores me stupid .
- No sigh to rise, no tear had pow'r to flow, Fix'd in a stupid lethargy of woe.
- Were it not for [fire], the whole wou'd be one great stupid inanimate mass.
- That dunk was stupid! His head was above the rim!
- I fell over the stupid wire.
Synonyms
* dense, dumb, retarded, unintelligent * (especially in the Caribbean) stupidy * See alsoDerived terms
* stupe * stupefy * stupid-ass * stupidity * stupidly * stupidnessReferences
*Noun
(en noun)- ‘You stupid !’ screamed the girls, ‘we've got to guess the word.’
- "What a stupid I am!" Harry exclaimed, as she watched the man ride away in the distance.
- At least those stupids got their money's worth out of this country before they burnt their lungs out.
thick
English
Adjective
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- As she twirled around in front of the mirror admiring how the dress showed off her thick booty, she felt like a princess in a children's storybook.
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- We have been thick ever since.
- thick sleep
Synonyms
* (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) broad * (measuring a certain number of units in this dimension) * (heavy in build) chunky, solid, stocky, thickset * (densely crowded or packed) crowded, dense, packed * (having a viscous consistency) glutinous, viscous * (abounding in number) overflowing, swarming, teeming * (impenetrable to sight) dense, opaque, solid * (sense) unclear * dense, dumb (informal), stupid, thick as pigshit (taboo slang), thick as two short planks (slang) * (sense) chummy (qualifier), close, close-knit, friendly, pally (informal), intimate, tight-knit * great, extreme * See alsoAntonyms
* (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) slim, thin * (heavy in build) slender, slight, slim, svelte, thin * (densely crowded or packed) sparse * (having a viscous consistency) free-flowing, runny * (abounding in number) * (impenetrable to sight) thin, transparent * (sense) clear, lucid * brainy (informal), intelligent, smart * (sense) unacquaintedDerived terms
* blood is thicker than water * thick and thin * thick as a brick * thick as a plank * thick as thieves * thick as two short planks * thicket * thickhead * thickish * thickly * thicko * thickness * thickset * thick-skinned * thick-un * thickyAdverb
(er)- Snow lay thick on the ground.
- Bread should be sliced thick to make toast.
- The arrows flew thick and fast around us.
Noun
(-)- It was mayhem in the thick of battle.
- He through a little window cast his sight / Through thick of bars, that gave a scanty light.
- gloomy thicks
- Through the thick they heard one rudely rush.
- If there was doctorates in bollocksology and scratching yourself in bed, the two of you'd be professors by now. Pair of loafing, idle thicks .
Derived terms
* in the thick of * through thick and thinVerb
(en verb)- The nightmare Life-in-death was she, / Who thicks man's blood with cold. — Coleridge.