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THICKENS Antonyms

There are 11 antonyms of the word thickens. (opposite meanings)
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decreases
verbv
noun

• a change downward

• a process of becoming smaller or shorter

• the amount by which something decreases

• the act of decreasing or reducing something

verb

• decrease in size, extent, or range

• make become smaller

depletes
verbv
verb

• use up (resources or materials)

dilutes
verbv
adjective

• reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity

verb

• lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

• corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones

lessens
verbv
verb

• decrease in size, extent, or range

• make become smaller

• wear off or die down

rarefies
verbv
verb

• To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense

• To expand or enlarge without adding any new portion of matter to.

reduces
verbv
verb

• cut down on; make a reduction in

• make less complex

• bring to humbler or weaker state or condition

• simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another

• lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation

• be the essential element

• reduce in size; reduce physically

• lessen and make more modest

• make smaller

• to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons

• narrow or limit

• put down by force or intimidation

• undergo meiosis

• reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site

• destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it

• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

• be cooked until very little liquid is left

• cook until very little liquid is left

• lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

• take off weight

slenderizes
verbv
verb

• make slender or appear to be slender

• take off weight

tapers
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a convex shape that narrows toward a point

• the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)

• a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame

• stick of wax with a wick in the middle

verb

• diminish gradually

• give a point to

thins
adjective

• of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section

• lacking excess flesh

• relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous

• (of sound) lacking resonance or volume

adverb

• without viscosity

adjective satellite

• very narrow

• not dense

• lacking spirit or sincere effort

• lacking substance or significance

verb

• lose thickness; become thin or thinner

• make thin or thinner

• lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

• take off weight

weakens
verbv
verb

• lessen the strength of

• become weaker

• destroy property or hinder normal operations

• reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of

• lessen in force or effect

thin
adjectiveadj
adjective

• of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section

• lacking excess flesh

• relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous

• (of sound) lacking resonance or volume

adverb

• without viscosity

adjective satellite

• very narrow

• not dense

• lacking spirit or sincere effort

• lacking substance or significance

verb

• lose thickness; become thin or thinner

• make thin or thinner

• lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

• take off weight

Alternatives for DECREASES

Alternatives for DEPLETES

Alternatives for DILUTES

Alternatives for LESSENS

Alternatives for RAREFIES

Alternatives for REDUCES

Alternatives for SLENDERIZES

Alternatives for TAPERS

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