100 Words to Use Instead of “Thin”

No.	Item	Definition
1.	airy	light and not dense
2.	attenuated	made thinner or weaker
3.	bony	so thin bones show
4.	breakable	easily broken; not sturdy
5.	brittle	hard but easily broken; thin
6.	cadaverous	deathly pale and very thin
7.	close-cropped	cut very short and thin
8.	close-cut	cut short and thin
9.	close-fitting	tight and slim in fit
10.	compressed	pressed into a thinner form
11.	cut-down	reduced; made thinner
12.	defatted	with fat removed; thinner
13.	delicate	thin and easily damaged
14.	diaphanous	light, delicate, and see-through
15.	dilute	made thinner by adding liquid
16.	diluted	made thinner or weaker
17.	drawn	tight-faced from strain or thinness
18.	emaciated	extremely thin from wasting
19.	fat-free	containing no fat
20.	few and far between	rare; sparsely occurring
21.	filed-down	made thinner by filing
22.	filmy	very thin and translucent
23.	fine	very thin or delicate
24.	flat	not thick; level and thin
25.	flimsy	thin and easily damaged
26.	fragile	easily broken; thin and delicate
27.	frail	weak and thin in strength
28.	frayed	worn thin at the edges
29.	gaunt	very thin and bony-looking
30.	gauzy	thin and lightly transparent
31.	gossamer	very light and thin
32.	ground-down	made thinner by grinding
33.	haggard	worn-looking and thin
34.	hollow-cheeked	with sunken cheeks from thinness
35.	insubstantial	lacking thickness or solidity
36.	insufficient	not enough; too thin
37.	knife-edged	very thin and sharp-edged
38.	lacy	delicate and full of holes
39.	lanky	tall and thin, loosely built
40.	lean	thin with little fat
41.	light	not thick or heavy
42.	lightly packed	not dense; somewhat thin
43.	lightweight	thin or not heavy in build
44.	long-limbed	having long, thin limbs
45.	low-density	not dense; relatively thin
46.	low-fat	with little fat content
47.	low-viscosity	flows easily; not thick
48.	meager	small in amount; thin
49.	measly	very small or thin in amount
50.	mesh	netlike; open and thin
51.	narrow	small in width
52.	netlike	like a net; open and thin
53.	nonfat	containing no fat
54.	open	not dense; with spaces
55.	paltry	small and inadequate; thin
56.	pared-down	reduced; made thinner
57.	perforated	pierced with holes; less dense
58.	petite	small and slender in build
59.	pinched	tight and thin-looking, especially face
60.	planed-down	made thinner by planing
61.	porous	full of holes; not dense
62.	rangy	tall, thin, and long-limbed
63.	rarefied	made less dense; thinner
64.	reduced	made smaller or thinner
65.	reedy	tall, thin, and fragile-looking
66.	runny	too thin and flowing
67.	scrawny	unattractively thin and small
68.	sheer	very thin and see-through
69.	skeletal	extremely thin, like a skeleton
70.	skinny	very thin, often too thin
71.	slender	gracefully thin in shape
72.	slight	small and delicately built
73.	slim	pleasantly thin in body
74.	slimline	thin and streamlined in shape
75.	slimmed-down	made thinner or less bulky
76.	spare	thin and not fleshy
77.	spindly	long, thin, and weak-looking
78.	streamlined	shaped to be sleek and thin
79.	stringy	thin and sinewy in appearance
80.	sunken	hollowed in from thinness
81.	svelte	slim and stylishly graceful
82.	tapered	gradually becoming thinner
83.	tapering	becoming gradually thinner
84.	tattered	torn and worn thin
85.	thinly spread	spread out with little density
86.	thinned-out	made less dense or thick
87.	threadbare	worn thin from use
88.	tight	close-fitting; not loose
89.	trim	neat and slender in build
90.	twiggy	very thin and slight
91.	underweight	below a healthy body weight
92.	waiflike	very thin and fragile-looking
93.	wasted	very thin from illness or hardship
94.	watered-down	weakened; made less strong
95.	watery	too thin; diluted with water
96.	weak	lacking strength; thin in effect
97.	willowy	tall, slender, and graceful
98.	wiry	thin but strong and tough
99.	wispy	thin, light, and feathery
100.	worn	made thin by use