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thicken

1 antonym for thicken — opposites grouped by meaning.

Verb — To make something wider or bulkier.

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From Middle English thickenen, thikkenen, perhaps from Old Norse þykkna (“to thicken”); equivalent to thick + -en. It is cognate with Swedish tjockna (“to thicken”) and Icelandic þykkna (“to thicken”).

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