Thesaurus:thicken

Thesaurus

thicken

English

Verb

(transitive)

Sense: to make something more viscous

Synonyms

• condense
• engross (obsolete)
• incrassate (rare)
• inspissate
• reduce (cooking)
• thick (archaic)
• thicken

Antonyms

• dilute
• thin
• water down

Hyponyms

• coagulate
• congeal
• curd
• curdle
• gel
• jellify (dated)

See also

• Thesaurus:viscous
• Thesaurus:compress

Further reading

• “352. semiliquidity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “321. density” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “thicken” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.