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THIN PERSON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does thin person mean?
• THIN PERSON (noun)
The noun THIN PERSON has 1 sense:
1. a person who is unusually thin and scrawny
Familiarity information: THIN PERSON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who is unusually thin and scrawny
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
scrag; skin and bones; thin person
Hypernyms ("thin person" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "thin person"):
spindlelegs; spindleshanks (a thin person with long thin legs)
Antonym:
fat person (a rotund individual)
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