The fog was thickening quickly.
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Thickening
/ˈθɪkənɪŋ/
Synonyms for "thickening" (75 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (23)
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(4 words)
Related words (37)
jellificationjellingjellyingjellylikenesslentormucilaginousnesspastinessropinesssettingslabbinesssliminessspissitudestickinessstodginessstringinesssyrupinesstackinesstenaciousnesstenacitythickness
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Noun(12 words)
knobnodethickenthickened extentthickening agentthickening processthickerthickness increaseviscosificationviscosifierviscosifyviscous
Related word relations
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More general
16 entriesadditivechemicalcondensationcondensingconvex shapeconvexitygeometric propertymaterialphysical changephysical propertyphysiological changeprocessstate changestuffsubstancetissue remodeling
More specific
16 entriescoagulationcrustal thickeningfibrosisgelatingelatinizationgelatinousgelationhyperplasialayer thickeningpectinsolidificationstarchsurface thickeningthickening of tissueviscousxanthan gum
Collocations
15 entriesarterial thickeningincrease in thicknesspathological thickeningrate of thickeningthickening agentthickening curvethickening kineticsthickening of solutionsthickening of tissuethickening processthickening ratethickening reactionthickening solutiontissue thickeningviscosity increase
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
6 entriessimilar
2 entriesSample sentences
11 total sentences available.
If it continues to be stimulated the skin's protective function causes thickening and it becomes stiff and hard with pores that stand out.
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Corn starch is good for thickening soup.
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A heavily timbered park stretched up in a gentle slope, thickening into a grove at the highest point. From amid the branches there jutted out the gray gables and high roof-tree of a very old mansion.
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