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thick as thieves

thick as thief
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [thik az theef]
    • /θɪk æz θif/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [thik az theef]
    • /θɪk æz θif/

Definition of thick as thieves words

  • adjective thick as thieves very close friends 1
Just one definition for thick as thieves

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Parts of speech for Thick as thieves

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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thick as thieves popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

Synonyms for thick as thieves

adj thick as thieves

  • arm in arm — If two people are walking arm in arm, they are walking together with their arms linked.
  • buddy-buddy — very friendly; intimate.
  • close — When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered.
  • hand in glove — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • kissing cousins — any more or less distant kin familiar enough to be greeted with a kiss, as a cousin (kissing cousin)

adjective thick as thieves

  • inseparable — incapable of being separated, parted, or disjoined: inseparable companions.
All 6 Synonyms of thick as thieves

Antonyms for thick as thieves

adjective thick as thieves

  • giving — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
Just one Antonym for thick as thieves

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