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• comparative of thin.

thinner

¹ American  

[thin-er] / ˈθɪn ər /

noun

• thinners
  plural

1. a volatile liquid, as turpentine, used to dilute paint, varnish, rubber cement, etc., to the desired or proper consistency.

2. a person who adds thinners to paints, varnishes, etc.

3. a person who specializes in weeding plants, pruning shrubbery, thinning fruit, etc.

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thinner ² American  

[thin-er] / ˈθɪn ər /

adjective

1. comparative of thin.

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thinner British  

/ ˈθɪnə /

noun

1. (often plural, functioning as singular) a solvent, such as turpentine, added to paint or varnish to dilute it, reduce its opacity or viscosity, or increase its penetration into the ground

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• thinners
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of thinner

First recorded in 1825–35; thin + -er ¹

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Example Sentences

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thinner thinners

The original Google ethical mission statement, “Don’t be evil,” was dropped, and the parent company, Alphabet, now uses the decidedly thinner “Do the right thing.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

It’s also a half-pound lighter and a centimeter thinner than the standard Pro.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

These new thinner and folding wings will require twice as many small motors, or actuators, that control the movement of an aircraft's movable surfaces.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Over recent decades, the glacier has become thinner and retreated rapidly.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

After that, she erased the nose and turned it up a bit more, made the eyes a little rounder, the top lip a bit thinner.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake

In the statement, the team said Hurts will return to play once he stops taking blood thinners.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

The results provide randomized evidence supporting the use of newer blood thinners in a group of atrial fibrillation patients for whom the benefits of anticoagulation have been less certain.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026

Trial data released in March found that the implant was just as effective at preventing strokes as standard daily blood thinners, and significantly safer when it came to bleeding risks.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

Many don’t like it, though, because they then have to take blood thinners.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026

The third coat was applied without the addition of thinners of any kind.

From Paint Technology and Tests by Henry A. Gardner

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