thick on the ground
mainly UK informalDefinition
› existing in large numbers: Female engineers are not too thick on the ground.Large in number or quantity
(Definition of thick on the ground from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- Also, extra, and in addition
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- Becoming bigger
- Big and quite big
- Enlarging and inflating
- Enormous
- Enough
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- General words for size and amount
- Increasing and intensifying
- Masses and large amounts of things
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- Small in number and quantity
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Synonyms and related words:
- a (whole) heap of sth idiom
- a hundred/thousand/million and one idiom
- above adverb, preposition (MORE)
- and then some idiom
- another determiner, pronoun (ADDITIONAL)
- any amount of idiom
- full-on adjective (VERY GREAT)
- huge adjective
- in buckets idiom
- in spades idiom
- incalculable adjective
- legion adjective
- lot noun (LARGE AMOUNT)
- million number
- much determiner
- some determiner (LARGE AMOUNT)
- thing noun (IDEA/EVENT)
- tremendous adjective
- untold adjective
- upward(s) of preposition
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