thick on the ground

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thick on the ground

adjective thicker on the ground · thickest on the ground

  1. UK Existing, or present, in large numbers or amounts. Although the Netherlands occupy only a seventh of the area of the United Kingdom, the population of 11.5 million is as thick on the ground as 890 people per square mile, whereas the comparable figure for the U.K. is 560 per square mile.

    Similar: common, widespread, abundant, ubiquitous · Opposite: thin on the ground, deficient, in short supply, wanting, lacking, uncommon, rare, dearthy, few and far between, geason, infrequent, non-common

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@misc{thick_on_the_ground_2026,
  title = {thick on the ground},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thick%20on%20the%20ground},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}