สนิท

Explanation

สนิท is easiest to understand as “no gap.” For relationships, it means people are emotionally close. For objects, it means something is tightly shut or fitted. For states, it means the state is complete, as in sleeping soundly or being completely silent. Common patterns include สนิทกับ + person, สนิทกัน, ปิดสนิท, and หลับสนิท.

Usage

It is common in everyday conversation when talking about close friends, coworkers, or family members. It is also used in practical situations such as checking whether a door or lid is tightly closed, and in descriptions of deep sleep, silence, darkness, or complete forgetting.

Caution

สนิท is too strong for someone you merely know. รู้จักกัน means you know each other; สนิทกัน means you are close. With objects, สนิท does not mean friendly or intimate, but tight, secure, or gapless.

1 close synonyms

• คุ้นเคย

  คุ้นเคย means being familiar with someone or something. สนิท focuses more on emotional closeness in a relationship.

• ใกล้ชิด

  ใกล้ชิด means close or closely connected and can sound broader or more formal. สนิท is common in everyday speech for being close friends or emotionally close.

2 tightly synonyms

• แน่น

  nɛ̂n tightly

  แน่น means tight, packed, or firm in a broad range of contexts. สนิท emphasizes that something is closed or fitted with no gap.

• แนบ

  nɛ̂ɛp press against

  แนบ means to press or place closely against something. สนิท stresses a tight, complete fit or closure.

3 completely synonyms

• มาก

  mâak very

  มาก simply means very. สนิท means fully or completely in certain set combinations, so it is not interchangeable with มาก in every sentence.

• อย่างสมบูรณ์

  อย่างสมบูรณ์ is a more explicit and somewhat formal way to say completely. สนิท sounds natural in fixed everyday combinations such as หลับสนิท and เงียบสนิท.