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dense

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of dense

1 having little space between items or parts

the dense soil in the garden

Synonyms of dense

close, compact, crowded, jam-packed, packed, serried, thick, tight

Words Related to dense

crammed, jammed, overcrowded

crushed, massed, pressed, squeezed, wall-to-wall

compacted, compressed, condensed, congested

firm, hard, solid

impenetrable, impermeable, impervious

Near Antonyms of dense

commodious, roomy, spacious

Antonyms of dense

airy, loose, open, uncrowded

2 not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily

she accused him of being dense when he didn't seem to understand her at first

Synonyms of dense

airheaded, birdbrained, bonehead, boneheaded, brain-dead, brainless, bubbleheaded, chuckleheaded, dim, dim-witted, doltish, dopey (also dopy), dorky [slang], dull, dumb, dunderheaded, empty-headed, fatuous, gormless [chiefly British], half-witted, knuckleheaded, lamebrain (or lamebrained), lunkheaded, mindless, oafish, obtuse, opaque, pinheaded, senseless, simple, slow, slow-witted, soft, softheaded, stupid, thick, thick-witted, thickheaded, unintelligent, unsmart, vacuous, weak-minded, witless

Words Related to dense

cretinous, feebleminded, simpleminded

boobish, foolish, idiotic (also idiotical), imbecile (or imbecilic), moronic

ignorant, illiterate, lowbrow, uneducated, uninformed, unintellectual, untaught, unthinking

absurd, asinine, balmy, cockeyed, crackpot, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, dippy, dotty, featherheaded, fool, half-baked, harebrained, insane, kooky (also kookie), loony (also looney), lunatic, mad, nonsensical, nutty, preposterous, sappy, screwball, silly, tomfool, unwise, wacky (also whacky), zany

fallacious, illogical, invalid, irrational, unreasonable

Near Antonyms of dense

ingenious, resourceful

acute, astute, discerning, insightful, keen, knowing, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, sagacious, sage, sapient, savvy, wise

cerebral, erudite, highbrow, intellectual, knowledgeable, learned, literate, scholarly, thinking, well-read

educated, informed, schooled, skilled, trained

crafty, cunning, foxy, shrewd, wily

judicious, prudent, sane, sensible, sound

logical, rational, reasonable, valid

Antonyms of dense

apt, brainy, bright, brilliant, clever, fast, hyperintelligent, intelligent, keen, nimble, quick, quick-witted, sharp, sharp-witted, smart, supersmart, ultrasmart

Synonym Discussion of dense

stupid, dull, dense, crass, dumb mean lacking in power to absorb ideas or impressions. stupid implies a slow-witted or dazed state of mind that may be either congenital or temporary.

- stupid students just keeping the seats warm
- stupid with drink

dull suggests a slow or sluggish mind such as results from disease, depression, or shock.

- monotonous work that leaves the mind dull

dense implies a thickheaded imperviousness to ideas.

- too dense to take a hint

crass suggests a grossness of mind precluding discrimination or delicacy.

- a crass, materialistic people

dumb applies to an exasperating obtuseness or lack of comprehension.

- too dumb to figure out what's going on

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