Synonyms of dense

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adjective

1

as in crowded

having little space between items or parts

the dense soil in the garden

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crowded
• thick
• packed
• tight
• compact
• close
• serried
• jammed
• jam-packed
• overcrowded
• compressed
• solid
• compacted
• massed
• pressed
• condensed
• crammed
• congested
• squeezed
• crushed
• airtight
• wall-to-wall
• impenetrable
• hard
• impervious
• impermeable
• snug
• firm

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loose
• open
• airy
• spacious
• uncrowded
• roomy
• commodious

2

as in thick

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 & Similar Words

• thick
• slow
• stupid
• dumb
• simple
• dull
• soft
• opaque
• ignorant
• obtuse
• foolish
• vacuous
• unintelligent
• idiotic
• dim
• fatuous
• mindless
• dopey
• brainless
• unreasonable
• brain-dead
• doltish
• boneheaded
• silly
• thickheaded
• irrational
• insane
• dopy
• witless
• pinheaded
• oafish
• dunderheaded
• bonehead
• senseless
• dorky
• mad
• softheaded
• crazy
• lamebrain
• weak-minded
• idiotical
• slow-witted
• gormless
• dim-witted
• thick-witted
• empty-headed
• airheaded
• lamebrained
• unsmart
• bubbleheaded
• knuckleheaded
• lunkheaded
• half-witted
• chuckleheaded
• moronic
• looney
• absurd
• birdbrained
• imbecilic
• cretinous
• lunatic
• uneducated
• uninformed
• simpleminded
• feebleminded
• nutty
• imbecile
• unintellectual
• lowbrow
• fool
• unthinking
• illiterate
• zany
• cuckoo
• nonsensical
• illogical
• sappy
• whacky
• untaught
• dippy
• preposterous
• unwise
• asinine
• invalid
• wacky
• balmy
• daffy
• loony
• dotty
• kooky
• boobish
• daft
• cockeyed
• fallacious
• harebrained
• screwball
• crackpot
• half-baked
• featherheaded
• kookie
• tomfool

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• intelligent
• brilliant
• bright
• sharp
• fast
• quick
• apt
• smart
• clever
• nimble
• acute
• ingenious
• keen
• wise
• insightful
• resourceful
• cerebral
• perceptive
• intellectual
• astute
• thinking
• brainy
• knowing
• erudite
• scholarly
• sagacious
• skilled
• literate
• savvy
• knowledgeable
• discerning
• keen
• sage
• ultrasmart
• hyperintelligent
• sound
• quick-witted
• learned
• sharp-witted
• supersmart
• trained
• informed
• educated
• reasonable
• perspicacious
• cunning
• judicious
• shrewd
• highbrow
• sensible
• logical
• sapient
• valid
• wily
• rational
• well-read
• percipient
• sane
• prudent
• crafty
• schooled
• foxy

denseness

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noun

as in thickness

the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind

complained about the indefensible denseness of the shipping clerks who had misplaced his order

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thickness
• density
• dullness
• slowness
• dulness
• stupidness
• obtuseness
• stupidity
• boneheadedness
• dopiness
• mindlessness
• dumbness
• simpleness
• dorkiness
• foolishness
• doltishness
• insanity
• oafishness
• witlessness
• brainlessness
• simplicity
• vacuity
• gormlessness
• weak-mindedness
• fatuity
• senselessness
• dim-wittedness
• craziness
• madness
• absurdity
• idiocy
• simplemindedness
• feeblemindedness
• preposterousness
• fatuousness
• wackiness
• dottiness
• balminess
• zaniness
• unreasonableness
• irrationality
• nuttiness
• daftness
• inaneness
• nonsensicalness
• inanity
• nincompoopery
• silliness
• mental retardation
• dippiness
• lunacy
• mental deficiency
• fallacy
• asininity
• folly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• brightness
• intelligence
• brilliance
• quickness
• cleverness
• perception
• sharpness
• smartness
• judgment
• insight
• keenness
• judgement
• perspicacity
• astuteness
• alertness
• acumen
• braininess
• discernment
• quick-wittedness
• wisdom
• wit
• sagacity
• percipience
• validity
• rationality
• soundness
• reasonableness
• sapience
• logicality
• sageness
• logicalness
• rationalness