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dent

noun

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1 a sunken area forming a separate space

there was a big dent in the car's hood where something had hit it

Synonyms of dent

cavity, concavity, depression, dint, hole, hollow, indentation, indenture, pit, recess

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burrow, cave, cavern, ditch, excavation, furrow, groove, gutter, trench, trough

basin, bowl, valley

alcove, cleft, niche, nook, opening, recess, socket

alveolus, dimple, gouge, impression, imprint, notch, pocket

borehole, chuckhole, crater, posthole, pothole, sinkhole, wallow, water hole, well

abyss, chasm, gulf, vacuity, vacuum, void

Near Antonyms of dent

hill, mound, rise

bump, bunch, hump, lump, pimple, swell, swelling, tumor

Antonyms of dent

bulge, camber, convexity, jut, projection, protrusion, protuberance

2 the amount by which something is lessened

a little belt-tightening would at least make a small dent in our credit-card debt

Synonyms of dent

abatement, decline, decrease, decrement, depletion, depression, diminishment, diminution, drop, drop-off, fall, falloff, loss, reduction, shrinkage, step-down

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deduction, subtraction

downturn, slip, slump

curtailment, cut, cutback, retrenchment, shortening

Near Antonyms of dent

accretion, accrual, accumulation, addition, supplement

continuation, extension

upswing, uptrend, upturn

Antonyms of dent

boost, enlargement, gain, increase, increment, raise, rise, step-up, uptick

dent

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of dent

to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent

hopefully this vacation won't dent our bank account too much

Synonyms of dent

abate, de-escalate, decrease, deplete, diminish, downscale, downsize, drop, dwindle, ease, knock down, lessen, lower, reduce

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compress, condense, constrict, contract

abbreviate, abridge, clip, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, dock, nick, pare, prune, retrench, shorten, slash, trim, truncate, whittle

deflate, shrink

minimize

moderate, modify, modulate, qualify

Near Antonyms of dent

blow up, dilate, distend, inflate, swell

elongate, extend, lengthen, prolong, protract

add (to), complement, supplement

enhance, heighten, intensify

redouble

Antonyms of dent

aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, enlarge, escalate, expand, increase, raise

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