Synonyms of dint

dint 1 of 2

noun

ˈdint 

as in dent

a sunken area forming a separate space

left a small dint in the car's fender

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dent
• hole
• pit
• furrow
• cavity
• ditch
• hollow
• indentation
• depression
• concavity
• impression
• recess
• indenture
• cave
• bowl
• valley
• trench
• trough
• excavation
• cavern
• pocket
• burrow
• basin
• well
• opening
• dimple
• groove
• gutter
• cleft
• socket
• alcove
• crater
• imprint
• gouge
• water hole
• vacuum
• nook
• notch
• niche
• void
• abyss
• chasm
• borehole
• wallow
• pothole
• alveolus
• vacuity
• gulf
• chuckhole
• posthole
• sinkhole

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• projection
• bulge
• protrusion
• rise
• convexity
• hill
• camber
• jut
• protuberance
• mound
• tumor
• swelling
• swell
• bump
• lump
• bunch
• hump
• pimple

dint

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verb

as in to dent

Related Words

• dent
• ding
• tarnish
• botch
• blight
• wash out
• erode
• undermine
• wear (away)
• gum (up)
• wound
• queer
• weaken
• hurt
• scour
• bloody
• lacerate
• deteriorate
• disable
• impair
• vitiate
• compromise
• harm
• enfeeble
• spoil
• torment
• flaw
• injure
• mar
• ruin
• maim
• damage
• waste
• torture
• destroy
• lame
• enervate
• disfigure
• mutilate
• cripple
• cross (up)
• total
• mangle
• wipe out
• deface
• annihilate
• shatter
• hamstring
• wreck
• clobber
• smash
• crush
• blemish
• dash
• tear down
• pulverize
• demolish
• break
• bash
• crab
• decimate
• desolate
• batter
• devastate
• raze
• do in
• scourge
• bang up
• endamage

Dissimilar Words

• help
• fix
• patch
• repair
• reconstruct
• rebuild
• mend
• cure
• renovate
• remedy
• rectify
• revamp
• heal
• revise
• better
• rehabilitate
• improve
• doctor
• recondition
• edit
• enhance
• perfect
• ameliorate
• enrich
• remodel
• refine
• meliorate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dint

Noun

Clavius can be recognized by dint of an arcing line of impact craters nestled within its 143-mile (230 km) expanse, along with the Porter and Rutherford impact sites, which overlap part of its northeastern and southeastern rim. — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2026

The concert loads of second-seat wind and brass players — who, by dint of their roles, are contracted for more services than even principal players — led the orchestra to allow those musicians to take more youth concerts off than their peers. — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026

Verb

But as similar fights play out in battleground states, including Pennsylvania, Nevada, Arizona, and Michigan, repeated complaints about fraud could dint public faith in the electoral process. — Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 July 2024

Then he was moved to the second unit, which seemed to dint his confidence. — Patrick Murray, Forbes, 23 May 2021

Phrases Containing dint

• by dint of