Synonyms for dense
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1. denseadjective

   Having relatively high density.

   Synonyms:
   solid

2. denseadjective

   Compact; crowded together.

   Synonyms:
   crowded, packed, compact

   Antonyms:
   sparse, rarefied, few and far between, scattered, diffuse

3. denseadjective

   Thick; difficult to penetrate.

   Synonyms:
   solid, thick

   Antonyms:
   thin

4. denseadjective

   Opaque; allowing little light to pass through.

   Synonyms:
   cloudy, opaque

   Antonyms:
   diaphanous, translucent, see-through, transparent, clear

5. denseadjective

   Obscure, or difficult to understand.

   Synonyms:
   abstruse, incomprehensible, hard, obscure, difficult, tough

   Antonyms:
   comprehensible, straightforward, simple, understandable, easy, clear

6. denseadjective

   Of a person, slow to comprehend; of low intelligence.

   Synonyms:
   slow, stupid, dumb, thick

   Antonyms:
   quick, canny, smart, bright, quick-witted, intelligent

7. denseadjective

   Antonyms:
   meager

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1. dense

   That is obscure which the eye or the mind can not clearly discern or see through, whether because of its own want of transparency, its depth or intricacy, or because of mere defect of light. That which is complicated is likely to be obscure, but that may be obscure which is not at all complicated and scarcely complex, as a muddy pool. In that which is abstruse (Latin abs, from, and trudo, push) as if removed from the usual course of thought or out of the way of apprehension or discovery, the thought is remote, hidden; in that which is obscure there may be nothing to hide; it is hard to see to the bottom of the profound, because of its depth, but the most shallow turbidness is obscure. Compare COMPLEX; DARK; DIFFICULT; MYSTERIOUS.

   See synonyms for CLEAR.

   Synonyms:
   abstruse, ambiguous, cloudy, complex, complicated, dark, darksome, deep, difficult, dim, doubtful, dusky, enigmatical, hidden, incomprehensible, indistinct, intricate, involved, muddy, mysterious, obscure, profound, turbid, unintelligible

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dense

   Synonyms:
   slow, thick, stupid, stolid, solid, stout, compact, consolidated, condensed, close, thickset

   Antonyms:
   quick, clever, intelligent, rare, rarefied, uncompacted, sparse

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1. dense, heavy, impenetrableadjective

   permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter

   "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"

   Synonyms:
   laboured, sullen, laborious, heavy, dull, overweight, toilsome, slow, intemperate, sound, dumb, wakeless, grueling, with child(p), threatening, grave, profound, lowering, cloggy, heavy(a), large(p), clayey, enceinte, grievous, fleshy, weighed down, hard, weighty, impenetrable, gruelling, expectant, lumbering, ponderous, backbreaking, sonorous, great(p), arduous, operose, dim, heavy(p), big(a), labored, punishing, thick, gravid, big(p), obtuse, leaden

   Antonyms:
   penetrable, smart, light, thin

2. dense, thickadjective

   hard to pass through because of dense growth

   "dense vegetation"; "thick woods"

   Synonyms:
   duncical, duncish, dull, dim, thickheaded, thick(p), loggerheaded, impenetrable, chummy, thick-skulled, thickset, dumb, deep, slow, blockheaded, heavy, compact, stocky, boneheaded, wooden-headed, heavyset, obtuse, buddy-buddy, fatheaded, thick, slurred

   Antonyms:
   thin, penetrable, smart, light

3. denseadjective

   having high relative density or specific gravity

   "dense as lead"

   Synonyms:
   heavy, dull, obtuse, impenetrable, dim, thick, dumb, slow

   Antonyms:
   penetrable, light, smart, thin

4. dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slowadjective

   slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

   "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"

   Synonyms:
   vague, ho-hum, muted, sluggish, subdued, deadening, faint, mute, slow, thudding, boring, dumb, irksome, black, silent, wispy, heavy, dim, purblind, muffled, tedious, impenetrable, dull, dimmed, speechless, shadowy, tiresome, softened, bleak, thick, wearisome, obtuse, leaden

   Antonyms:
   thin, smart, light, penetrable

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1. denseadjective

   Synonyms:
   close, compact, condensed, compressed, thick

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1. List of paraphrases for "dense":

   denso, thick, high-density, heavy, intensive, density, electron-dense, densities, opaque, ultra-dense, intense

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How to use dense in a sentence?

1. Julie Courchaine:

   This is very challenging terrain, this is a large area, there's a lot of dense bush, swampy areas, the police officers that are up there are trained for these types of situations.

2. Charles Matz:

   [Lidar] technology hasn't quite developed where it can accumulate this information quickly because the data sets are very dense. We're talking gigabytes and gigabytes of information.

3. Catherine Bradshaw:

   Rain ultimately flows back to sea, and because it is freshwater rather than saltwater, it is less dense than the seawater it is draining into, this means it can form a cap at the surface rather than sinking and circulating.

4. Susannah Maidment:

   Although we have found dense internal structures that we have interpreted as nuclei in our cells, and the cells we found appear to preserve original components of blood, there is no evidence of any organelles or DNA within the nuclei, but even if one was to find some fragments of DNA, we would not be able to reconstruct a dinosaur 'Jurassic Park-style' because we would need the complete genome to figure out where the holes in the DNA are.

5. Emily Oken:

   We are learning that healthy gain in early pregnancy is especially important – just a couple of pounds in the first trimester, women should aim to gain within the recommended amounts by continuing to exercise regularly and eating a nutrient-dense diet – avoid ‘ empty ’ calories such as those in sugary beverages, candy, and desserts.