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Synonyms for dense
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Wiktionary
denseadjective
Having relatively high density.
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soliddenseadjective
Compact; crowded together.
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crowded, packed, compactAntonyms:
sparse, rarefied, few and far between, scattered, diffusedenseadjective
Thick; difficult to penetrate.
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thindenseadjective
Opaque; allowing little light to pass through.
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diaphanous, translucent, see-through, transparent, cleardenseadjective
Obscure, or difficult to understand.
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abstruse, incomprehensible, hard, obscure, difficult, toughAntonyms:
comprehensible, straightforward, simple, understandable, easy, cleardenseadjective
Of a person, slow to comprehend; of low intelligence.
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slow, stupid, dumb, thickAntonyms:
quick, canny, smart, bright, quick-witted, intelligentdenseadjective
Antonyms:
meager
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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.
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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 Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
dense, heavy, impenetrableadjective
permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
"dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"
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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, leadenAntonyms:
penetrable, smart, light, thindense, thickadjective
hard to pass through because of dense growth
"dense vegetation"; "thick woods"
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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, slurredAntonyms:
thin, penetrable, smart, lightdenseadjective
having high relative density or specific gravity
"dense as lead"
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heavy, dull, obtuse, impenetrable, dim, thick, dumb, slowAntonyms:
penetrable, light, smart, thindense, 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"
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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, leadenAntonyms:
thin, smart, light, penetrable
Dictionary of English Synonymes
denseadjective
Synonyms:
close, compact, condensed, compressed, thick
PPDB, the paraphrase database
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?
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.
When galaxies collide, the gas they contain becomes extremely dense and can trigger concentrated beams of light to shoot out.
The Washburn fire is a relatively small, very slow moving surface fire, burning mainly at low intensity in mild to moderate fire weather, including in dense forests with no forest management history and an abundance of live and dead trees, this underscores what John Muir Project and hundreds of scientists have been saying for years: it’s not primarily about the density of live or dead trees, it’s about the weather and climate, and climate change.
All over the world, poor quality and highly energy-dense food is the cheapest.
The biggest competitive advantage that TuSimple has over its competitors is that their technology was purpose-built for trucking. They're not trying to port an autonomy system built for passenger vehicles in dense urban environments to trucking or to build a virtual driver which can both drive passenger vehicles and class-8 trucks. These are different skills and different systems altogether.
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- كثيفArabic
- гъст, плътен, тъп, компактен, непрозрачен, глупавBulgarian
- densCatalan, Valencian
- hustýCzech
- tæt, kompaktDanish
- dichtGerman
- espeso, obscuro, denso, cabeza dura, compacto, enigmático, tupido, menso, macizoSpanish
- sankka, tiivis, tiheä, hämärä, pimeä, taajaFinnish
- dlúthIrish
- סתוםHebrew
- խիտ, թանձրArmenian
- denso, pastosoItalian
- 密, 濃いJapanese
- blīvsLatvian
- apiapi, whakaapiMāori
- збиен, густMacedonian
- tępy, zbity, gęsty, zwartyPolish
- ګڼ, ټينګPashto, Pushto
- denso, compactoPortuguese
- тупой, густой, плотный, компактный, непрозрачный, глупыйRussian
- tät, kompakt, trögSwedish
- yoğunTurkish
- đặcVietnamese
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