dense

Meaning of dense

adjective
  1. closely compacted in substance.
    as the storm cleared, a dense fog came down
  2. (of a person) stupid.
    Am I being dense? I don't quite understand
  3. (of a text) hard to understand because of its complexity of ideas.
    a dark, dense novel

late Middle English: from Latin densus .

Information about dense

Hyphenation of dense

dense

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • dense is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

dense synonyms

Meaning heavy:

heavy, impenetrable

Meaning compact:

compact, thick

Meaning thick:

thick

Meaning dim:

dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow

Meaning (especially of language) hard or impossible to understand:

opaque

Meaning having the appearance or consistency of soup:

soupy

Meaning dark and gloomy, especially due to thick mist:

murky

Meaning (of a substance or solution) present in a high proportion relative to other substances; having had water or other diluting agent removed or reduced:

concentrated

Meaning made denser or more concise; compressed or concentrated:

condensed

Meaning having or showing a great lack of intelligence or common sense:

stupid

Meaning having or showing a low level of intelligence:

unintelligent

Meaning lacking knowledge or awareness in general; uneducated or unsophisticated:

ignorant

Meaning stupid; very foolish:

brainless

Meaning acting or done without justification and with no concern for the consequences:

mindless

Meaning lacking good sense or judgement; unwise:

foolish

Meaning foolish; stupid:

witless

Meaning (of a person) stupid; idiotic:

doltish

Meaning big, bulky, or crude in form or appearance:

blockish

Meaning having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence; mindless:

vacuous

Meaning offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging; bland:

vapid

Meaning very stupid:

idiotic

Meaning very foolish or stupid:

moronic

Meaning (of a person or their manner) sluggish or stupid:

bovine

Meaning roughly or clumsily formed or shaped:

lumpish

Meaning easily persuaded to believe something; credulous:

gullible

Meaning (of a person or action) showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgement:

naive

Meaning stupefied by sleep or a drug:

dopey

Meaning silly and eccentric or scatterbrained:

dippy

Meaning feeling drowsy and lazy:

dozy

Meaning foolish or stupid:

cretinous

Meaning unintelligent; stupid:

thickheaded

Meaning silly; foolish:

daft

Meaning stupid or silly:

dotish

dense antonyms

Meaning with opposite surfaces or sides that are close or relatively close together:

thin

Meaning having a considerable or sufficient amount of natural light; not dark:

light

Meaning quick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas; intelligent:

clever

Translation of dense

Anagrams of dense

deens, Denes, denes, Edens, needs, Sneed, sneed

Words that rhyme with dense

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