dense
1. permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter (Freq. 4)
- dense smoke
- heavy fog
- impenetrable gloom
• Syn:
heavy, impenetrable
• Similar to:
thick
• Derivationally related forms:
density
2. hard to pass through because of dense growth (Freq. 1)
- dense vegetation
- thick woods
• Syn:
thick
• Similar to:
impenetrable
• Derivationally related forms:
thickness (for: thick), denseness, density
3. having high relative density or specific gravity (Freq. 1)
- dense as lead
• Similar to:
heavy
• Derivationally related forms:
denseness, density
4. 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
• Syn:
dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow
• Similar to:
stupid
• Derivationally related forms:
slowness (for: slow), obtuseness (for: obtuse), dumbness (for: dumb), dullness (for: dull), denseness
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