dense

Adj

1. Having relatively high density.
2. Compact; crowded together.
3. Thick; difficult to penetrate.
4. Opaque; allowing little light to pass through.
5. Obscure or difficult to understand.
6. (not-comparable) Such that its closure in T is T.
7. Slow to comprehend; of low intelligence. (of a person)

Noun

A thicket.

Opposite of

diffuse, compact, dense, thin, clear, diaphanous, see-through, translucent, transparent, hazy, opaque, turbid, comprehensible, easy, simple, straightforward, understandable, confusing, incomprehensible, meager, bright, canny, intelligent, quick, quick-witted, smart, brainless, dumb, foolish, idiotic, imbecile, insensible, lowbrow, mindless, stupid, unintelligent, witless

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɛns/

Etymology

From Middle French dense, from Latin dēnsus, from Proto-Indo-European *dens- (“thick, dense”) (whence also Ancient Greek δασύς (dasús)).

Synonyms

thick

compact

close

crowded

dull

tight

solid

concentrated

heavy

stupid

condensed

packed

impenetrable

luxuriant

dumb

viscous

dark

deep

bushy

obtuse

dim

rich

🤑

lush

slow

intense

foolish

crass

cramped

firm

concise

become thick

dim-witted

stiff

serried

overgrown

intensive

slow-witted

gross

crammed

congested

fine

bulky

compression

compressed

brushy

beetling

compaction

branches

dizzy

💫

coarse

Translations

dense

denso

dicht

gęsty

denso

espeso

denso

dicht

serré

épais

tupido

compact

dens

fitto

impermabile

Sentences

It's a dense crowd in two distinct ways .