Antonyms for dense
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1. denseadjective

   Having relatively high density.

   Synonyms:
   solid

2. denseadjective

   Compact; crowded together.

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

   Synonyms:
   crowded, packed, compact

3. denseadjective

   Thick; difficult to penetrate.

   Antonyms:
   thin

   Synonyms:
   solid, thick

4. denseadjective

   Opaque; allowing little light to pass through.

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

   Synonyms:
   cloudy, opaque

5. denseadjective

   Obscure, or difficult to understand.

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

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

6. denseadjective

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

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

   Synonyms:
   slow, stupid, dumb, thick

7. denseadjective

   Antonyms:
   meager

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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

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

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. dense, heavy, impenetrableadjective

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

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

   Antonyms:
   penetrable, smart, light, thin

   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

2. dense, thickadjective

   hard to pass through because of dense growth

   "dense vegetation"; "thick woods"

   Antonyms:
   thin, penetrable, smart, light

   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

3. denseadjective

   having high relative density or specific gravity

   "dense as lead"

   Antonyms:
   penetrable, light, smart, thin

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

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"

   Antonyms:
   thin, smart, light, penetrable

   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

How to use dense in a sentence?

1. Elena Paravantes:

   Greens such as spinach, kale, collard greens, chard, etc. are a nutrient-dense food. They are rich in vitamins and antioxidants that can reduce oxidative stress, research has shown that consuming at least one serving of greens a day resulted in slower cognitive decline as measured on tests for memory and thinking skills.

2. Bill Gates:

   What we don't know is,( if) we go slightly back to normal, which activities create the risk of a rebound ? we need to put in place a very dense testing regime so you would detect that rebound going back into exponential growth very quickly and not wait for the ICUs to fill up and there to be a lot of deaths. If you see the hot spot, you kind of understand the activities causing that.

3. 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.

4. Mariana Fulger:

   Every existence is a bending in the space-time of general existence and can sometimes become so dense that it does not resonate with anything from outside.

5. Matthias Egger:

   You can think of it like the night sky. If you look up at night, you see all those white dots, that’s essentially what you see in the garbage patch. It’s not that dense, but there are a lot of them … out there, you start seeing more and more plastic the longer you look.

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