1. (adj) dim, subdued
lacking in light; not bright or harsh
Synonyms: dull, low-key, hushed, dumb, dense, dim, muted, soft, dimmed, black, quiet, vague, subdued, low-keyed, faint, wispy, obtuse, shadowy, bleak, slow
Antonyms: light, smart, distinct, hopeful
2. (adj) dim, faint, shadowy, vague, wispy
lacking clarity or distinctness
Synonyms: weak, shady, dull, dim, wraithlike, dumb, shadowed, dense, faint-hearted, timid, undefined, swooning, dimmed, black, umbrageous, vague, fainthearted, subdued, feeble, faint, lightheaded, obscure, wispy, obtuse, light, shadowy, light-headed, wisplike, bleak, slow
Antonyms: distinct, hopeful, smart, light
3. (adj) dimmed, dim
made dim or less bright
Synonyms: faint, dull, obtuse, shadowy, dense, slow, dim, vague, dumb, dimmed, wispy, black, bleak, subdued
Antonyms: hopeful, light, distinct, smart
4. (adj) black, bleak, dim
offering little or no hope
Synonyms: blackened, cutting, fatal, subdued, bootleg, faint, disgraceful, slow, calamitous, dumb, dark, dense, bare, raw, black, fateful, wispy, smuggled, inglorious, desolate, dim, pitch-dark, pitch-black, grim, mordant, stark, dull, contraband, dimmed, shameful, disastrous, smutty, shadowy, barren, ignominious, vague, bleak, black-market, opprobrious, obtuse, sinister
Antonyms: hopeful, distinct, smart, light
5. (verb) dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
Synonyms: vague, ho-hum, muted, sluggish, subdued, deadening, faint, mute, slow, thudding, boring, dumb, dense, irksome, black, silent, wispy, heavy, dim, purblind, muffled, tedious, impenetrable, dull, dimmed, speechless, shadowy, tiresome, softened, bleak, thick, wearisome, obtuse, leaden
Antonyms: light, distinct, smart, hopeful
6. (verb) dim, dip
switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
Synonyms: plunge, blur, douse, souse, dip, slur, duck, dim, sink, blind, dunk
Antonyms: light, smart, hopeful, distinct
7. (verb) dim
become dim or lusterless
Synonyms: slur, blind, blur, dip
Antonyms: light, distinct, smart, hopeful
8. (verb) dim
make dim or lusterless
Synonyms: slur, blind, blur, dip
Antonyms: hopeful, distinct, smart, light
9. (verb) blind, dim
make dim by comparison or conceal
Synonyms: slur, blind, blur, dim, dip
Antonyms: distinct, smart, light, hopeful
10. (verb) blur, dim, slur
become vague or indistinct
Synonyms: smear, glaze over, smudge, slur, blur, blear, dip, dim, obnubilate, obscure, blind, confuse, film over, smutch
Antonyms: light, distinct, smart, hopeful
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Synonyms and Antonyms of DIM 
