Mr Smith lost his way in the dense fog.
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Dense
//dɛns//
Synonyms for "dense" (366 found)
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Closest matches (74)
Strong matches (109)
Adjective(60 words)
cretinouscrowdeddaftdatelessdenteddifficultdimdim-bulbdim-headeddim-witteddoltishdopeydozydrowsyduffle-headeddulldull-headeddull-mindeddull-witteddumb
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dumb as a bag of hammersdumb as a box of rocksdumb as a doorknobdumb as a postdumb as a sack of hammersdumb as an oxdumb as dirtdumber than a box of rocksdumber than a rockdunderheadedempty-headedenigmaticfatheadedfathomlessfatuousfeeble-mindedflea-brainedfoolishfuckwittedfuzzy-headedfuzzy-mindedgreekhalf-brainedhalf-wittedhammer-headedhardheadassidioticidleimbecilicimpenetrableinaneinapprehensibleincognizableincomprehensibleineffableinenubilableinexplicableinscrutableinsensible
Adjective(5 words)
Related words (183)
Adjective(89 words)
insipidinsolubleinsolvableintellectually challengedjolterheadedknuckleheadedlacklusterlamebrainedlowbrowlumpishlunkheadedmeatheadedmentally challengedmentally retardedmindlessmonosynapticmoronicmuttonheadedmysteriousnitty
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nitwittednontransparentnonunderstandablenot the sharpest crayon in the boxnot the sharpest knife in the drawernot the sharpest tool in the shednumbskulledoafishobscureobtuseopacousopacularopaquepackedpeabrainedprattypudding-headedpuerilepurblindquarter-wittedretardedretruserockheadedsharp as a bowling ballsheep-headedshit-for-brainssimpleslightslowslow on the uptakeslow-wittedsmooth-brainedstolidstupidthick as a brickthick as a plankthick as a whale omelettethick as champthick as mincethick as pig shitthick as two short planksthick-skulledthickheadedthickwittedtighttoughturbidunapprehensiveuncleverundecipherableunderbrainedundiscoverableunexplainableunfathomableungraspableunintelligentunintelligibleunknowableunsmartununderstandablevacantvacuousvaguewitlesswooden-headedwoodenheadedwool-headedwoolly-headedwoolly-minded
iron-hardironlikejam packedjam-packedjammedjungledjunglyklutzylacklustrelapideouslastingleadenlethargiclithoidlithoidallumpishlushluxuriantmarblemarblelike
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massedmassivenonporousnumskulledoafishobdurateobtuseopaqueosseousovergrownoverrunpackedphlegmaticpiledpinheadpopulousrankresistantresistiveriotousrocklikerockyruggedserriedslowslow-wittedsluggishsolidsottishsoundstablesteadysteellikesteelystiffstolidstonelikestonystoutstrongsturdysubstantialswarmingteemingthickthick wittedthick-bodiedthick-growingthick-wittedthickheadedthicksetthree dimensionalthree-dimensionaltighttorpidtoughunteachableunweededunyieldingviscidviscoseviscousweed-chokedweed-riddenweedywell-builtwell-constructedwell-foundedwell-groundedwell-madewrongheaded
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
has context
2 entriesrelated to
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
similar
8 entriesTranslations
194 translations across 72 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- i dendur adj (having relatively high density)
Ancient Greek
3 entries- πυκνός adj (having relatively high density)
- πυκνός adj (compact; crowded together)
- σπιδνός adj (having relatively high density)
Arabic
2 entries- غَلِيظ adj (having relatively high density)
- كَثِيف adj (having relatively high density)
Armenian
4 entries- թանձր adj (compact; crowded together)
- թանձր adj (thick; difficult to penetrate)
- թանձր adj (opaque; allowing little light to pass through)
- խիտ adj (having relatively high density)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- qalın adj (having relatively high density)
- sıx adj (having relatively high density)
Belarusian
2 entries- густы́ adj (having relatively high density)
- шчы́льны adj (having relatively high density)
Bengali
1 entries- ঘন adj (having relatively high density)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- घना adj (having relatively high density)
Bulgarian
4 entries- глупав adj (slow to comprehend; of low intelligence)
- гъст adj (having relatively high density)
- гъст adj (thick; difficult to penetrate)
- компа́ктен adj (compact; crowded together)
Burmese
1 entries- ထူ adj (having relatively high density)
Catalan
1 entries- dens adj (having relatively high density)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 密 adj (having relatively high density)
- 濃 /浓 adj (having relatively high density)
- 稠密 adj (having relatively high density)
Czech
2 entries- hustý adj (having relatively high density)
- hustý adj (compact; crowded together)
Danish
4 entries- kompakt adj (having relatively high density)
- tæt adj (having relatively high density)
- tæt adj (compact; crowded together)
- tæt adj (thick; difficult to penetrate)
Dutch
1 entries- dicht adj (having relatively high density)
Esperanto
1 entries- densa adj (having relatively high density)
Estonian
1 entries- tihe adj (having relatively high density)
Even
1 entries- ног adj (having relatively high density)
Finnish
4 entries- hämärä adj (obscure, or difficult to understand)
- pimeä adj (slow to comprehend; of low intelligence)
- sankka adj (compact; crowded together)
- taaja adj (compact; crowded together)
French
3 entries- bouché adj (slow to comprehend; of low intelligence)
- dense adj (having relatively high density)
- obscur adj (obscure, or difficult to understand)
Galician
4 entries- basto adj (having relatively high density)
- basto adj (compact; crowded together)
- compacto adj (compact; crowded together)
- denso adj (having relatively high density)
Georgian
2 entries- მჭიდრო adj (having relatively high density)
- ხშირი adj (having relatively high density)
German
4 entries- dicht adj (having relatively high density)
- dicht adj (compact; crowded together)
- dicht adj (thick; difficult to penetrate)
- dicht adj (opaque; allowing little light to pass through)
Greek
1 entries- πυκνός adj (having relatively high density)
Hebrew
2 entries- סָתוּם adj (slow to comprehend; of low intelligence)
- עבות \ עָבֹת adj (having relatively high density)
Hiligaynon
2 entries- garót adj (compact; crowded together)
- magarót adj (compact; crowded together)
Hindi
1 entries- घना adj (having relatively high density)
Hungarian
1 entries- sűrű adj (having relatively high density)
Icelandic
1 entries- þéttur adj (having relatively high density)
Irish
1 entries- dlúth adj (having relatively high density)
Italian
2 entries- denso adj (having relatively high density)
- pastoso adj (obscure, or difficult to understand)
Japanese
2 entries- 密 adj (having relatively high density)
- 濃い adj (having relatively high density)
Kazakh
1 entries- қалың adj (having relatively high density)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- tèih adj (having relatively high density)
Khmer
2 entries- ក្រាស់ adj (having relatively high density)
- ជុក adj (having relatively high density)
Korean
1 entries- 짙다 adj (having relatively high density)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- жыш adj (having relatively high density)
- калың adj (having relatively high density)
Lao
3 entries- ຖີ່ adj (having relatively high density)
- ທຶບ adj (having relatively high density)
- ແໜ້ນ adj (having relatively high density)
Latin
2 entries- dēnsus adj (having relatively high density)
- spissus adj (compact; crowded together)
Latvian
1 entries- blīvs adj (having relatively high density)
Lithuanian
2 entries- tankus adj (having relatively high density)
- tirštas adj (having relatively high density)
Lower Sorbian
3 entries- gusty adj (having relatively high density)
- gusty adj (compact; crowded together)
- gusty adj (thick; difficult to penetrate)
Macedonian
3 entries- густ adj (having relatively high density)
- густ adj (thick; difficult to penetrate)
- збиен adj (compact; crowded together)
Malay
2 entries- padat adj (having relatively high density)
- tebal adj (having relatively high density)
Middle English
3 entries- sad adj (having relatively high density)
- sad adj (compact; crowded together)
- sad adj (thick; difficult to penetrate)
Mongolian
1 entries- нягт adj (having relatively high density)
Māori
4 entries- apiapi adj (having relatively high density)
- apiapi adj (compact; crowded together)
- pururua adj (having relatively high density)
- pururua adj (compact; crowded together)
Nanai
1 entries- лугди adj (having relatively high density)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- tett adj (having relatively high density)
Occitan
1 entries- dens adj (having relatively high density)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- قویو adj (having relatively high density)
- كور adj (thick; difficult to penetrate)
- یوغون adj (having relatively high density)
Pashto
2 entries- ټينګ adj (having relatively high density)
- ګڼ adj (compact; crowded together)
Persian
2 entries- غلیظ adj (having relatively high density)
- چگال adj (having relatively high density)
Polish
4 entries- gęsty adj (having relatively high density)
- gęsty adj (math: being a well-approximating subset)
- szczelny adj (having relatively high density)
- tępy adj (slow to comprehend; of low intelligence)
Portuguese
4 entries- compacto adj (compact; crowded together)
- denso adj (having relatively high density)
- denso adj (compact; crowded together)
- denso adj (thick; difficult to penetrate)
Romanian
1 entries- dens adj (having relatively high density)
Russian
4 entries- глу́пый adj (slow to comprehend; of low intelligence)
- густо́й adj (having relatively high density)
- густо́й adj (thick; difficult to penetrate)
- компа́ктный adj (compact; crowded together)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- gȗst adj (having relatively high density)
- гу̑ст adj (having relatively high density)
Slovak
1 entries- hustý adj (having relatively high density)
Slovene
2 entries- góst adj (having relatively high density)
- góst adj (thick; difficult to penetrate)
Spanish
4 entries- (subconjunto) denso adj (math: being a well-approximating subset)
- cabeza dura adj (slow to comprehend; of low intelligence)
- compacto adj (compact; crowded together)
- denso adj (having relatively high density)
Swedish
4 entries- kompakt adj (compact; crowded together)
- trög adj (slow to comprehend; of low intelligence)
- tät adj (having relatively high density)
- tät adj (compact; crowded together)
Tajik
3 entries- зич adj (having relatively high density)
- ғализ adj (having relatively high density)
- ғафс adj (having relatively high density)
Thai
2 entries- ทึบ adj (having relatively high density)
- แน่น adj (having relatively high density)
Tibetan
1 entries- མཐུག་པོ adj (having relatively high density)
Turkish
3 entries- kalın adj (having relatively high density)
- sık adj (having relatively high density)
- yoğun adj (having relatively high density)
Turkmen
2 entries- goýy adj (having relatively high density)
- ýygjam adj (having relatively high density)
Ukrainian
2 entries- густи́й adj (having relatively high density)
- щі́льний adj (having relatively high density)
Urdu
1 entries- گهنا adj (having relatively high density)
Uzbek
3 entries- qalin adj (having relatively high density)
- tigʻiz adj (having relatively high density)
- zich adj (having relatively high density)
Vietnamese
4 entries- chặt adj (having relatively high density)
- dày adj (compact; crowded together)
- dày đặc adj (having relatively high density)
- dày đặc adj (compact; crowded together)
Zazaki
1 entries- qalın adj (having relatively high density)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
There is a dense growth of vines in this forest.
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There is a dense population of young people around here.
Source: tatoeba (61355)
The man was hiding in a dense forest.
Source: tatoeba (276869)
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