Dim

//dɪm//

Synonyms for "dim" (460 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (92)

blind blur darken dimmed murky shadowy subdued achromatic achromatize achromic adumbrate amorphous anemic ashen ashy backward banausic bandage barely audible becloud

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Adjective(28 words)

dull dingy harebrained addlebrained addlepated airheaded ass-brained baby-brained bee-brained beef-witted beefheaded beetle-headed birdbrained bland blockheaded boeotian boneheaded boobily booby boofheaded

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brainless bubbleheaded buffle-headed bullet-headed cerebrally challenged childish chowderheaded chuckleheaded

Adjective(2 words)

black bleak

Verb(2 words)

blind blur

Strong matches (138)

Adjective(43 words)

colourless crackbrained cretinous dateless dense dented deprecative dim-bulb dim-headed dim-witted doltish dopey dozy drowsy dull-headed dull-minded dull-witted dumb dumb as a bag of hammers dumb as a box of rocks

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confused dark dark-colored darken over darkish darkle darksome daze dazzle dead deadly pale deathly pale decolor decolorize decrescendo defocus dense deprive of sight dim out dim sighted

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Adjective(5 words)

dense dimmed dull dumb faint

Verb(1 words)

dip

Related words (230)

Adjective(94 words)

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haze hazy heavy hebetudinous hoodwink hostile hueless humdrum hypochromic ill-defined inconspicuous indefinite indeterminate indistinct indistinguishable intangible lackluster leaden light livid

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lose resolution lour low low profile low-profile lower lurid lusterless make blind mat mealy merely glimpsed mist misty mole-eyed monotone monotonous muddy murk murksome murmured muted nebulous neutral obfuscate obnubilate obscure obtuse obumbrate occult occultate opaque out of focus overcast overcloud overshadow pale pale as death pale-faced pallid pasty pedestrian peroxide pianissimo piano plodding poky purblind sallow sand-blind scarcely heard semidark semivisible shade shadow shapeless sickly slow slow witted slow-witted sluggish snow-blind soft soft-sounding soft-voiced soften somber sombre steamy stodgy strike blind subaudible subfusc tallow-faced tarnish tenebrous tepid thick witted thick-brained thick-headed thick-pated thick-witted thickskulled tone down toneless transcendent twilight uncertain unclear uncolored undefined undetermined unilluminated unplain unrecognizable vague wan wash out washed out washed-out waxen weak weak-eyed weak-voiced whey-faced whispered white whiten wooden

Adjective(6 words)

obtuse shadowy slow subdued vague wispy

Verb(1 words)

slur

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

11 relation types

More general

4 entries

change change intensity darken weaken

More specific

9 entries

achromatic beige dark colour drab dun flat matt matte sallow

Antonyms

5 entries

bright brighten brightly brightly lit lit

Synonyms

9 entries

bleak blind blur darken dense dimmed murky shadowy subdued

Related terms

6 entries

cheerless dark dim mak dim sum dim.pallid

derived

24 entries

autodimming bedim dim and distant dim bulb dim out dim-headed dim-lit dim-sighted dim-witted → dim-wittedness dimbo dimly dimmable dimmer dimmish dimmity dimmy

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distinct from

1 entries

bright

has context

2 entries

grammar musical notation

manner of

2 entries

change darken

related to

18 entries

bright dark darkness dimly dimness disapproving hazy indistinct light lighting lights low low light lower lower lights shadowy

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similar

5 entries

dark hopeless indistinct low-beam stupid

Translations

161 translations across 36 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ἀμαυρός adj (not bright, not colourful)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

tutqun adj (not bright, not colourful)

Bulgarian

4 entries

замъглен adj (indistinct)
мътен adj (not bright, not colourful)
неясен adj (indistinct)
помътнявам verb (to make something less bright)

Catalan

4 entries

beneit adj (not smart)
borrós adj (indistinct)
indistint adj (indistinct)
tènue adj (not bright, not colourful)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

昏 adj (not bright, not colourful)
昏暗 adj (not bright, not colourful)
暗淡 adj (not bright, not colourful)
模糊 adj (indistinct)

Czech

2 entries

mdlý adj (not bright, not colourful)
tmavý adj (not bright, not colourful)

Dutch

4 entries

dom adj (not smart)
donker adj (not bright, not colourful)
mat adj (not bright, not colourful)
schemerachtig adj (not bright, not colourful)

Finnish

2 entries

himmeä adj (not bright, not colourful)
himmentää verb (to make something less bright)

French

4 entries

bête adj (not smart)
faible adj (not bright, not colourful)
flou adj (indistinct)
indistinct adj (indistinct)

Galician

3 entries

atenuar verb (to make something less bright)
escurecer verb (to become darker)
esvaecer verb (to make something less bright)

German

4 entries

dämlich adj (not smart)
dämmerig adj (not bright, not colourful)
schummrig adj (not bright, not colourful)
dimmen verb (to make something less bright)

Greek

4 entries

αμυδρός adj (not bright, not colourful)
αμυδρός adj (indistinct)
αχνός adj (not bright, not colourful)
δυσδιάκριτος adj (indistinct)

Hebrew

1 entries

כהה adj (not bright, not colourful)

Hungarian

4 entries

elmosódott adj (indistinct)
fénytelen adj (not bright, not colourful)
homályos adj (indistinct)
ködbe vesző adj (indistinct)

Irish

2 entries

ísligh verb (to make something less bright)
ísligh verb (to become darker)

Italian

4 entries

debole adj (not bright, not colourful)
fioca adj (not bright, not colourful)
fioco adj (not bright, not colourful)
indistinta adj (indistinct)

Japanese

3 entries

仄暗い adj (not bright, not colourful)
朧気 adj (indistinct)
薄暗い adj (not bright, not colourful)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries

tǖsīesīe adj (indistinct)

Latin

2 entries

creper adj (not bright, not colourful)
fuscus adj (not bright, not colourful)

Latvian

1 entries

blāvs adj (not bright, not colourful)

Lithuanian

2 entries

blausùs adj (not bright, not colourful)
tamsùs adj (not smart)

Macedonian

4 entries

за́маглен adj (indistinct)
ма́тен adj (not bright, not colourful)
не́јасен adj (indistinct)
та́поглав adj (not smart)

Māori

4 entries

kaurehu adj (not bright, not colourful)
pongipongi adj (not bright, not colourful)
pōrewarewa adj (not smart)
pōrewharewha adj (not smart)

Norwegian

3 entries

dim adj (not bright, not colourful)
dimme adj (not bright, not colourful)
dimt adj (not bright, not colourful)

Occitan

3 entries

bèsti adj (not smart)
indistint adj (indistinct)
pèc adj (not smart)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

dunkel adj (not bright, not colourful)

Polish

4 entries

ciemnawy adj (not bright, not colourful)
ciemny adj (not bright, not colourful)
ciemny adj (not smart)
niejasny adj (indistinct)

Portuguese

4 entries

besta adj (not smart)
indistinto adj (indistinct)
mortiço adj (not bright, not colourful)
obtuso adj (not smart)

Romanian

2 entries

tern adj (not bright, not colourful)
vag adj (indistinct)

Russian

4 entries

нея́сный adj (indistinct)
сму́тный adj (indistinct)
ту́склый adj (not bright, not colourful)
тупо́й adj (not smart)

Spanish

4 entries

tenue adj (not bright, not colourful)
tenue adj (indistinct)
tonto adj (not smart)
atenuar verb (to make something less bright)

Tamil

1 entries

மங்கலான verb (to make something less bright)

Telugu

1 entries

మసక adj (not bright, not colourful)

Thai

1 entries

มัว adj (not bright, not colourful)

Ukrainian

3 entries

тьмя́ний adj (not bright, not colourful)
потьмяні́ти verb (to become darker)
тьмяні́ти verb (to become darker)

Vietnamese

2 entries

mờ adj (not bright, not colourful)
nhòa verb (to become darker)

Sample sentences

24 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

We saw a dim light in the distance.

Source: tatoeba (25838)

We saw a dim light in the darkness.

Source: tatoeba (28415)

Do not read books in such a dim room.

Source: tatoeba (54629)

It's impossible to work in a room this dim.

Source: tatoeba (54630)

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