Dim

/dɪm/

Synonyms for "dim" (410 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (82)

Adjective(10 words)

bleak dull faintattenuate luminancebenighted birdbrained black blearierdark styledarken

achromatic achromatize achromic adumbrate amorphous anemic ashen ashy backward banausic bandagebarely audiblebecloud bedarken bedazzle bedim befog begloom benight black

Show 39 more words

black outblacken blah blanch bleach blear blear-eyed bleared bleary bleary-eyedbled whiteblindblind the eyesblindfoldblock the lightbloodless blotblot outblunt blunt-witted blur blurred blurry brown cadaverous caliginous camouflagecast a shadowchloranemicclear as mudcloudcloud overcloudy colorless confused dark dark-colored darkendarken over

Verb(8 words)

adumbrated adumbrating bedimmed befogs blind blur clouded dampened

Adjective(2 words)

bland colourless

Noun(3 words)

blurring booby clouds

Strong matches (123)

Verb(9 words)

darkened darkens deaden dip dullsfade from viewfogged fuzzifies glooming

Noun(12 words)

darkening darkydim lightdimming dims dullingfade outfades fadingfaint verbghosts glazes

darkish darkle darksome daze dazzle deaddeadly paledeathly paledecolor decolorize decrescendo defocusdeprive of sightdim outdim sighteddim witteddim-eyed dim-sighted dim-witted dimmed

Show 57 more words

dimmish dimness dimpsy dingy discolor discolored distant dopey draindrain of colordreary dulldull of minddull-headed dull-pated dull-sighted dull-witted dun dusk dusky eclipse encloudencompass with shadowetiolate etiolated excecate exsanguinated exsanguine exsanguineous extinguish fade faded faint faint-voiced fallow fat-witted feeble feeble-eyed film filmy filmy-eyed flat fog foggy foolish fume fuzzy gentle ghastly glare gloam gloaming gloom gloomy gouge gravel-blind gray

Adjective(21 words)

darkling densedense trafficdim décordimmed dimmest dingier dismaldistant memorydopiestdull colordull impressiondull presentationdulled dullest dumb dumber duskiesterased markfade

Show 1 more word

faintest

Adjective(4 words)

dingy dull dusk faint

Related words (205)

Verb(10 words)

grayed lulled obscures shaded shadowed slur stupefies underexpose underexposes wane

grey gross-headedgrow darkgrow dimhaggard half-blind half-heard half-seen half-visible haze hazy heavy hebetudinous hoodwink hostile hueless humdrum hypochromic ill-defined inconspicuous

Show 123 more words

indefinite indeterminate indistinct indistinguishable intangible lackluster leaden light lividlose resolutionlour lowlow profilelow-profile lower lurid lusterlessmake blindmat mealymerely glimpsedmist misty mole-eyed monotone monotonous muddy murk murksome murky murmured muted nebulous neutral obfuscate obnubilate obscure obtuse obumbrate occult occultate opaqueout of focusovercast overcloud overshadow palepale as deathpale-faced pallid pasty pedestrian peroxide pianissimo piano plodding poky purblind sallow sand-blindscarcely heardsemidark semivisible shade shadow shadowy shapeless sickly slowslow wittedslow-witted sluggish snow-blind soft soft-sounding soft-voiced soften somber sombre steamy stodgystrike blindstupid subaudible subdued subfusc tallow-faced tarnish tenebrous tepidthick wittedthick-brained thick-headed thick-pated thick-witted thickheaded thickskulledtone downtoneless transcendent twilight uncertain unclear uncolored undefined undetermined unilluminated unplain unrecognizable vague wanwash outwashed outwashed-out waxen weak weak-eyed weak-voiced whey-faced whispered white whiten wooden

Noun(13 words)

hazing lightlow glowmalabomirror foggingmurksnone too brightobscure the issueovercasts samar softening twilight waning

Adjective(9 words)

lackluster leaden muddy sad sober stupid uncolorful unholiday wan

Adjective(30 words)

lowlow contrastlow intensitylower brightnesslumpish muted obtuse obtuser obtusest pale penumbralpoor lightingreduce illuminationshadowy shady slowsomber moodsubdued sullenestthin rubber band

Show 10 more words

uncertain unclear underexposedunfocused worksheetsunintelligent unpromising vaguevague termsweak wispy

Related word relations

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

6 relation types

More general

15 entries

brightness changechange intensitycolor qualitydarkenforecast qualityilluminationimage qualitylighting adjustmentluminance changeplanning metricrisk assessmentvisual propertyvisual qualityweaken

More specific

15 entries

ambient dimmingautomatic dimmingbleakdisplay dimmingfaded faintlamp dimmingmanual dimmingmutedscreen dimmingshadowed soft tentative unclear washed-out

Collocations

10 entries

dim colorsdim displaydim lightdim lightingdim visibilitydimmable displaydimmer switchdisplay dimminglamp dimmingscreen dimming

Inflections

5 entries

dimmed dimmer dimmest dimming dims

Derivations

4 entries

dimly dimmable dimming dimness

similar

5 entries

dark hopeless indistinct low-beam stupid

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)

Showing 4 of 24 available sentences.

More for "dim"

Meaning

Keep exploring

Read the definition Browse writing guides Read the blog