Synonyms for dense

Adjective

1. dense, heavy, impenetrable, thick (vs. thin)

usage: permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"

2. compact, dense, thick, concentrated (vs. distributed)

usage: closely crowded together; "a compact shopping center"; "a dense population"; "thick crowds"

3. dense, thick, impenetrable (vs. penetrable)

usage: hard to pass through because of dense growth; "dense vegetation"; "thick woods"

4. dense, heavy (vs. light)

usage: having high relative density or specific gravity; "dense as lead"

5. dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow, stupid (vs. smart)

usage: 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"