Textual thesaurus for "dense"

(adj) dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow

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

(adj) thick

hard to pass through because of dense growth

dense vegetation; thick woods

(adj) impenetrable, heavy

permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter

dense smoke; heavy fog; impenetrable gloom