denser

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compressed, thick adj.
slow, stupid adj.

ADJECTIVE

compressed, thick

Synonyms

STRONGEST

heavy impenetrable opaque solid

WEAK

close compact condensed crammed crowded heaped jam-packed jammed massed packed packed like sardines piled substantial thickset

Antonyms

STRONGEST

clear easy soft understandable

WEAK

open scattered sparse thin uncompressed

ADJECTIVE

slow, stupid

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dull simple thick

WEAK

blockheaded boorish doltish dumb fatheaded ignorant imbecilic impassive lethargic numskulled oafish obtuse phlegmatic slow-witted sluggish stolid torpid

Antonyms

STRONGEST

intelligent smart

WEAK

brainy clever

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denser

Their work produced an unusual observation: diamond became denser when it melted.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026

The result is denser forests, more fuel on the ground, and larger, hotter fires that threaten lives, communities and the air we all breathe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

The denser it is, the more dehydrated you are, generally.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

Fellow economists Marina Gertsberg, Ekaterina Volkova and I found that the disgraced financier effectively wired corporate America into a denser, more tightly interconnected network.

From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026

The universe as a whole would have continued expanding and cooling, but in regions that were slightly denser than average, the expansion would have been slowed down by the extra gravitational attraction.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking