What are the opposite words for dense?
Dense is an adjective that describes things that are closely packed with little space in between. Its antonyms, on the other hand, are words that describe things with gaps, spaces or are airy. Sparse is one of the antonyms for dense, describing something as thinly spread out or occurring infrequently. Other antonyms include scattered, loose, thin, and rare. These words describe things that are spread out, easily penetrated by light, or have a small number of something. For instance, a sparse forest has few trees, while a dense forest has many trees closely packed together. In summary, the antonyms of dense describe things with space and those which are not tightly packed.
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acute
- needle-shaped,
- observant,
- smart,
- Acuminous,
- Piked,
- dis criminating,
- dis-criminating,
- in tense,
- in tenser,
- in tensest,
- in-tense,
- in-tenser,
- in-tensest,
- more acuminous,
- more acute,
- more needle shaped,
- more needle-shaped,
- more needleshaped,
- more piked,
- more racking,
- more sharpened,
- most acuminous,
- most needle shaped,
- most needle-shaped,
- most needleshaped,
- most piked,
- most racking,
- most sharpened,
- most shooting,
- needle shaped,
- needleshaped,
- over powering,
- over whelming,
- over-powering,
- over-whelming,
- quick witted,
- quickwitted.
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adroit
- foxy,
- slick,
- neater,
- hot tamale,
- more crackerjack,
- more up,
- more wizard,
- most crackerjack,
- most up,
- most wizard,
- on beam,
- on the beam,
- quick on the trigger,
- quick on the uptake,
- quick on trigger,
- quick on uptake,
- quick the trigger,
- quick the uptake,
- quick trigger,
- quick uptake,
- up speed,
- up to speed,
- whizer,
- whizest.
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perceptive
- gnostic,
- penetrative,
- percipient,
- wise to,
- Sophic,
- ear ground,
- ear the ground,
- ear to ground,
- ear to the ground,
- in sighted,
- in-sighted,
- insighted,
- knows what what,
- knows what's what,
- knows whats what,
- more gnostic,
- more insighted,
- more penetrative,
- more percipient,
- more sophic,
- most gnostic,
- most insighted,
- most percipient,
- most sophic,
- tuned in.
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liquid
- aqueous,
- deliquescent,
- dissolvable,
- fusible,
- ichorous,
- liquescent,
- meltable,
- realizable,
- runny,
- serous,
- Mellifluent,
- runnier,
- runniest,
- Uncongealed,
- de liquescent,
- de-liquescent,
- dis solvable,
- dis solved,
- dis-solvable,
- dis-solved,
- fluidic,
- liquiform,
- more aqueous,
- more deliquescent,
- more dissolvable,
- more dissolved,
- more fluidic,
- more fusible,
- more ichorous,
- more liquefied,
- more liquescent,
- more liquiform,
- more mellifluent,
- more meltable,
- more realizable,
- more serous,
- more splashing,
- more thawed,
- more uncongealed,
- most aqueous,
- most deliquescent,
- most dissolvable,
- most dissolved,
- most fluidic,
- most fusible,
- most ichorous,
- most liquefied,
- most liquescent,
- most liquiform,
- most mellifluent,
- most meltable,
- most realizable,
- most serous,
- most splashing,
- most thawed,
- most uncongealed,
- un congealed,
- un-congealed.
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thin
- beanstalk,
- featherweight,
- poler,
- reedy,
- scraggy,
- sticker,
- stilt,
- twiglike,
- undernourished,
- unpersuasive,
- wafer-thin,
- see through,
- paper thin,
- Stalky,
- Subtile,
- reedier,
- scraggiest,
- in adequate,
- in conceivable,
- in credible,
- in substantial,
- in-adequate,
- in-conceivable,
- in-credible,
- in-substantial,
- in-sufficient,
- more attenuate,
- more attenuated,
- more beanpole,
- more beanstalk,
- more dispersed,
- more featherweight,
- more paper thin,
- more paper-thin,
- more paperthin,
- more pinched,
- more shadow,
- more shriveled,
- more stretched,
- more twiglike,
- more undernourished,
- more unpersuasive,
- more wafer thin,
- more wafer-thin,
- more waferthin,
- more weak kneed,
- more weak-kneed,
- more weakkneed,
- most attenuate,
- most attenuated,
- most beanpole,
- most beanstalk,
- most dispersed,
- most featherweight,
- most paper thin,
- most paper-thin,
- most paperthin,
- most pinched,
- most shadow,
- most shriveled,
- most stretched,
- most twiglike,
- most undernourished,
- most unpersuasive,
- most wafer thin,
- most wafer-thin,
- most waferthin,
- most weak-kneed,
- most weakkneed,
- paper-thin,
- paperthin,
- polest,
- re fined,
- reediest,
- scraggier,
- seethrough,
- stalkier,
- stalkiest,
- stickest,
- stilter,
- stiltest,
- sub tile,
- sub tiler,
- sub-tile,
- sub-tiler,
- subtiler,
- subtilest,
- trans lucent,
- trans parent,
- trans-lucent,
- trans-parent,
- un believable,
- un convincing,
- un persuasive,
- un substantial,
- un tenable,
- un-believable,
- un-convincing,
- un-persuasive,
- un-substantial,
- un-tenable,
- under nourished,
- under weight,
- under-nourished,
- under-weight,
- wafer thin,
- waferthin,
- weak kneed,
- weakkneed,
- wishy washy,
- wishywashy.
- deeply perceptive
- very able or skilled
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compressed, thick
- brainy,
- clear,
- clever,
- easy,
- intelligent,
- open,
- scattered,
- smart,
- soft,
- sparse,
- thin,
- understandable,
- uncompressed.
- fluid, flowing, melting
- alert, sensitive
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fine, light, slender
- thin.
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Other relevant words
- acute,
- airy,
- apt,
- commodious,
- crafty,
- cunning,
- discerning,
- educated,
- erudite,
- foxy,
- highbrow,
- informed,
- ingenious,
- judicious,
- knowing,
- knowledgeable,
- learned,
- literate,
- logical,
- nimble,
- open,
- penetrable,
- percipient,
- perspicacious,
- resourceful,
- roomy,
- sane,
- scholarly,
- schooled,
- sensible,
- skilled,
- sound,
- spacious,
- trained,
- uncrowded,
- valid,
- well-read,
- wily.
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Other antonyms
- astute,
- bright,
- cerebral,
- insightful,
- intellectual,
- light,
- perceptive,
- prudent,
- rational,
- reasonable,
- sagacious,
- sage,
- sapient,
- savvy,
- sharp,
- shrewd,
- thinking,
- undernourished,
- unpersuasive,
- weak,
- wise.
Antonym of the day
wreathes
- Antonyms:
- uncover, unwrap, stay.