Definition for Dent:

• dent, n. a small hollow made by the pressure or blow of a harder body on a softer.-- v.t. to make a mark by means of a blow.-- p.adj. DENT'ED, marked with dents: indented. [ A variant of dint.]

Synonyms for Dent:

• n.

  •
  • damage,
  • harm,
  • overshadow,
  • offset,
  • neutralize,
  • cost,
  • spoil.
  •
  • pierce,
  • bore,
  • puncture,
  • tear,
  • rip.
  •
  • print,
  • footprint.
  •blemish (noun)
  • pock,
  • speck,
  • smudge,
  • scar.
  •dent (noun)
  • incision,
  • prick,
  • slit,
  • scratch.
  •depression (noun)
  • sinkhole.
  •depression, scrape, chip (noun)
  • dip,
  • sink,
  • score,
  • crenel,
  • crater,
  • con-cavity,
  • cut,
  • trough.
  •indentation (noun)
  • concavity.
  •tooth (noun)
  • cuspid,
  • bicuspid,
  • eyetooth,
  • fang,
  • molar,
  • premolar,
  • incisor,
  • grinder,
  • denticle.

• v.

  •chip, scrape, depress (verb)
  • gouge,
  • perforate,
  • press in,
  • make concave,
  • ridge,
  • dig,
  • push in.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • footmark,
  • depress.
  •
  • riddle.
  •
  • furrow.
  •
  • knock.
  •
  • stamp.
  •
  • track.

Paraphrases for Dent:

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    tooth.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    bump, grudge, tooth, bruise.

Antonyms for Dent:

• n.

  • depression, scrape, chip
    increase, bulge.
  • Other antonyms:
    accrual, continuation, addition, accumulation, swelling, hump, enlargement, camber, extension, accretion, pimple, gain, mound, supplement, upturn, lump, raise, jut, upswing, uptick, swell, uptrend, rise, tumor, hill, bump, increment, boost.

• v.

  • chip, scrape, depress
    flush, fill.

Homophones for Dent:

• day in day out, detent, dynamite, dentate, deaminate, dead end, dimout, detonate, dinette, daunt, donated, dandy, demantoid, down-and-out, dim-witted, diodontidae, denuded, domed, dominated, demented, dine out, diminuendo, damned, dementia, donut, detente, demand, diatomite, dominate, diomedeidae, dante, Detainment, dimmed, deadened, doomed, dente, denudate, dented, dmd, dead hand, day in and day out, dint, demode, demimonde, denude, downwind, dead-end, denouement, done with, dominant, dominion day, donate, diamonte, danaid, de-ionate, dainty, denote, dimwit, dimity, denominate, demote, diamante, daunted, diamond, de-iodinate, danaidae.

Hyponym for Dent:

• n.

  • phenomenon
    effect, event, result, outcome, issue, consequence, upshot.

• v.

  • contact
    deform, bend, flex, twist, turn.