What is another word for dim?
1515 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ dˈɪm], [ dˈɪm], [ d_ˈɪ_m]
The word "dim" can be defined as something that is not bright or clear, or has low light levels. There are many synonyms for this word, all of which can be used to describe the same thing in different ways. Some examples of synonyms for "dim" include faint, low, subdued, shadowy, dull, muted, and hazy. Other related words that can be used interchangeably with "dim" include obscure, indistinct, murky, and unclear. Using synonyms can help to convey meaning and provide variety in language, allowing writers to choose the most appropriate word for the context and tone of their writing.
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Similar words for dim:
- blah (adjective)
- blind (adjective)
- dark (adjective)
- darkish (adjective)
- dim (adjective)
- dull (adjective)
- flat (adjective)
- inconspicuous (adjective)
- limited (adjective)
- nebulous (adjective)
- obscure (adjective)
- opaque (adjective)
- pedestrian (adjective)
- shady (adjective)
- slow (adjective)
- tenebrous (adjective)
- undefined (adjective)
- weak (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- cloudy (adjective)
- dingy (adjective)
- dismal (adjective)
- dusky (adjective)
- faded (adjective)
- faint (adjective)
- filmy (adjective)
- foggy (adjective)
- fuzzy (adjective)
- ghastly (adjective)
- gloomy (adjective)
- hazy (adjective)
- humdrum (adjective)
- ill-defined (adjective)
- indistinct (adjective)
- intangible (adjective)
- lackluster (adjective)
- misty (adjective)
- muffled (adjective)
- murky (adjective)
- not very intelligent (adjective)
- pale (adjective)
- retarded (adjective)
- shadowy (adjective)
- soft (adjective)
- somber (adjective)
- stodgy (adjective)
- stupid (adjective)
- subdued (adjective)
- thick-witted (adjective)
- unclear (adjective)
- unconspicuous (adjective)
- undistinct (adjective)
- unfavorable with regard to opinion (adjective)
- unnoticeable (adjective)
- vague (adjective)
- vapory (adjective)
- wan (adjective)
- bleak (noun)
- darkness (noun)
- dim (noun)
- dull (noun)
- evening (noun)
- night (noun)
- nightfall (noun)
- becloud (verb)
- blear (verb)
- blur (verb)
- camouflage (verb)
- cloud (verb)
- darken (verb)
- darken; obscure (verb)
- deaden (verb)
- dwarf (verb)
- eclipse (verb)
- fade (verb)
- fog (verb)
- go out (verb)
- mist (verb)
- overshadow (verb)
- pale (verb)
- shade (verb)
- shadow (verb)
- tarnish (verb)
- tone down (verb)
- veil (verb)
- wane (verb)
Synonyms for Dim:
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adj.
• blah • blind • dark- Atramentous ,
- aphotic ,
- black ,
- cimmerian ,
- crepuscular ,
- darkened ,
- dreary ,
- dun ,
- gloomy ,
- ill-lighted ,
- inky ,
- lightless ,
- pitch-dark ,
- rayless ,
- shaded ,
- shady ,
- silhouetted ,
- somber ,
- sooty ,
- stygian ,
- swarthy ,
- unlighted ,
- unlit ,
- obfuscous ,
- pitch black .
- Obscured ,
- dusk ,
- gray ,
- monotone ,
- monotonous ,
- muted ,
- opaque ,
- poorly lit ,
- sullied ,
- tarnished .
- Numskulled ,
- apathetic ,
- benumbed ,
- besotted ,
- blunt ,
- boorish ,
- bovine ,
- cloddish ,
- comatose ,
- dense ,
- doltish ,
- drowsy ,
- lethargic ,
- loutish ,
- matte ,
- not bright ,
- obtuse ,
- ponderous ,
- sleepy ,
- sluggish ,
- soporific ,
- stupefied ,
- subfusc ,
- toned-down ,
- unintellectual ,
- halfbaked ,
- indolent ,
- shallow ,
- shallower ,
- witless .
- clear as mud ,
- enigmatical ,
- farout ,
- in comprehensible ,
- in conceivable ,
- in credible ,
- in decisive ,
- in explicable ,
- in scrutable ,
- in soluble ,
- in-conceivable ,
- in-credible ,
- in-decisive ,
- in-explicable ,
- in-scrutable ,
- in-soluble ,
- un accountable ,
- un believable ,
- un fathomable ,
- un-believable .
- Amphibological ,
- unexplicit ,
- more amphibological ,
- more unexplicit ,
- most amphibological ,
- most unexplicit ,
- un explicit ,
- un-explicit .
- emulsified ,
- in definite ,
- in-definite ,
- more blurred ,
- more emulsified ,
- more nontranslucent ,
- more nontransparent ,
- more nubilous ,
- most blurred ,
- most emulsified ,
- most nontranslucent ,
- most nontransparent ,
- most nubilous ,
- mucky ,
- mushy ,
- non translucent ,
- non transparent ,
- non-translucent ,
- nontransparent .
- be dimmed ,
- be-dimmed ,
- brokendown ,
- dis colored ,
- dis-colored ,
- more bedimmed ,
- more darkish ,
- more discolored ,
- more smirched ,
- more sullied ,
- more tarnished ,
- most bedimmed ,
- most darkish ,
- most discolored ,
- most smirched ,
- most sullied ,
- most tarnished .
- de pressed ,
- de pressing ,
- de solate ,
- de-pressed ,
- de-pressing ,
- de-solate ,
- dis agreeable ,
- dis heartening ,
- dis-agreeable ,
- dis-heartening ,
- doleful ,
- funereal ,
- hopeless ,
- in auspicious ,
- in pits ,
- in-auspicious ,
- inauspicious ,
- more disheartening ,
- most disheartening ,
- un fortunate ,
- un happier ,
- un happiest ,
- un happy ,
- un-fortunate ,
- un-happy .
- dark complexioned ,
- darkcomplexioned ,
- more adusk ,
- more dark complexioned ,
- more dark-complexioned ,
- more darkcomplexioned ,
- more twilight ,
- more twilit ,
- more unilluminated ,
- most adusk ,
- most brunette ,
- most dark complexioned ,
- most dark-complexioned ,
- most darkcomplexioned ,
- most twilight ,
- most twilit ,
- most unilluminated ,
- swart ,
- swarter ,
- swartest ,
- un illuminated ,
- un-illuminated .
- be draggled ,
- be-draggled ,
- more etiolated ,
- more lusterless ,
- most etiolated ,
- most lusterless ,
- not shiny .
- fainter ,
- faroff ,
- in audible ,
- in-audible ,
- low pitched ,
- lowpitched ,
- more aside ,
- more bated ,
- more bleached ,
- more deadened ,
- more faltering ,
- more murmuring ,
- more muttering ,
- more piano ,
- more stifled ,
- most aside ,
- most bated ,
- most bleached ,
- most deadened ,
- most faltering ,
- most murmuring ,
- most muttering ,
- most piano ,
- most stifled ,
- out earshot ,
- re-mote ,
- soothing .
- more pea soupy ,
- more pea-soupy ,
- more peasoupy ,
- more zero zero ,
- more zero-zero ,
- more zerozero ,
- most pea soupy ,
- most pea-soupy ,
- most peasoupy ,
- most zero zero ,
- most zero-zero ,
- most zerozero ,
- pea soupy ,
- peasoupy ,
- smazier ,
- smaziest ,
- zero zero ,
- zerozero .
- dis gusting ,
- dis-gusting ,
- ghostly ,
- grisly ,
- horrendous ,
- more corpselike ,
- more mortuary ,
- more wraithlike ,
- most corpselike ,
- most mortuary ,
- most wraithlike ,
- super natural ,
- super-natural ,
- un cannier ,
- un canniest ,
- un canny ,
- un earthlier ,
- un earthliest ,
- un earthly ,
- un pleasant ,
- un-cannier ,
- un-canniest ,
- un-canny ,
- un-earthlier ,
- un-earthliest ,
- un-earthly ,
- un-natural ,
- un-pleasant .
- fumier ,
- fumiest ,
- more bleared ,
- more fuliginous ,
- more obfuscated ,
- most bleared ,
- most fuliginous ,
- most obfuscated ,
- rimier ,
- rimiest ,
- rimy ,
- steaming .
- dime dozen ,
- gardenvariety ,
- more toneless ,
- more treadmill ,
- more unvaried ,
- more white bread ,
- more white-bread ,
- most toneless ,
- most treadmill ,
- most unvaried ,
- most white bread ,
- most white-bread ,
- repetitious ,
- un varied ,
- un-varied .
- in determinate ,
- in discernible ,
- in distinct ,
- in distinguishable ,
- in exact ,
- in-discernible ,
- in-distinct ,
- in-distinguishable ,
- in-exact ,
- inexact ,
- out focus ,
- un determined ,
- un heard ,
- un-determined ,
- un-heard ,
- un-intelligible ,
- unheard .
- evanescent ,
- hypo thetical ,
- hypo-thetical ,
- hypothetical ,
- in appreciable ,
- in corporeal ,
- in sensible ,
- in tangible ,
- in visible ,
- in-appreciable ,
- in-corporeal ,
- in-sensible ,
- in-tangible ,
- in-visible ,
- more eluding ,
- more evading ,
- more unapparent ,
- most eluding ,
- most evading ,
- most unapparent ,
- un apparent ,
- un observable ,
- un substantial ,
- un sure ,
- un-apparent ,
- un-observable ,
- un-real ,
- un-substantial ,
- un-sure ,
- unapparent .
- laidback ,
- more ho hum ,
- more ho-hum ,
- more hohum ,
- more nothing ,
- more pabulum ,
- more zero ,
- most ho hum ,
- most ho-hum ,
- most hohum ,
- most nothing ,
- most pabulum ,
- most zero ,
- sombrer ,
- sombrest ,
- un imaginative ,
- un inspired ,
- un-imaginative ,
- un-inspired .
- Weak-minded ,
- dim-witted ,
- dumb ,
- oafish ,
- thick .
- doughiest ,
- in adequate ,
- in effective ,
- in effectual ,
- in substantial ,
- in-adequate ,
- in-effective ,
- in-effectual ,
- in-substantial ,
- more waxlike ,
- more whitish ,
- most waxlike ,
- most whitish ,
- pasty ,
- washed-out ,
- washedout ,
- waxlike .
- more dumbbell ,
- more dumbo ,
- more dumdum ,
- more gorked ,
- more lamebrained ,
- more numbskull ,
- more pinhead ,
- more retardo ,
- more subnormal ,
- more underachieving ,
- more yo yo ,
- more yo-yo ,
- more yoyo ,
- most dumbbell ,
- most dumbo ,
- most dumdum ,
- most gorked ,
- most lamebrained ,
- most numbskull ,
- most pinhead ,
- most retardo ,
- most subnormal ,
- most underachieving ,
- most yo yo ,
- most yo-yo ,
- most yoyo ,
- re tardo ,
- re-tardo ,
- slow witted ,
- slow-witted ,
- slowwitted ,
- sub normal ,
- sub-normal ,
- subnormal ,
- under achieving ,
- under-achieving ,
- yo yo .
- more depressive ,
- more dragged ,
- more hurting ,
- more sourpuss ,
- most depressive ,
- most dragged ,
- most sourpuss ,
- nononsense .
- dummier ,
- dummiest ,
- half witted ,
- illadvised ,
- in discreet ,
- in-discreet ,
- more loser ,
- more thick headed ,
- more thick-headed ,
- most loser ,
- most thick headed ,
- most thick-headed ,
- out lunch ,
- thick headed ,
- un intelligent ,
- un thinking ,
- un-intelligent ,
- un-thinking .
- down mouth ,
- down the mouth ,
- in obtrusive ,
- in-obtrusive ,
- more chastened ,
- more moderated ,
- more repressed ,
- more tempered ,
- most chastened ,
- most moderated ,
- most repressed ,
- most tempered ,
- out spirits ,
- re pressed ,
- re strained ,
- re-pressed ,
- re-strained ,
- sub missive ,
- tempered .
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- accounting package ,
- address book ,
- alpha version ,
- application ,
- application software ,
- authoring software ,
- automatic recovery program ,
- autoresponder ,
- backup utility ,
- beta version .
-
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- complex ,
- complicated ,
- confused ,
- confusing ,
- contorted ,
- difficult ,
- elaborate ,
- incomprehensible ,
- intricate ,
- involved .
-
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- colors ,
- idiotic ,
- muddy ,
- silly ,
- simple-minded .
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v.
• becloud • blear • blur- be dimming ,
- be fog ,
- be fogged ,
- be fogging ,
- be fogs ,
- be-dimming ,
- be-fog ,
- be-fogged ,
- be-fogging ,
- be-fogs ,
- made hazy ,
- made indistinct ,
- made vague ,
- makes hazy ,
- makes indistinct ,
- makes vague ,
- making hazy ,
- making indistinct ,
- making vague .
- dis simulate ,
- dis simulated ,
- dis simulates ,
- dis simulating ,
- dis-simulate ,
- dis-simulated ,
- dis-simulates ,
- dis-simulating ,
- threw makeup ,
- threw on makeup ,
- throw makeup ,
- throwing makeup ,
- throwing on makeup ,
- throws makeup ,
- throws on makeup .
- Etherized ,
- Etherizing ,
- KOD ,
- be numb ,
- be numbed ,
- be numbing ,
- be numbs ,
- be-numb ,
- be-numbed ,
- be-numbing ,
- be-numbs ,
- de aden ,
- de adens ,
- de press ,
- de presses ,
- de sensitize ,
- de sensitized ,
- de sensitizes ,
- de sensitizing ,
- de stroy ,
- de stroyed ,
- de stroying ,
- de stroys ,
- de vitalize ,
- de vitalized ,
- de vitalizes ,
- de vitalizing ,
- de-aden ,
- de-adens ,
- de-press ,
- de-presses ,
- de-sensitize ,
- de-sensitized ,
- de-sensitizes ,
- de-sensitizing ,
- de-stroy ,
- de-stroyed ,
- de-stroying ,
- de-stroys ,
- de-vitalize ,
- de-vitalized ,
- de-vitalizes ,
- de-vitalizing ,
- etherizes ,
- in capacitate ,
- in capacitated ,
- in capacitates ,
- in capacitating ,
- in-capacitate ,
- in-capacitated ,
- in-capacitates ,
- in-capacitating ,
- ko'd ,
- ko'ing ,
- koing ,
- lays out ,
- put out order ,
- put sleep ,
- puts out of order ,
- puts out order ,
- puts sleep ,
- putting out of order ,
- putting out order ,
- putting sleep ,
- re duce ,
- re duces ,
- re press ,
- re presses ,
- re pressing ,
- re-duce ,
- re-duces ,
- re-presses ,
- re-pressing ,
- un nerve ,
- un nerved ,
- un nerves ,
- un nerving ,
- un-nerve ,
- un-nerves ,
- un-nerving .
- be littles ,
- be-little ,
- be-littles ,
- detracted from ,
- detracting from ,
- detracts from ,
- look down up on ,
- looked down up on ,
- looked down upon ,
- looking down up on ,
- looking down upon ,
- looks down up on ,
- looks down upon ,
- made small ,
- makes small ,
- making small ,
- micrified ,
- micrifies ,
- micrifying ,
- minifies ,
- pre dominate ,
- pre dominated ,
- pre dominates ,
- pre dominating ,
- pre-dominate ,
- pre-dominated ,
- pre-dominates ,
- pre-dominating ,
- rises above ,
- rose above ,
- towered over .
- Achromatized ,
- achromatizes ,
- awaying ,
- became colorless ,
- becomes colorless ,
- becoming colorless ,
- de colorize ,
- de colorized ,
- de colorizes ,
- de colorizing ,
- de-colorize ,
- de-colorized ,
- de-colorizes ,
- de-colorizing ,
- decolorizes ,
- die vine ,
- died away ,
- died on vine ,
- died vine ,
- dieing away ,
- dieing on vine ,
- dieing vine ,
- dies away ,
- dies on vine ,
- dies vine ,
- dis appear ,
- dis appeared ,
- dis appearing ,
- dis appears ,
- dis color ,
- dis coloring ,
- dis colors ,
- dis perse ,
- dis solve ,
- dis solved ,
- dis solves ,
- dis solving ,
- dis-appear ,
- dis-appeared ,
- dis-appearing ,
- dis-appears ,
- dis-color ,
- dis-coloring ,
- dis-colors ,
- dis-perse ,
- dis-solve ,
- dis-solved ,
- dis-solves ,
- dis-solving ,
- disco loring ,
- disco-loring ,
- dying away ,
- dying on vine ,
- dying vine ,
- evanished ,
- evanishes ,
- evanishing ,
- fagging out ,
- fags out ,
- grew dim ,
- growing dim ,
- loses brightness ,
- loses luster ,
- losing brightness ,
- losing luster ,
- lost brightness ,
- lost luster ,
- melted away ,
- melting away ,
- melts away ,
- on vine ,
- slacked off ,
- slacks off ,
- tuckering out ,
- tuckers out ,
- wastes away .
- be fuddle ,
- be fuddled ,
- be fuddles ,
- be fuddling ,
- be wilder ,
- be wildered ,
- be wilders ,
- be-fuddle ,
- be-fuddled ,
- be-fuddles ,
- be-fuddling ,
- be-wilder ,
- be-wildered ,
- be-wilders ,
- steams up .
- became dark ,
- becomes dark ,
- becoming dark ,
- dieing out ,
- dies out ,
- dying out ,
- ex pire ,
- ex-pire ,
- faded out ,
- fades out ,
- stopped shining ,
- stopping shining ,
- stops shining ,
- stopt shining .
- ex celled ,
- ex celling ,
- ex-celling ,
- leave in shade ,
- leave shade ,
- leave the shade ,
- leaved in shade ,
- leaved in the shade ,
- leaved shade ,
- leaved the shade ,
- leaves in shade ,
- leaves in the shade ,
- leaves shade ,
- leaves the shade ,
- leaving in shade ,
- leaving in the shade ,
- leaving shade ,
- leaving the shade ,
- left in shade ,
- left in the shade ,
- left shade ,
- left the shade ,
- out shine ,
- out shined ,
- out shone ,
- out weighed ,
- out weighing ,
- out weighs ,
- out-shine ,
- out-shined ,
- out-shines ,
- out-shining ,
- out-weigh ,
- out-weighed ,
- out-weighing ,
- out-weighs ,
- over shadow ,
- over shadowed ,
- over shadowing ,
- over shadows ,
- over weighed ,
- over weighing ,
- over weighs ,
- over-shadow ,
- over-shadowed ,
- over-shadowing ,
- over-shadows ,
- over-weigh ,
- over-weighed ,
- over-weighing ,
- over-weighs ,
- overweighed ,
- overweighs ,
- stealing spotlight ,
- steals spotlight ,
- stole spotlight ,
- sur pass ,
- sur passed ,
- sur passes ,
- sur-pass ,
- sur-passed ,
- sur-passes ,
- sur-passing ,
- takes precedence ,
- taking precedence ,
- took precedence .
- de crease ,
- de creased ,
- de creases ,
- de creasing ,
- de-crease ,
- de-creased ,
- de-creases ,
- de-creasing ,
- goes white ,
- going white ,
- grew dull ,
- growing dull ,
- grows dull ,
- loses color ,
- losing color ,
- lost color ,
- went white .
- am overcast ,
- are overcast ,
- art overcast ,
- being overcast ,
- cast shadow ,
- casting a shadow ,
- casting shadow ,
- casts a shadow ,
- casts shadow ,
- inumbrated ,
- inumbrates ,
- inumbrating ,
- is overcast ,
- umbraged ,
- umbraging ,
- was overcast ,
- wast overcast ,
- were overcast ,
- wert overcast .
- be foul ,
- be fouled ,
- be fouling ,
- be fouls ,
- be grime ,
- be grimed ,
- be grimes ,
- be griming ,
- be-foul ,
- be-fouled ,
- be-fouling ,
- be-fouls ,
- be-grime ,
- be-grimed ,
- be-grimes ,
- be-griming ,
- de fame ,
- de famed ,
- de fames ,
- de faming ,
- de file ,
- de filed ,
- de files ,
- de filing ,
- de-fame ,
- de-famed ,
- de-fames ,
- de-faming ,
- de-file ,
- de-filed ,
- de-files ,
- de-filing ,
- dis grace ,
- dis graced ,
- dis graces ,
- dis gracing ,
- dis-grace ,
- dis-graced ,
- dis-graces ,
- dis-gracing ,
- loses shine ,
- losing shine ,
- lost shine .
- re strain ,
- re straining ,
- re strains ,
- re-strain ,
- re-straining ,
- re-strains ,
- softpedal ,
- sub due ,
- sub dues ,
- sub-due ,
- sub-dues .
- in vest ,
- in vested ,
- in vests ,
- in-vest ,
- in-vested ,
- in-vesting ,
- in-vests ,
- put a front ,
- put front ,
- put up front ,
- puts a front ,
- puts front ,
- puts up a front ,
- puts up front ,
- putting up a front ,
- putting up front .
- dieing down ,
- draw a close ,
- drawing a close ,
- drawing to a close ,
- drawing to close ,
- draws a close ,
- draws to a close ,
- draws to close ,
- drew a close ,
- drew close ,
- drew to a close ,
- drew to close ,
- eased off ,
- eases off ,
- faded away ,
- falls short ,
- fell short ,
- sub side ,
- sub sided ,
- sub sides ,
- sub-sides ,
- winded down ,
- winds down ,
- wound down .
Other synonyms:
- Hebetate ,
- bedim ,
- blurry ,
- caliginous ,
- catchy ,
- forgotten ,
- haunting ,
- improbable ,
- memorable ,
- memorial ,
- nostalgic ,
- outshine ,
- redolent ,
- retentive ,
- undistinct ,
- unforgettable .
- short .
- long .
- bank on ,
- becloud ,
- blindfold ,
- block out ,
- blurred ,
- commemorative ,
- dimly ,
- dreamy ,
- elusive ,
- etched ,
- fuzzy ,
- hidden ,
- iffy ,
- inconceivable ,
- indefinite ,
- insipid ,
- lackluster ,
- lusterless ,
- mat ,
- misty ,
- obstruct ,
- overcast ,
- pale ,
- reminiscent ,
- suggestive ,
- wanly ,
- wistful .
- cut out .
- remote .
- flat .
Other relevant words:
- Befogging ,
- Begriming ,
- Chloroformed ,
- Chloroforming ,
- Curtaining ,
- DAMPS ,
- Damped ,
- Damping ,
- Downs ,
- Dulling ,
- Evanish ,
- Gassed ,
- Mantling ,
- Minified ,
- Minifying ,
- Mizzling ,
- Muddying ,
- OUTS ,
- Overweigh ,
- Tarred ,
- Tarring ,
- Tars ,
- Waned ,
- achromatize ,
- anesthetize ,
- anesthetized ,
- anesthetizes ,
- anesthetizing ,
- atrophied ,
- atrophying ,
- aways ,
- be little ,
- become colorless ,
- become dark ,
- befog ,
- befogged ,
- befogs ,
- begrime ,
- begrimed ,
- begrimes ,
- blear ,
- blinded ,
- blinding ,
- blot out ,
- blotted out ,
- blotting out ,
- blur ,
- camouflage ,
- cloud ,
- cover up ,
- covered up ,
- covering up ,
- covers up ,
- curtained ,
- darken ,
- deaden ,
- decolorize ,
- decolorized ,
- decolorizing ,
- detract from ,
- die away ,
- die down ,
- die on vine ,
- die out ,
- died down ,
- died out ,
- dies down ,
- downed ,
- downing ,
- draw close ,
- draw to a close ,
- draw to close ,
- drawing close ,
- draws close ,
- dulls ,
- dwarf ,
- dying down ,
- ease off ,
- easing off ,
- eclipse ,
- enshrouded ,
- etherize ,
- exhaust ,
- fade ,
- fade away ,
- fade out ,
- fades away ,
- fading away ,
- fading out ,
- fag out ,
- fagged out ,
- fall short ,
- falling short ,
- fog ,
- gassing ,
- go out ,
- go white ,
- goes out ,
- grimed ,
- griming ,
- grow dim ,
- grow dull ,
- grows dim ,
- kos ,
- leave in the shade ,
- look down upon ,
- lose brightness ,
- lose color ,
- lose luster ,
- lose shine ,
- make hazy ,
- make indistinct ,
- make small ,
- make vague ,
- mantled ,
- melt away ,
- micrify ,
- minify ,
- mist ,
- mizzle ,
- mizzles ,
- muddies ,
- obfuscate ,
- out weigh ,
- outed ,
- over weigh ,
- overcloud ,
- overclouding ,
- overclouds ,
- overshadow ,
- overweighing ,
- peter out ,
- petering out ,
- predominates ,
- put out of order ,
- put to sleep ,
- put up a front ,
- puts to sleep ,
- putting to sleep ,
- quieten ,
- quietened ,
- rise above ,
- rising above ,
- shade ,
- shadow ,
- shadowed ,
- shrouding ,
- slack off ,
- slacking off ,
- steal spotlight ,
- steam up ,
- steamed up ,
- steaming up ,
- stop shining ,
- stunting ,
- take precedence ,
- taper off ,
- tapers ,
- tapers off ,
- tar ,
- tarnish ,
- tarnishes ,
- throw on makeup ,
- tire ,
- tower over ,
- towering above ,
- towering over ,
- towers over ,
- tucker out ,
- tuckered out ,
- veil ,
- wane ,
- waning ,
- wash out ,
- washes out ,
- washing out ,
- waste away ,
- wasted away ,
- wasting away ,
- wind down ,
- winding down .
- GRAYS ,
- Hazed ,
- Hazing ,
- cloud over ,
- cloud up ,
- clouded over ,
- clouding up ,
- grayed ,
- graying ,
- make dim ,
- murked ,
- murking .
- Fuliginous ,
- Fumy ,
- Gossamery ,
- Nubilous ,
- Shrouded ,
- Thick-headed ,
- Vapory ,
- Waterish ,
- YOYO ,
- adusk ,
- aery ,
- bilious ,
- birdbrained ,
- blah ,
- blearer ,
- bleary ,
- blind ,
- broken down ,
- ceiling zero ,
- closed in ,
- cloudy ,
- corpselike ,
- dark ,
- dark-complexioned ,
- darkish ,
- depressive ,
- dewier ,
- dewiest ,
- dewy ,
- dingy ,
- dismal ,
- doughier ,
- doughy ,
- down in mouth ,
- dull ,
- dumdum ,
- dusky ,
- faded ,
- faint ,
- far off ,
- filmy ,
- fogged in ,
- foggy ,
- forceless ,
- garden variety ,
- ghastly ,
- ghostlike ,
- gorked ,
- halfwitted ,
- ho-hum ,
- hohum ,
- humdrum ,
- ill-defined ,
- in the pits ,
- inconspicuous ,
- indistinct ,
- intangible ,
- laid back ,
- lamebrained ,
- membranous ,
- mentally defective ,
- muffled ,
- murky ,
- no nonsense ,
- non-transparent ,
- nontranslucent ,
- not clear ,
- numbskull ,
- obscure ,
- out of earshot ,
- out of focus ,
- out of spirits ,
- overclouded ,
- pea-soupy ,
- pedestrian ,
- retardo ,
- roiled ,
- roily ,
- shadowy ,
- slow ,
- smazy ,
- smoggy ,
- socked in ,
- soft ,
- sombre ,
- stodgy ,
- stupid ,
- subdued ,
- tenebrous ,
- thick-witted ,
- toneless ,
- twilit ,
- umbrageous ,
- umbral ,
- undefined ,
- underachieving ,
- unilluminated ,
- unvaried ,
- vague ,
- washed out ,
- weak ,
- white bread ,
- white-bread ,
- whitish ,
- wraithlike ,
- yo-yo ,
- zero-zero .
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How to use "Dim" in context?
The word "dim" can be used to describe the appearance of something that is not very clear or bright. Dim light can make it difficult to see, and dim objects can be hard to focus on. Dimness can also be a sign of something being lower in brightness or power.
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
Dimming.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
dimmer.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Adjective
blurred, blurry, dire, dismal, dull, faint, fuzzy, grim, murky, slim, tenuous, vague, Mitigating, blacked-out.
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Proper noun, singular
dimensional, dimensions.
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Noun, singular or mass
attenuation, mitigation.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
dark, dimensional, gloomy.
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Noun, singular or mass
dark.
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Verb, base form
alleviate.
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Adjective
Homophones for Dim:
- down, deem, dime, dam, dm, domine, duenna, dine in, done, danu, dietitian, denim, domain, den, doyenne, demean, dean, dummy, dioon, diamine, dayton, demo, duodenum, damon, datum, dominion, dominee, donna, deweyan, dama, Duomo, dead-on, donne, dana, danaea, dun, domino, daytime, dane, damn, demon, deny, dame, do in, dune, diam, Dona, didion, dome, donnean, daemon, dine, dittany, dionaea, diadem, din, Dodonaea, downy, die down, diodon, diatom, doom, diwan, downy haw, doyen, dna, dayan, dynamo, detain, dyne, dodoma, domain name, Dahna, dawn, don, diana, danau, daimon, dudeen, deaden, donee, donnian, dominie, detainee, dahomey.
Hyponym for Dim:
v.
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perception
change intensity.
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perception
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