Stupid (5 letters)

{ Answer }

DENSE

{ Related Clues }

Blockish
Compact
Concentrated
Crowded
Foggy
Obtuse
Thick
Thickheaded
Closely packed
Like dunderheads
Packed tight
Slow-witted
Thick-headed
Tightly packed
Not at all sharp
Not very sharp

{ Tags }

compact, crowded, dense, doltish, headed, impenetrable, like, none, not, obtuse, packed, sharp, slow, stupid, swift, thick, thickheaded, thickly, too, uptake, witted

{ Notes }

The answer DENSE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 110 puzzles.

{ Definition }

DENSE as an adjective:

1. (dense, heavy, impenetrable) = permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"

2. (compact, dense, thick) = having component parts closely crowded together; "a compact shopping center"; "a dense population"; "thick crowds"; "a thick forest"; "thick hair"

3. (dense, thick) = hard to pass through because of dense growth; "dense vegetation"; "thick woods"

4. having high relative density or specific gravity; "dense as lead"

5. (dense, 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"