The Clue
None too brainy (5 letter answer)
The Answer
DENSE
Tags
Notes
The answer DENSE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 120 puzzles.
Related Clues
Chuckleheaded
Compact
Crowded
Doltish
Obtuse
Opaque
Packed
Populous
Stupid
Thick
Thickheaded
Unintelligent
Closely packed
Slow on the uptake
Slow-witted
Thick-headed
Thickly packed
Thickly populated
Like a black hole
Like Jupiter's atmosphere
None too bright
None too swift
Not getting it
Not very sharp
Like a neutron star
Packed with ideas, as an essay
Not the brightest bulb on the tree
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"