The Clue
Not as bright (6 letter answer)
The Answer
DENSER
Tags
Notes
The answer DENSER is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 650 puzzles.
Related Clues
Less astute
Less clear
More compact
More crowded
More impenetrable
More obtuse
More opaque
Harder to follow, as prose
Not so smart
Not so sparse
Slower to pick up
Grasping things more slowly
Not so sharp-witted
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"