DENT: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DENT?

Need another word that means the same as “dent”? Find 41 synonyms and 30 related words for “dent” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Dent” are: incision, prick, scratch, slit, ding, gouge, nick, indentation, dint, dimple, dip, depression, hollow, crater, pit, trough, reduction, depletion, deduction, cut, hole, indent, make a dent in, make an indentation in, mark, diminish, reduce, lessen, shrink, weaken, erode, undermine, sap, shake, break, crush, cripple, destroy, damage, impair

Dent as a Noun

Definitions of "Dent" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “dent” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A depression scratched or carved into a surface.
• A slight hollow in a hard even surface made by a blow or pressure.
• A reduction in amount or size.
• An appreciable consequence (especially a lessening.
• An impression in a surface (as made by a blow.

Synonyms of "Dent" as a noun (21 Words)

crater	A bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb. Ganymede the largest moon in the solar system has relatively few impact craters.
cut	A piece of meat cut from a carcass. The mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget.
deduction	An amount or percentage deducted. Tax deductions.
depletion	The state of being depleted. The depletion of the ozone layer.
depression	A state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention. Depression of the plunger delivers two units of insulin.
dimple	A chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners are still attached. There are approximately 336 dimples on a golf ball.
ding	An impression in a surface (as made by a blow.
dint	A dent or hollow in a surface. I perceive you feel the dint of pity.
dip	A thick sauce in which pieces of food are dipped before eating. There was a dip in the road.
gouge	A chisel with a concave blade, used in carpentry, sculpture, and surgery.
hole	An opening into or through something. He played 18 holes.
hollow	A depression hollowed out of solid matter. He built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians.
incision	A mark or decoration cut into a surface. The method is associated with less blood loss during incision.
indentation	The action of indenting or the state of being indented. Paragraphs are marked off by indentation.
nick	A small cut or notch. He was being fingerprinted in the nick.
pit	A person s armpit. He had a flat tyre when he came into the pits.
reduction	The act of reducing complexity. There had been a reduction in the number of casualties.
scratch	A technique used especially in rap music of stopping a record by hand and moving it back and forwards to give a rhythmic scratching effect. He gave his scalp a good scratch.
slit	Obscene terms for female genitals. Arrow slits.
trough	A long narrow shallow receptacle. Seasonal peaks and troughs in the demand for goods and services.

Usage Examples of "Dent" as a noun

• There was a hideous dent in the front passenger door.
• It made a dent in my bank account.
• He has barely made a dent in the poverty rate.

Dent as a Verb

Definitions of "Dent" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “dent” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Have an adverse effect on; diminish.
• Mark with a dent.
• Make a depression into.

Synonyms of "Dent" as a verb (20 Words)

break	Break a piece from a whole. I was acting as referee and telling them to break.
crush	Crush or bruise. Crush an aluminum can.
damage	Inflict damage upon. These fine china cups damage easily.
destroy	Destroy completely damage irreparably. The room had been destroyed by fire.
diminish	Make or become less. The trial has aged and diminished him.
dint	Mark (a surface) with dents or hollows. The metal was dull and dinted.
erode	(of a disease) gradually destroy (bodily tissue. Rain eroded the terraces.
impair	Make worse or less effective. A noisy job could permanently impair their hearing.
indent	Bind by or as if by indentures as of an apprentice or servant. We were indenting for paper clips one by one in those days.
lessen	Make smaller. The warmth of the afternoon lessened.
make a dent in	Calculate as being.
make an indentation in	Achieve a point or goal.
mark	Make or leave a mark on. The examiner may have hundreds of scripts to mark.
reduce	Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements. Reduce one s standard of living.
sap	Excavate the earth beneath. Her illness had sapped her of energy and life.
shake	Shake a body part to communicate a greeting feeling or cognitive state. Shake one s head.
shrink	Draw back, as with fear or pain. Hot water will shrink the sweater.
undermine	Lessen the effectiveness, power, or ability of, especially gradually or insidiously. This could undermine years of hard work.
weaken	Lessen the strength of. Fault lines had weakened and shattered the rocks.

Usage Examples of "Dent" as a verb

• This neither deterred him nor dented his enthusiasm.
• The bicycle dented my car.
• He hit a concrete bollard, denting the wing.

Associations of "Dent" (30 Words)

abyss	A catastrophic situation seen as likely to occur. The abyss between the two nations.
aperture	A space through which light passes in an optical or photographic instrument, especially the variable opening by which light enters a camera. The bell ropes passed through apertures in the ceiling.
balloon	Ride in a hot air balloon. I ate out of boredom and I just ballooned up.
chip	Form by chipping. Granite chips.
cut	The way or style in which something especially a garment or someone s hair is cut. Cut to a dentist s surgery.
deep	A deep part of the sea. Deep in enemy territory.
deflate	Become deflated or flaccid as by losing air. His response deflated me.
dint	Mark (a surface) with dents or hollows. The metal was dull and dinted.
engrave	Cut or carve a text or design on (a hard object. Engraved the trophy cup with the winner s name.
furrow	Cut a furrow into a columns. Fields of ridge and furrow.
gouge	Obtain money by swindling or extortion. The channel had been gouged out by the ebbing water.
groove	A long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process such as erosion or by a tool as e g a groove in a phonograph record. Her vocals drift delicately across a soaring soul groove.
hole	Hit the ball into a hole. George holed a six iron shot from the fairway.
jail	Put someone in jail. The driver was jailed for two years.
nick	Make a nick or nicks in. A small nick on his wrist.
opening	The act of opening something. The play s opening scene.
pit	Remove the pits from. You ll get the chance to pit your wits against the world champions.
prison	A prisonlike situation a place of seeming confinement. Both men were sent to prison.
puncture	Make a puncture in something. Puncture an air balloon.
rift	A major fault separating blocks of the earth s surface a rift valley. The rift between the two branches of the legal profession.
rupture	An instance of breaking or bursting suddenly and completely. One of the boys was ruptured and needed to be fitted with a truss.
scar	Form or be marked with a scar. Such lung scarring is associated with cigarette smoking.
shrink	Decrease in size, range, or extent. Can you shrink this image.
sinkhole	A depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof.
slit	Form one s eyes into slits squint. Slitted eyes.
therein	(formal) in or into that thing or place. They can read therein what our plans are.
thrash	Give a thrashing to beat hard. The wind screeched and the mast thrashed the deck.
tire	Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress. The journey had tired her.
trace	Discover traces of. Trace quantities of PCBs.
wide	A ball that is judged to be too wide of the stumps for the batsman to play for which an extra is awarded to the batting side. The government s desire for wider share ownership.