Hollow

/ˈhɒl.əʊ/

Synonyms for "hollow" (391 found)

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Closest matches (79)

Noun(8 words)

holebe voidcatalan buitcavernous cavities cavity chuckhole concavities

absurd abysm abyss affected alveolation alveolus antrum apertureapparently soundarid armpit artificial bare baritone barren basin bass blah bland blank

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Adjective(1 words)

black void

Verb(1 words)

core out

Strong matches (117)

dead deceitful deceptive deep deep-echoing deep-pitched deep-toned deepmouthed dell delve dent dented depressed depression depth devoiddig outdig updip disclosure

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dish dish-shaped dished dishing dishlike dishonest disingenuous dismal draggy drearisome dreary dredge dry dryasdust dull dusty effete elephantine emptyempty headedempty-headed empty-minded empty-pated empty-skulledenclosed spaceetiolated excavate excavation fade fallacious false famished fatuitous fatuous featureless feigned fenestra fistula flat flatulent fold follicle fontanel foramen fraudulent fruitlessfunnel chestfunnel shapedfunnel-breasted funnel-chested funnel-shaped furrow futile gap gape gat glen gouge grave gulf heavy hiatusho humho-hum hold hole

Noun(21 words)

dells dents depressions deteriorate dimple dimples dingle divot divots drain dugout dull echoing emptyempty lotempty topicserode excavate fossa glen

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goldbricking

Verb(3 words)

dig excavate gouged

Adjective(7 words)

emptiest emptyempty apologyempty fileempty shelfempty troughempty void

Related words (195)

Noun(31 words)

holler hollers holloway hollowing hollows hondo howe insincereitalian vuotolome maleseet meaninglessmore voidmortice muffled pits pitt pock rathole sockets

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spanish deprimirvacantvacuum spacevacío totalvalley veneering voidvoid a checkvoid a contractvoid spacewither

hollow outhollow shellhollowed hungry hypocritical idle illusive impression inane incurve incurved incurving incurvous indentation indented ineffective inexcitable infundibular infundibuliform inlet

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insincere insipid interval jejune jesuitic jesuitical lacuna lairlaying openleaden leak lifeless lowlow spiritedlow-pitched low-spirited manger mealymouthed meaningless mendacious muffled navicular naviform niche nugatory nullnull and voidopeningopening uporifice otiose outlet overrefined oversubtle pale pallid passageway pedestrian pew philosophistic pit plausible plodding pocket pointless poky ponderous pore profitlesspunch bowlrattlebrained rattleheaded ravenous recess retire retiring retreat retreating reverberant sagsaucer shapedsaucer-shaped scaphoid scatterbrained scoop scyphate senseless sepulchral shaft sham shell sink sinkage sinkhole sinus slot slow socket solemn sophistic sophistical space specious spiritless split spoonlike spurious stall starved sterile stiff stodgy stoma stuffy sunk sunken superficial tasteless tediousthrowing opentonelesstongue in cheektrifling trough unavailing uncandid uncorking unfilled unfrank unlively unprofitable unrelieved unserious unstopping vacant vacuity vacuous vain valley valueless vapid vault void vug well whitewith nothing insidewithout contentwooden worthless yawnyawning abyss

Verb(2 words)

hollow outscooped

Adjective(10 words)

hollowest insubstantialinsubstantial claimsepulchral tonevacuous valleylikevast voidvoid checkvoid consentvoid warranty policy

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

25 entries

alterationauditory attributecavity degradation depressionemotional qualityemptyenclosed spacegeographic featurelandformnatural depressionopeningphysical propertypull removeshape attribute

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More specific

12 entries

chamber gulch holehollow apologyhollow loghollow promisehollow ringhollow tonehollow tubetermite damagevalleywood hollowing

Collocations

11 entries

hollow cavityhollow corehollow loghollow promisehollow shellhollow soundhollow spacehollow treehollow tubehollow vesselnatural hollow

Inflections

5 entries

hollowed hollower hollowest hollowing hollows

Derivations

5 entries

hollowed hollowing hollowish hollowly hollowness

Antonyms

1 entries

solid

similar

19 entries

cannular cavernous deep-set empty fistular fistulate fistulous insubstantial meaningless nonmeaningful recessed reverberant sunken tube-shaped tubelike tubular

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Sample sentences

28 total sentences available.

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My life is hollow without him.

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Rain formed pools in the hollow spaces on the rocks.

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This melon sounds hollow. Maybe that's why it was so cheap.

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The fox hid in the hollow tree.

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