Hollow

//ˈhɒl.əʊ//

Synonyms for "hollow" (325 found)

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Closest matches (65)

Strong matches (98)

Verb(3 words)
core outdigexcavate
Adjective(1 words)
empty
Adjective(1 words)
empty

Related words (162)

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Noun(3 words)
holehollerhollowing
Verb(1 words)
hollow out
Adjective(1 words)
vacuous

Related word relations

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11 relation types

More general

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Antonyms

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Synonyms

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derived

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etymologically related_to

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form of

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has context

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is a

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manner of

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related to

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similar

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Translations

273 translations across 67 languages.

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Afar

1 entries
  • hollow noun (feeling of emptiness)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • κοῖλος adj (having an empty space inside)
  • λάκκος noun (small valley)

Arabic

1 entries
  • أَجْوَف adj (having an empty space inside)

Bashkir

3 entries
  • эсе буш adj (having an empty space inside)
  • ҡыуыш adj (having an empty space inside)
  • ҡыуыш noun (unfilled space in something solid; a cavity — see also cavity, hole)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • по́лы adj (having an empty space inside)
  • пусты́ adj (having an empty space inside)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • безсъдържателен adj (without substance)
  • кух adj (having an empty space inside)
  • празен adj (without substance)
  • вдлъбнатина noun (sunken area)

Catalan

2 entries
  • balmat adj (having an empty space inside)
  • buit adj (having an empty space inside)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • بۆش adj (having an empty space inside)
  • ھڵۆڵ adj (having an empty space inside)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 中空 adj (having an empty space inside)
  • 空 adj (having an empty space inside)
  • 空心 adj (having an empty space inside)
  • 空虛 /空虚 adj (without substance)

Cornish

1 entries
  • kow adj (having an empty space inside)

Czech

4 entries
  • bezobsažný adj (without substance)
  • dutý adj (having an empty space inside)
  • nesmyslný adj (without substance)
  • prázdný adj (without substance)

Danish

4 entries
  • dyb adj (echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space)
  • hul adj (having an empty space inside)
  • hul adj (without substance)
  • gryden noun (small valley)

Dutch

3 entries
  • hol adj (having an empty space inside)
  • leeg adj (without substance)
  • laagte noun (sunken area)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • kava adj (having an empty space inside)

Estonian

1 entries
  • õõnes adj (having an empty space inside)

Finnish

4 entries
  • ontto adj (having an empty space inside)
  • ontto adj (echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space)
  • ontto adj (without substance)
  • kuoppa noun (sunken area)

French

4 entries
  • creux adj (having an empty space inside)
  • creux adj (without substance)
  • insignifiant adj (without substance)
  • vide adj (having an empty space inside)

Galician

4 entries
  • buxán adj (having an empty space inside)
  • foco adj (having an empty space inside)
  • oco adj (having an empty space inside)
  • van adj (having an empty space inside)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ცარიელი adj (having an empty space inside)
  • ღრუ noun (sunken area)

German

4 entries
  • hohl adj (having an empty space inside)
  • Höhle noun (sunken area)
  • Kuhle noun (sunken area)
  • Loch noun (unfilled space in something solid; a cavity — see also cavity, hole)

Greek

4 entries
  • κοίλος adj (having an empty space inside)
  • κούφιος adj (having an empty space inside)
  • κούφιος adj (without substance)
  • υπόκωφος adj (echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • kre adj (having an empty space inside)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • חָלוּל adj (having an empty space inside)
  • רֵיק adj (having an empty space inside)

Hindi

4 entries
  • खोखला adj (having an empty space inside)
  • खालीपन noun (feeling of emptiness)
  • गड्ढा noun (sunken area)
  • छेद noun (unfilled space in something solid; a cavity — see also cavity, hole)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • odú noun (unfilled space in something solid; a cavity — see also cavity, hole)

Irish

3 entries
  • cuas noun (unfilled space in something solid; a cavity — see also cavity, hole)
  • cuasán noun (unfilled space in something solid; a cavity — see also cavity, hole)
  • easca noun (sunken area)

Italian

3 entries
  • cavo adj (having an empty space inside)
  • vacuo adj (without substance)
  • cavità noun (sunken area)

Japanese

4 entries
  • くぼんだ adj (having an empty space inside)
  • こもった adj (echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space)
  • 不誠実な adj (without substance)
  • 中空の adj (having an empty space inside)

Kumyk

1 entries
  • оюкъ noun (sunken area)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • оюк noun (sunken area)

Latgalian

2 entries
  • dīks adj (having an empty space inside)
  • tukšs adj (having an empty space inside)

Latin

4 entries
  • cassus adj (having an empty space inside)
  • cavus adj (having an empty space inside)
  • inanis adj (having an empty space inside)
  • vacuus adj (having an empty space inside)

Latvian

2 entries
  • tukšs adj (having an empty space inside)
  • dobums noun (sunken area)

Lithuanian

4 entries
  • tuščias adj (having an empty space inside)
  • tuščiaviduris adj (having an empty space inside)
  • dauba noun (sunken area)
  • duobė noun (sunken area)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • huel adj (having an empty space inside)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • шуплив adj (having an empty space inside)

Malayalam

3 entries
  • പൊള്ള adj (having an empty space inside)
  • പൊള്ളയായ adj (having an empty space inside)
  • പൊള്ളയായ adj (without substance)

Mapudungun

1 entries
  • trotrol adj (having an empty space inside)

Marathi

1 entries
  • पोकळ adj (having an empty space inside)

Māori

4 entries
  • kaiwaka adj (having an empty space inside)
  • pokorua noun (sunken area)
  • pārō noun (sunken area)
  • whārua noun (sunken area)

Nanai

1 entries
  • онголо noun (unfilled space in something solid; a cavity — see also cavity, hole)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • dyp adj (echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space)
  • hol adj (having an empty space inside)
  • hul adj (having an empty space inside)
  • hul adj (echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • djup adj (echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space)
  • hol adj (having an empty space inside)
  • hol adj (echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space)
  • hol adj (without substance)

Old Norse

1 entries
  • dalr noun (small valley)

Persian

4 entries
  • توخالی adj (having an empty space inside)
  • ونگ adj (having an empty space inside)
  • پوک adj (having an empty space inside)
  • کاواک adj (having an empty space inside)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • Hollinj noun (sunken area)
  • Hollinj noun (unfilled space in something solid; a cavity — see also cavity, hole)

Polish

4 entries
  • głuchy adj (echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space)
  • pusty adj (having an empty space inside)
  • pusty adj (without substance)
  • niecka noun (sunken area)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • oco adj (having an empty space inside)
  • vazio adj (having an empty space inside)
  • vão adj (without substance)
  • caivanca noun (sunken area)

Punjabi

2 entries
  • ਖੋਖਲਾ adj (having an empty space inside)
  • ਥੋਥਾ adj (having an empty space inside)

Romanian

4 entries
  • gol adj (having an empty space inside)
  • găunos adj (having an empty space inside)
  • adâncitură noun (sunken area)
  • gol noun (feeling of emptiness)

Russian

4 entries
  • бессодержа́тельный adj (without substance)
  • глухо́й adj (echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space)
  • по́лый adj (having an empty space inside)
  • поро́жний adj (having an empty space inside)

Sanskrit

4 entries
  • रिक्त adj (having an empty space inside)
  • शून्य adj (having an empty space inside)
  • शून्यमध्य adj (having an empty space inside)
  • सुषिर adj (having an empty space inside)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • falamh adj (having an empty space inside)
  • falamh adj (echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space)
  • falamh adj (without substance)
  • sloc noun (sunken area)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • ойык noun (sunken area)

Spanish

4 entries
  • ahuecado adj (having an empty space inside)
  • falso adj (without substance)
  • hueco adj (having an empty space inside)
  • hueco adj (without substance)

Swedish

4 entries
  • ihålig adj (having an empty space inside)
  • tom adj (without substance)
  • dalsänka noun (small valley)
  • grop noun (small valley)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • bamban adj (having an empty space inside)

Telugu

4 entries
  • డొల్ల adj (having an empty space inside)
  • డొల్ల adj (without substance)
  • బోలు adj (having an empty space inside)
  • శుష్క adj (without substance)

Thai

1 entries
  • กลวง adj (having an empty space inside)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • tronktse adj (having an empty space inside)

Turkish

4 entries
  • boş adj (without substance)
  • delikli adj (having an empty space inside)
  • oyuk adj (having an empty space inside)
  • oyuklu adj (having an empty space inside)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • беззмістовний adj (without substance)
  • лунки́й adj (echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space)
  • поро́жній adj (having an empty space inside)
  • празний adj (without substance)

Urdu

1 entries
  • کھوکھلا adj (having an empty space inside)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • rỗng adj (having an empty space inside)

Volapük

1 entries
  • kevöfik adj (having an empty space inside)

Welsh

3 entries
  • cau adj (having an empty space inside)
  • pant noun (small valley)
  • pant noun (sunken area)

Yiddish

4 entries
  • הויל adj (having an empty space inside)
  • ליידיק adj (having an empty space inside)
  • פּוסט adj (having an empty space inside)
  • פּוסט adj (without substance)

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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