Shallow

/ˈʃæl.oʊ/

Synonyms for "shallow" (160 found)

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Closest matches (32)

airy amateur amateurishankle deepankle-deep asinine bank bar birdbrained birdwitted catchpennycoral reefcursory dabbling depthless dilettante dilettantish empty epidermal facile

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fatuous featherbrained fewfill infill upflashy flat flatulent

Adjective(4 words)

cursory duncish facilefeeble attempt

Strong matches (48)

flighty flimsy flippant fluffy foolish footling ford fribble fribbling frivolous frothy futilehalf assedhalf bakedhalf cockedhalf-assed half-baked half-cocked idle immature

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inane inconsequential inconsiderable indiscriminate insignificant jejuneknee deepknee-deep light little low meager miniature negligibleno great shakesnot deepnugacious nugatoryon the surfaceotiose outward petty

Noun(4 words)

gimcrack goldbrick lamerless thorough

Adjective(2 words)

insubstantial papery

Related words (80)

picayune picayunish puerile reef sandbank sandbar sciolistic shallow-headed shallow-minded shallow-pated shallow-rooted shallow-witted shallows shelf shoalshoal watershoals short sillysilt up

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Adjective(20 words)

shallow brookletshallow personshallow pond communityshallower shallowest shoaly superficialsuperficial analysissurface layersurface scratchsurface-levelsurface-level detailssurfacial tissuesurficialthin coatthoughtless tinniertoyish looktwo dimensional imagewatery sauce

Noun(10 words)

shallow watersshoalsuperficial appearancesurface claimsurface levelsurface level decodingsurface level organizersurface level understandingsurface scratchingtwo dimensional shape

Verb(2 words)

shoal shoaled

Adjective(1 words)

superficial

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

9 entries

alterbody of waterchange depthdepth of thoughtdimensionintellectual depthmodify water

More specific

4 entries

cursory analysisshallow poolshallow watersuperficial explanation

Collocations

6 entries

shallow analysisshallow breathingshallow endshallow poolshallow thinkingshallow water

Inflections

2 entries

shallower shallowest

Derivations

2 entries

shallowly shallowness

Antonyms

1 entries

deep

similar

11 entries

ankle-deep fordable knee-deep light neritic reefy shelfy shelvy shoaly superficial wakeful

Sample sentences

33 total sentences available.

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I don't like his shallow personality.

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The pond is too shallow for swimming.

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This river becomes shallow at that point.

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The curriculum of this school is wide and shallow.

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