Shallow

//ˈʃæl.oʊ//

Synonyms for "shallow" (126 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (26)

Strong matches (37)

Related words (63)

miniature negligible neritic no great shakes not deep nugacious nugatory on the surface otiose outward petty picayune picayunish puerile reef sandbank sandbar sciolistic shallow-headed shallow-minded

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Noun(1 words)

shoal

Verb(1 words)

shoal

Adjective(2 words)

skin-deep superficial

Related word relations

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

12 relation types

More general

6 entries

alter body of water change modify short water

More specific

3 entries

ankle-deep knee-deep skin-deep

Antonyms

2 entries

deep

Synonyms

1 entries

shoal

Related terms

3 entries

sandbank sandbar shoal

derived

24 entries

Shallow Bay Shallow Water Shallowater broad and shallow given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow nonshallow shallow brooks are noisy shallow copy shallow cove shallow embedding shallow end shallow fellow shallow-copy shallow-fried shallow-fry shallow-hearted

Showing 16 of 24 words.

distinct from

1 entries

deep

etymologically related_to

1 entries

shoal

has context

1 entries

tennis

manner of

1 entries

change

related to

9 entries

deep depth rudd sandbank sandbar shoal substance superficial water

similar

17 entries

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

Showing 16 of 17 words.

Translations

293 translations across 86 languages.

Albanian

2 entries

cekët adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
cekëtinë noun (shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

βροχθώδης adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
τέναγος noun (shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water)

Arabic

1 entries

ضَحِل adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Armenian

2 entries

ծանծաղ adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
ծանծաղ adj (extending not far downward)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

yastı adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Bashkir

2 entries

һай adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
һай adj (extending not far downward)

Basque

1 entries

azaleko adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Belarusian

4 entries

ме́лкі adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
неглыбо́кі adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
паве́рхневы adj (concerned mainly with superficial matters)
павярхо́ўны adj (concerned mainly with superficial matters)

Bikol Central

1 entries

hababaw adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Bulgarian

4 entries

незадълбочен adj (not intellectually deep; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing)
пли́тък adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
плитък adj (extending not far downward)
повърхностен adj (concerned mainly with superficial matters)

Burmese

1 entries

တိမ် adj (extending not far downward)

Catalan

4 entries

pla adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
poc profund adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
superficial adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
superficial adj (extending not far downward)

Cebuano

1 entries

mabaw adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

淺 /浅 adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
淺 /浅 adj (extending not far downward)
淺薄 /浅薄 adj (concerned mainly with superficial matters)
膚淺 /肤浅 adj (concerned mainly with superficial matters)

Church Slavic

1 entries

мѣлъкъ adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Chuvash

1 entries

вак adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Cornish

2 entries

bas adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
bas adj (extending not far downward)

Czech

4 entries

mělký adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
mělký adj (extending not far downward)
povrchní adj (concerned mainly with superficial matters)
povrchní adj (lacking interest or substance)

Danish

4 entries

flad adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
fladvandet adj (extending not far downward)
grund adj (extending not far downward)
grundet adj (extending not far downward)

Dutch

4 entries

laag adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
ondiep adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
ondiep adj (extending not far downward)
oppervlakkig adj (concerned mainly with superficial matters)

Eastern Mari

3 entries

изи adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
куакш adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
таляка adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Esperanto

2 entries

malprofunda adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
supraĵa adj (concerned mainly with superficial matters)

Even

1 entries

арбукун adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Evenki

1 entries

арба adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Finnish

4 entries

laakea adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
matala adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
matala adj (extending not far downward)
pinnallinen adj (concerned mainly with superficial matters)

French

4 entries

improfond adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
peu profond adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
peu profond adj (extending not far downward)
superficiel adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Galician

1 entries

superficial adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Georgian

4 entries

ზედაპირული adj (concerned mainly with superficial matters)
ზედაპირული adj (lacking interest or substance)
მარჩხობი adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
წვრილმანი adj (concerned mainly with superficial matters)

German

4 entries

flach adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
oberflächlich adj (concerned mainly with superficial matters)
oberflächlich adj (lacking interest or substance)
seicht adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Greek

4 entries

ρηχός adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
ρηχός adj (extending not far downward)
ρηχός adj (concerned mainly with superficial matters)
ρηχός adj (lacking interest or substance)

Hanunoo

1 entries

ababaw adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Hebrew

1 entries

רְדֵדָה noun (shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water)

Hindi

4 entries

उथला adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
छिछला adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
सतही adj (extending not far downward)
सतही adj (concerned mainly with superficial matters)

Hungarian

4 entries

felszínes adj (lacking interest or substance)
felületes adj (lacking interest or substance)
lapos adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
sekély adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Indonesian

2 entries

dangkal adj (extending not far downward)
dangkalan noun (shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water)

Ingrian

1 entries

matala adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Interlingua

1 entries

pauco profunde adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Irish

4 entries

tanaí adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
tanaí adj (extending not far downward)
éadomhain adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
éadomhain adj (extending not far downward)

Italian

4 entries

poco profondo adj (extending not far downward)
superficiale adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
superficiale adj (concerned mainly with superficial matters)
superficiale adj (lacking interest or substance)

Japanese

3 entries

浅い adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
浅い adj (concerned mainly with superficial matters)
川瀬 noun (shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water)

Komi-Zyrian

2 entries

лажмыдик adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
ляпкыдін adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Korean

2 entries

얕다 adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
여울 noun (shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water)

Kumyk

2 entries

сай adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
сай noun (shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

тайыз adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
саяң noun (shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water)

Latgalian

1 entries

seklys adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Latin

2 entries

vadōsus adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
vadum noun (shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water)

Latvian

2 entries

sekls adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
sekls adj (extending not far downward)

Lithuanian

1 entries

seklus adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Macedonian

4 entries

плиток adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
плиток adj (extending not far downward)
површен adj (concerned mainly with superficial matters)
површен adj (lacking interest or substance)

Manchu

1 entries

ᠮᡳᠴᡳᡥᡳᠶᠠᠨ adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Mansaka

1 entries

mababaw adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Manx

2 entries

aaghowin adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
aaghowin adj (extending not far downward)

Maranao

1 entries

mababaw adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Māori

4 entries

kirimoko adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
koraha adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
kōranga adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
mōhio ngutu adj (not intellectually deep; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing)

Nanai

1 entries

харба adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

flat adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
grunn adj (extending not far downward)
lav adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
låg grunn adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries

flat adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
grunn adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
grunn adj (extending not far downward)
låg adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Occitan

1 entries

superficial adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Old English

2 entries

undēop adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
undēop adj (concerned mainly with superficial matters)

Persian

3 entries

تخت adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
تنک adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
چاله adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Plautdietsch

2 entries

flak adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
flak adj (extending not far downward)

Polish

4 entries

miałki adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
miałki adj (concerned mainly with superficial matters)
niegłęboki adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
powierzchowny adj (concerned mainly with superficial matters)

Portuguese

4 entries

desinteressante adj (lacking interest or substance)
raso adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
superficial adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
superficial adj (extending not far downward)

Quechua

1 entries

ch'aqcha adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Romanian

2 entries

plat adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
puțin adânc adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Russian

4 entries

ме́лкий adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
ме́лкий adj (extending not far downward)
ме́лкий adj (concerned mainly with superficial matters)
неглубо́кий adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

eu-domhainn adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
eu-domhainn adj (extending not far downward)
eu-domhainn adj (concerned mainly with superficial matters)
eu-domhainn adj (lacking interest or substance)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

plítak adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
пли́так adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Slovak

1 entries

plytký adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Slovene

1 entries

plitev adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Southern Altai

4 entries

сай adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
тайыс adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
сай noun (shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water)
тайыс noun (shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water)

Spanish

4 entries

no hondo adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
no hondo adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
no hondo adj (extending not far downward)
no profundo adj (extending not far downward)

Swedish

4 entries

grund adj (extending not far downward)
ytlig adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
ytlig adj (extending not far downward)
ytlig adj (concerned mainly with superficial matters)

Tagalog

1 entries

mababaw adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Thai

3 entries

ตื้น adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
ตื้น adj (extending not far downward)
ตื้น adj (concerned mainly with superficial matters)

Tocharian B

1 entries

tparṣke adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Turkish

3 entries

sığ adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
sığ adj (extending not far downward)
sığ adj (concerned mainly with superficial matters)

Turkmen

2 entries

tekiz adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
ýasy adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Udmurt

2 entries

куаси adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
лазег adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Ukrainian

4 entries

зо́внішній adj (concerned mainly with superficial matters)
мілки́й adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
мілки́й adj (extending not far downward)
неглибо́кий adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Veps

2 entries

madal adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
madal adj (extending not far downward)

Vietnamese

2 entries

cạn adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
nông adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Welsh

2 entries

bas adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
bas adj (extending not far downward)

Western Bukidnon Manobo

1 entries

mevavew adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Western Mari

1 entries

коаш adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)

Zazaki

4 entries

qam (diq) adj (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide)
qam (diq) adj (extending not far downward)
çelqam adj (concerned mainly with superficial matters)
qam (diq) noun (shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water)

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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