Synonyms for Shallowness

Synonyms for "shallowness" (108 found)

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Closest matches (22)

Strong matches (32)

flippancy fluffiness foolishness foreignness frivolity frivolousness frothiness futility giddiness glimmering glimpse gloss half-learning heedlessness idlenessimperfect knowledgeinadvertence inadvertency inanity inattention

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inattentiveness inconsideration incuriosity indifference inobservancelack of depthlevity lightmindedness lightness manner mienmuch ado about nothing

Related words (54)

negligence nonobservance nugacity obliviousness openness outernessoutward appearanceoutwardness pinprick regardlessness rind sciolism scratch seeming semi-learning shallow-wittedness silliness skin slendernessslight knowledge

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slightness smatteringsmattering of ignorancesmattering of knowledgesuperficiality surface surface-scratchingtempest in a teapotthinness thoughtlessness triflingness triteness triviality trivialness unalertness unawareness unconsciousness unheedfulness unintentiveness unmindfulness unobservance unprofoundness unprofundity unwariness unwatchfulness vacuityvague notionvanity vapidity veneer volatility

Noun(3 words)

shallow thinkingshallow waterssuperficialness

Related word relations

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

6 relation types

More general

5 entries

cognitive traitdeepness depthintellectual traitquality

More specific

4 entries

shallow judgmentshort-sightednesssuperficial reasoningsurface thinking

Collocations

6 entries

academic shallownessintellectual shallownessshallowness of appearanceshallowness of discourseshallowness of thoughtsurface thinking

Inflections

1 entries

shallownesses

Derivations

3 entries

shallow shallowly shallownesses

Antonyms

1 entries

deepness

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Ah, the shallowness of today’s youths!

Source: tatoeba (10738906)

The dimensions of the ships used on this service have always been restricted by the shallowness of the Lymington River, although the Lymington was somewhat larger than her predecessors, and was the first steel vessel built for this service.

Source: wiktionary

Shallowness