Word Type

Noun

Verb

Adjective

Proper Noun

The word "hole" can be used as noun, verb, adjective and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

button dirt donut doughnut golf course golf green green ground lock notebook paper old sock pocket swiss cheese wall

Derived Terms

Aubrey hole BTZ black hole Beck Hole Dane-hole Devils Hole Dove Holes Dust-Hole Hetton-le-Hole Hutton-le-Hole Jackson Hole Johnson hole Judas-hole K-hole Kerr black hole Kerr-Newman black hole Mohole Reissner-Nordström black hole Schwarzschild black hole Smiggin Holes Wokey Hole Wookey Hole a-hole ace in the hole air hole airhole analog hole analogue hole anthole antihole arm hole armhole arrow-hole arsehole ash-hole ass hole asshole back hole batty hole beam hole bean hole beanhole bench-hole black hole black-hole blackhole blasthole bleed hole blind hole block hole blockhole blow a hole through blowhole blue hole bolt-hole bolthole bonus hole bootyhole borehole boy hole bullet hole bullethole bum hole bumhole bung-hole burn a hole in one's pocket burn a hole in someone's pocket burr hole butthole button hole button-hole buttonhole c-hole cakehole cat hole cat-hole cathole chuckhole clearance hole cloud hole coal hole cockhole cookie hole core hole corehole cornhole coronal hole couldn't piss a hole in the snow countersunk hole crabhole cradle hole craphole crawl into a hole creephole cryoconite hole cubby hole cubbyhole cuddy-hole cum hole cum-hole cumhole cyberhole d-hole denehole dickhole dig a hole for oneself dig oneself in a hole dig oneself into a hole dig out of a hole dihole docker hole doghole donut hole doo-doo hole dookie hole doughnut hole down-hole downhole dreamhole drinking hole driphole drophole dry hole dumb hole dunghole dust hole dusthole earhole earthhole egg in a hole egg-in-a-hole electron hole exit hole eyehole f-hole facehole fallstreak hole farthole feedhole ff-hole fighting hole finger hole fingerhole fire in the hole firehole five-hole floss hole foothole fox hole fox-hole foxhole front hole fuckhole funk hole funkhole get one's hole glory hole glory-hole gnamma hole go five-hole gobble hole graph hole gully-hole gunk-hole hand-hole handhole hardie hole hardy hole hawsehole hell hole hell-hole hellhole hide-hole hidey-hole high-hole hole card hole carding hole in one hole in the head hole out hole punch hole punch cloud hole saw hole state hole up hole-and-corner hole-board test hole-in-the-wall holeable holeful holeless holelike holeproof holepunch holer holeshot holey holk holyhedron honey hole hulk ice hole in the hole jackhole jaw-hole jawhole kettle hole keyhole kilnhole kneehole knothole know one's ass from a hole in the ground know one's head from a hole in the ground know someone from a hole in the ground know someone from a hole in the wall know the difference between one's ass and a hole in the ground knucker hole knuckerhole lamphole leghole like a hole in one's head like a hole in the head like one needs a hole in the head linnet hole loop hole loophole love hole lubber's hole lughole maintenance hole man hole man-hole manhole mayhole melon hole memory hole memory-hole microhole minihole miracle hole mouse-hole mousehole mudhole multihole murder hole murder-hole nanohole neckhole nesthole news hole nineteenth hole nosehole oar-hole oarhole optical black hole outhole overflow hole ozone hole peehole peekhole peephole pesthole photohole pick a hole in someone's coat pie hole pie-hole piehole pigeon hole pigeon-hole pigeonhole pilot hole pilot-hole pin-hole pinhole pisshole placket hole plot hole plughole pocket-hole pocket-hole jig poke holes in poophole pophole porthole posthole pot hole pot-hole pothole potholing priest hole priest's hole primordial black hole pritchel hole pseudohole pukehole punch hole punch-hole pussyhole pussyo put the wood in the hole putlog hole quasihole quiggly hole rabbit hole rat hole rathole regular black hole ringhole rock hole rockhole roothole rudderhole rum hole s-hole scumhole scupper hole security hole shake hole shakehole shothole sighthole sink hole sink-hole sinkhole sleazehole slimehole sludge hole slut hole smokehole snowhole sound hole spider hole spithole spouthole spyhole square peg in a round hole stakehole starting hole stinkhole stokehole stumphole suckhole supermassive black hole swallow hole sweat hole swimming hole swirlhole tailhole taphole teaze-hole three-hole punch through-hole technology thru-hole technology thumbhole toad in a hole toad in the hole toad-in-the-hole tone hole top hole top-hole touch hole touch-hole touchhole traphole two-hole punch underhole uphole venthole visual hole waffle hole water hole water-hole waterhole watering hole watering hole attack weep hole weephole wellhole white hole winding hole wonky hole woodhole wool-hole word hole work the hole wormhole yaoi hole

Inflected/Variant Forms

hele

Context

archaeology baseball chess computing euphemistic golf graph theory heading ireland particularly in phrase get one's hole pejorative physics scotland slang slang anatomy stud poker

Has Property

dark one

Part Of (Holonyms)

colander honeycomb lattice sieve vessel

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

core out defect depression difficultness difficulty fault flaw gap hit hollow hollow out interspace mouth natural depression opening oral cavity oral fissure period of play play playing period rima oris space

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

abyss aperture basin bore breach break burrow cave cavern cavity channel chasm clearing cleft concavity crack crater crevasse crevice depression dimple ditch door doorway embrasure excavation fissure foramen furrow gap gate gateway gorge grave groove gutter hatch hollow incision inlet keyhole lacuna loophole mine moat mousehole mouth notch opening orifice outlet peephole pigeonhole pinhole pit porthole recess rift rip room score scratch slit tear trapdoor trench trough tunnel valley well window

Type Of (IsA)

absence defect natural depression negative space opening playing period space through

Manner Of

hit hollow

Part Of

golf course

Receives Action

filled with air

Related Terms

anus arsehole asshole ball board cavity chordless control court crater cup cycle destroy dug dug ground ear electron empty exploit fives flaw friendly full course gaping graph green ground ground cavity hovel opening orifice particle pawn pepperbox player positional prison cell ringed ringed ear security semiconductor shortstop shut significance software solitary confinement square step vulnerability weakness

Synonym Network

administrative segregation fix gap trap

Used For

attach black bury treasure button shirt dirt discard things entry hide hide in holding things look through planting room to put in screws see through sticking things in water

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.