Entry Word: hollow

Function: adjective

Meaning: curved inward <thereʼs a hollow spot in the mattress where Jim sleeps>

Synonyms concave, dented, depressed, indented, recessed, sunken

Related Words alveolar, cavernous, cuplike, cupped; dimpled, pockmarked; compressed, condensed, contracted, diminished, reduced

Near Antonyms ballooning, bloated, blown up, bulbous, distended, enlarged, expanded, extended, inflated, jutting, projecting, puffed (up), puffy, risen, swollen; domed, globular, rounded, spherical

Antonyms bulging, convex, protruding, protuberant