Synonyms of shoal

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adjective

as in shallow

lacking significant physical depth

shoal waters of the bay meant that our ship had to be moored a considerable distance from shore

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shallow
• surface
• depthless
• superficial
• restricted
• smooth
• horizontal
• limited
• finite
• measurable
• plane
• level
• skin-deep
• flat
• flush
• measured
• fathomable
• two-dimensional
• even

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deep
• vast
• infinite
• profound
• endless
• unlimited
• boundless
• navigable
• limitless
• bottomless
• unfathomable
• abyssal
• inestimable
• immeasurable
• measureless
• abysmal

shoal

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noun

as in bank

a place where a body of water (as a sea or river) is shallow

the shoals off Nantucket Island are famous as the final resting places of many ill-fated ships

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bank
• ford
• sandbar
• sandbank
• bar
• shallow(s)
• towhead

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• trench
• depth
• gulf
• abyss
• deep