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cavities

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plural of cavity

Synonyms & Antonyms of cavities

a sunken area forming a separate space

a cavity in the lawn where a tree stump had been removed

Synonyms for cavities

concavities,
dents,
depressions,
dints,
holes,
hollows,
indentations,
indentures,
pits,
recesses

Words Related to cavities

burrows,
caverns,
caves,
ditches,
excavations,
furrows,
grooves,
gutters,
trenches,
troughs

basins,
bowls,
valleys

alcoves,
clefts,
niches,
nooks,
openings,
sockets

alveoli,
dimples,
gouges,
impressions,
imprints,
notches,
pockets

boreholes,
chuckholes,
craters,
postholes,
potholes,
sinkholes,
wallows,
water holes,
wells

abysses,
chasms,
gulfs,
vacuities,
vacuums
(or vacua),
voids

Near Antonyms for cavities

hills,
mounds,
rises

bumps,
bunches,
humps,
lumps,
pimples,
swellings,
swells,
tumors

Antonyms for cavities

bulges,
cambers,
convexities,
juts,
projections,
protrusions,
protuberances

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“Cavities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cavities. Accessed 24 Jun. 2021.

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