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cavity

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of cavity

a sunken area forming a separate space

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

Synonyms of cavity

concavity, dent, depression, dint, hole, hollow, indentation, indenture, pit, recess

Words Related to cavity

burrow, cave, cavern, ditch, excavation, furrow, groove, gutter, trench, trough

basin, bowl, valley

alcove, cleft, niche, nook, opening, recess, socket

alveolus, dimple, gouge, impression, imprint, notch, pocket

borehole, chuckhole, crater, posthole, pothole, sinkhole, wallow, water hole, well

abyss, chasm, gulf, vacuity, vacuum, void

Near Antonyms of cavity

hill, mound, rise

bump, bunch, hump, lump, pimple, swell, swelling, tumor

Antonyms of cavity

bulge, camber, convexity, jut, projection, protrusion, protuberance

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