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concavity

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of concavity

a sunken area forming a separate space

water collected in a shallow concavity on the floor of the cave

Synonyms of concavity

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

Words Related to concavity

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 concavity

hill, mound, rise

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

Antonyms of concavity

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

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