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hollow

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of hollow

curved inward

  • thereʼs a noticeably hollow spot in the mattress where he has been sleeping
Synonyms of hollow

concave, dented, depressed, dished, indented, recessed, sunken
Words Related to hollow

alveolar, cavernous, crescentic, cuplike, cupped, cuppy, recurved

dimpled, pockmarked

compressed, condensed, contracted, diminished, reduced
Near Antonyms of hollow

ballooning, bloated, blown up, bulbous, distended, enlarged, expanded, extended, inflated, jutting, projecting, puffed, puffy, risen, swollen

domed, global, globular, round, rounded, spherical
Antonyms of hollow

bulging, cambered, convex, protruding, protrusive, protuberant

Synonym Discussion of hollow

vain, nugatory, otiose, idle, empty, hollow mean being without worth or significance. vain implies either absolute or relative absence of value.
    • vain promises
nugatory suggests triviality or insignificance.
    • a monarch with nugatory powers
otiose suggests that something serves no purpose and is either an encumbrance or a superfluity.
    • a film without a single otiose scene
idle suggests being incapable of worthwhile use or effect.
    • idle speculations
empty and hollow suggest a deceiving lack of real substance or soundness or genuineness.
    • an empty attempt at reconciliation
    • a hollow victory

hollow

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of hollow

1 a sunken area forming a separate space

  • made a little hollow in her mound of mashed potatoes and filled it with gravy
Synonyms of hollow

cavity, concavity, dent, depression, dint, hole, indentation, indenture, pit, recess
Words Related to hollow

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 hollow

hill, mound, rise

bump, bunch, hump, lump, pimple, swell, swelling, tumor
Antonyms of hollow

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

2 an area of lowland between hills or mountains

  • a quaint village nestled in a hollow among green hills
Synonyms of hollow

dale, dene [British], vale, valley
Words Related to hollow

canyon (also cañon), combe (also coombe) [British], dell, depression, dingle, glen, gorge, gulch, gully (also gulley), kloof [South African], ravine, rift valley

basin, bowl
Near Antonyms of hollow

alp, mount, mountain, peak

height, mountaintop, pinnacle, summit

plateau, tableland

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