Synonyms of hollows

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noun

plural of hollow

1

as in holes

a sunken area forming a separate space

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• holes
• dents
• pits
• cavities
• furrows
• depressions
• indentations
• valleys
• concavities
• recesses
• ditches
• caves
• caverns
• trenches
• burrows
• dints
• grooves
• indentures
• pockets
• alcoves
• basins
• craters
• bowls
• troughs
• excavations
• gutters
• nooks
• clefts
• openings
• impressions
• dimples
• wells
• gouges
• alveoli
• sockets
• voids
• niches
• abysses
• potholes
• chasms
• imprints
• sinkholes
• notches
• boreholes
• vacuums
• water holes
• postholes
• vacuities
• wallows
• gulfs
• chuckholes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• projections
• protrusions
• hills
• bulges
• protuberances
• mounds
• convexities
• rises
• tumors
• cambers
• bumps
• swellings
• humps
• lumps
• juts
• swells
• pimples
• bunches

2

as in valleys

an area of lowland between hills or mountains

a quaint village nestled in a hollow among green hills

Synonyms & Similar Words

• valleys
• ravines
• canyons
• vales
• glens
• gorges
• dales
• gullies
• gulches
• denes
• dells
• depressions
• bowls
• combes
• basins
• rift valleys
• dingles
• kloofs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• mountains
• peaks
• mounts
• summits
• pinnacles
• heights
• plateaus
• mountaintops
• alps
• tablelands

hollows

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verb

present tense third-person singular of hollow

as in grooves

Related Words

• grooves
• gouges
• excavates
• burrows (into)
• notches
• penetrates
• slits
• splits
• holes
• slashes
• ruptures
• rends
• cuts
• gashes
• pokes
• pricks
• taps
• bores
• punctures
• breaks
• prickles
• drills
• perforates
• riddles
• punches
• broaches
• pierces

Dissimilar Words

• fills
• seals
• plugs
• patches

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hollows

Noun

Aging often creates hollows around the eyes, temples and cheeks. — Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026

Groups of amateur sleuths also cropped up in the hollows of tragedy to wrestle with the case and analyze rumors swarming the Horman family in online forums, echoing a familiar pattern of behavior on the internet in the face of long-unsolved criminal cases. — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 23 June 2026

The rugged terrain of the Appalachian Mountains creates cool, wet forests, shaded hollows, caves, ponds and streams. — Torben Rick, The Conversation, 18 June 2026

The backrest and seat are generously padded with dense foam, with no noticeable hollows. — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 9 June 2026

Also, check for hollows in trunks that may mean the interior portion is rotting. — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026

An easy way to do this is by applying bronzer to the temples, the hollows of your cheeks, and under the jaw, as well as a bit on the bridge of your nose. — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 7 May 2026

Rotund ewes are sometimes prone to getting pinned upside down in hollows by their own weight. — Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026

Maron explained that storms can dislodge baby birds from nests, sweep young animals out of tree hollows and flood ground nests used by cottontails and skunks. — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2026