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shoal

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of shoal

lacking significant physical depth

  • shoal waters of the bay meant that our ship had to be moored a considerable distance from shore
Synonyms of shoal

depthless, shallow
Words Related to shoal

skin-deep, superficial, surface

fathomable, measurable

finite, limited, measured, restricted

even, flat, flush, horizontal, level, plane, smooth

two-dimensional
Near Antonyms of shoal

abysmal, abyssal, bottomless, boundless, endless, immeasurable, inestimable, infinite, limitless, measureless, profound, unfathomable, unlimited, vast

navigable
Antonyms of shoal

deep

shoal

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of shoal

a place where a body of water (as a sea or river) is shallow

  • the shoals off Nantucket Island are famous as the final resting places of many ill-fated ships
Synonyms of shoal

ford, shallow(s)
Words Related to shoal

bank, bar, sandbank, sandbar, towhead
Near Antonyms of shoal

trench

abyss, deep, depth, gulf

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