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socket

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Synonyms & Antonyms of socket

as in opening, alcove

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for socket

alcove,
cleft,
niche,
nook,
opening

basin,
bowl,
valley

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

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

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

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

abyss,
chasm,
gulf,
vacuity,
vacuum,
void

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for socket

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

hill,
mound,
rise

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

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“Socket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/socket. Accessed 2 Jul. 2022.

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