Synonyms for hole
hoʊlhole

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1. holenoun

   an opening into or through something

   Synonyms:
   maw, trap, golf hole, cakehole, jam, muddle, yap, pickle, gob, fix, hollow, kettle of fish, mess

2. holenoun

   an opening deliberately made in or through something

   Synonyms:
   maw, trap, golf hole, cakehole, jam, muddle, yap, pickle, gob, fix, hollow, kettle of fish, mess

3. hole, golf holenoun

   one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course

   "he played 18 holes"

   Synonyms:
   maw, trap, golf hole, cakehole, jam, muddle, yap, pickle, gob, fix, hollow, kettle of fish, mess

4. holenoun

   an unoccupied space

   Synonyms:
   maw, trap, golf hole, cakehole, jam, muddle, yap, pickle, gob, fix, hollow, kettle of fish, mess

5. hole, hollownoun

   a depression hollowed out of solid matter

   Synonyms:
   maw, trap, golf hole, cakehole, jam, muddle, holler, yap, pickle, gob, fix, hollow, kettle of fish, mess

6. holenoun

   a fault

   "he shot holes in my argument"

   Synonyms:
   maw, trap, golf hole, cakehole, jam, muddle, yap, pickle, gob, fix, hollow, kettle of fish, mess

7. fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fishnoun

   informal terms for a difficult situation

   "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"

   Synonyms:
   tidy sum, smother, peck, mint, crush, plenty, lot, location, locating, localisation, raft, quite a little, passel, fix, mare's nest, press, jam, pile, muckle, fixture, mend, golf hole, electronic jamming, good deal, maw, fixing, mending, sight, gob, trap, deal, pickle, flock, stack, kettle of fish, fuddle, wad, messiness, hatful, mickle, hollow, heap, great deal, mess, repair, clutter, mess hall, mass, jamming, batch, yap, mountain, welter, spate, mussiness, slew, localization, jumble, cakehole, muss, muddle, reparation, pot

8. trap, cakehole, hole, maw, yap, gobverb

   informal terms for the mouth

   Synonyms:
   seafarer, trap, kettle of fish, yap, snare, gob, sand trap, hollow, tar, old salt, pickle, sea dog, mariner, lying in wait, mess, fix, seaman, ambush, maw, muddle, golf hole, ambuscade, bunker, jam, cakehole

9. hole, hole outverb

   hit the ball into the hole

   Synonyms:
   hole out

10. holeverb

    make holes in

    Synonyms:
    hole out

Matched Categories

1. • Defect
   • Difficulty
   • Golf
   • Hit
   • Hollow
   • Natural Depression
   • Opening
   • Space

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1. spelunking

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1. holenoun

   Synonyms:
   perforation, aperture, opening

2. holenoun

   Synonyms:
   cavity, cave, cavern, hollow, concavity, excavation

3. holenoun

   Synonyms:
   hovel, kennel, den, mean habitation

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. holenoun

   Synonyms:
   cavity, excavation, pit, perforation, rent, fissure, opening, aperture, delve, cache, concavity, mortise, puncture, orifice, eyelet, crevice, loophole, interstice, gap, spiracle, vent, bung, pothole, manhole, scuttle, scupper, muset, muse, cave, holt, den, lair, retreat, cover, hovel, burrow

   Antonyms:
   imperforation, closure

   Associated words:
   auger, drill, gimlet, bodkin, bore, bit, puncture, perforate, pink, awl, stylet, imperforable, imperforate, punch, wimble, pierce, eyeleteer, dibble, plug, spigot, spile, gouge, puncheon, probe

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1. List of paraphrases for "hole":

   orifice, loch, shithole, hellhole, foxhole, holes, gat, peephole, port, pit, stockade, dump, brig, gap, loophole, jail, drill, borehole, pothole, pozo

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1. Erin Bromage:

   I think that the hole for me as a scientist is, even if I get infected... is the chain of transmission stopping with me, or if I get infected can I be part of that chain ? And that's the big part that I am having a hard time getting my head around.

2. Attorney Michael Winkleman:

   You have a wall of windows with one hidden hole.

3. David Wessel:

   It's interesting how this August speech of the New York Federal Reserve chair at Jackson Hole has become such an important platform for New York Federal Reserve to influence market expectations about policy. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

4. Robert Kozlowski:

   Don Varnadoe was a staple, everybody said, there's going to be a hole missing and we already feel it.

5. Hector Guadalupe:

   While in the hole, I would spend half a day doing certain exercises to keep my blood moving through my body and keep my body strong, i couldn't allow where I was housed at to be controlling me.