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Synonyms for shallow
ˈʃæl oʊshal·low
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Wiktionary
shallownoun
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deepshallowadjective
Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.
The ship ran aground in an unexpected shallow.
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deepshallowadjective
The water is shallow here
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deepshallowadjective
It was a glamorous but shallow lifestyle
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deepshallowadjective
The acting is good, but the characters are shallow
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deep
English Synonyms and Antonyms
shallow
Synonyms:
blind, dull, idiotic, imbecile, short-sighted, stolid, stupid, undiscerning, unintelligentAntonyms:
acute, astute, clear-sighted, crafty, cunning, discerning, discriminating, keen, knowing, penetrating, penetrative, perspicacious, sagacious, sharp, shrewd, subtile, subtle
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
shallow
Synonyms:
shoal, slight, flimsy, trifling, simple, superficial, unprofound
Princeton's WordNet
shoal, shallowadjective
a stretch of shallow water
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deep-water, sound, unfathomable, unsounded, unfathomed, deep, walk-in(a), heavy, profound, abysmal, bottomless, abyssal, unplumbed, wakelessshallowadjective
lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
"shallow water"; "a shallow dish"; "a shallow cut"; "a shallow closet"; "established a shallow beachhead"; "hit the ball to shallow left field"
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sound, bottomless, walk-in(a), profound, deep, deep-water, unplumbed, unsounded, unfathomable, wakeless, abysmal, heavy, unfathomed, abyssalshallowadjective
not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply
"shallow breathing"; "a night of shallow fretful sleep"; "in a shallow trance"
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unfathomable, abysmal, wakeless, deep, unplumbed, heavy, abyssal, unfathomed, profound, walk-in(a), deep-water, unsounded, sound, bottomlessshallowverb
lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious
"shallow people"; "his arguments seemed shallow and tedious"
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heavy, abyssal, wakeless, bottomless, walk-in(a), profound, unfathomable, unfathomed, deep, sound, unplumbed, abysmal, unsounded, deep-watershallow, shoalverb
make shallow
"The silt shallowed the canal"
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shoalAntonyms:
profound, unfathomable, unplumbed, deep, heavy, deep-water, walk-in(a), abyssal, unfathomed, bottomless, unsounded, wakeless, sound, abysmalshallow, shoalverb
become shallow
"the lake shallowed over time"
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shoalAntonyms:
unsounded, walk-in(a), deep-water, profound, abysmal, deep, heavy, wakeless, unplumbed, unfathomable, unfathomed, abyssal, bottomless, sound
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
shallowadjective
Synonyms:
shoal, superficial, frivolous, senseless
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "shallow":
superficial, shallow-water, surface, cursory, surficial, thin
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#165 | school | |
#933 | simple | |
#1653 | surface | |
#4246 | blind | |
#4349 | thin | |
#4775 | stupid | |
#7516 | slight | |
#10283 | shallow | |
#13293 | dull | |
#19703 | superficial | |
#38606 | idiotic | |
#42762 | shoal | |
#44059 | flimsy | |
#49265 | cursory | |
#69037 | trifling | |
#74759 | surficial | |
#98357 | imbecile | |
#104497 | unintelligent | |
#143096 | stolid |
How to use shallow in a sentence?
We think our Goal is Happiness.And pleasures do we seek. So shallow is our passion that we never reach the peak.
The Cuban ports, including Havana, are all too shallow to accommodate the large modern ships of major cruise lines, also, some Cuban ports are inland, necessitating negotiating unmapped, narrow channels ….
These job figures are highlighting the widening gap between U.S. and European monetary policies. People are booking profits on U.S. stocks and rushing into Europe where quantitative easing is just starting, after such a rally, we're ripe for a pull-back in Europe, but the investment inflows are so strong that the dips remain shallow.
We intended to stay in the shallow area where we could touch and ride the small waves, he and I were going to try it out first and then members of his family were going to come jump on the float with us. Despite the rain from the previous days, it was such a calm day. There were hardly any waves, and the gulf was very calm. There were no signs of strong currents whatsoever.
He is shallow, he is ill-prepared to be commander-in-chief, he doesn't know what he is talking about in terms of how our laws work, he says the worst things possible about immigrants and women, and he's a complete idiot when it comes to Mideast policy, so I think over time, common sense will prevail.
Translations for shallow
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- ضحلArabic
- һайBashkir
- superficial, poc profund, plaCatalan, Valencian
- povrchní, mělčina, mělkýCzech
- åndsforladt, flad, lavvandet, lav, overfladiskDanish
- seicht, Untiefe, flach, oberflächlichGerman
- ρηχόςGreek
- malprofundaEsperanto
- superficial, desinteresante, bajo, poco profundo, bajofondoSpanish
- azalekoBasque
- تنک, کم عمق, تختPersian
- matala, pinnallinenFinnish
- haut-fond, baisse, peu profond, superficiel, bas-fondFrench
- eu-domhainn, faoin, tanalachdScottish Gaelic
- उथलाHindi
- felületes, lapos, felszínes, sekélyes, sekélyHungarian
- ծանծաղArmenian
- pauco profundeInterlingua
- dangkalIndonesian
- superficiale, secca, poco profondoItalian
- 浅い, 川瀬Japanese
- მარჩხობიGeorgian
- 여울Korean
- seklusLithuanian
- seklsLatvian
- pāpaku, pātiMāori
- површен, плитак, плитокMacedonian
- တိမ်Burmese
- lav, overflatisk, flat, grunn, overfladiskNorwegian
- oppervlakkig, ondiep, ondiepteDutch
- grunn, overflatisk, flat, lavNorwegian Nynorsk
- gruntNorwegian
- płytkiPolish
- superficial, desinteressante, raso, rasaPortuguese
- puțin adânc, platRomanian
- отмель, мелкий, неглубокий, мель, поверхностныйRussian
- plytkýSlovak
- cekëtinëAlbanian
- grund, ytligSwedish
- ஆழமற்றTamil
- sığTurkish
- мілина, мілкий, неглибокий, поверхневийUkrainian
- ارےUrdu
- Nông cạnVietnamese
- פּליטקעYiddish
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