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, hole, 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, hole, 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, hole, 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, hole, 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, hole

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

   Submitted by anonymous on January 24, 2021  

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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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How to use HOLE in a sentence?

1. Jonathan Chaplin:

   The company has been in declining condition ever since, and they've allowed themselves to sink deeper and deeper into a hole that would be hard to get out of at this point.

2. Danny Willett:

   Words can't describe it, you hope that when you win you have a bit of breathing space coming to the last. I've only won one before and it was a five-hole play-off so it was a bit more nerve-wracking, we stuck to our game-plan, we said we were going to go aggressive and see if we could shoot another low score and put it out of reach for the other players. Luckily we did and it was a really good win.

3. Robert Kozlowski:

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

4. Passenger Matt Tranchin:

   Everyone kind of descended on where this hole was.

5. Dale Bredesen:

   Each one of these things contributes a small piece of the puzzle, it's like a roof with 36 holes in it. Some people have a big hole in, say, exercise, and maybe a smaller hole in another area.