Synonyms for Hollow
ˈhɒl oʊhol·low

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. hollow

   Antonyms:
   full, solid, well-stored, strong, firm, sincere, true, genuine, substantial, sound

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1. hollownoun

   a cavity or space in something

   "hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks"

   Synonyms:
   hole, holler

   Antonyms:
   unreverberant, solid, nonresonant, massive, meaningful

2. hollow, hollernoun

   a small valley between mountains

   "he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians"

   Synonyms:
   roaring, bellow, holloa, hole, holler, yowl, hollering, holla, hollo, hollow, bellowing, roar

   Antonyms:
   massive, unreverberant, nonresonant, solid, meaningful

3. hole, hollowadjective

   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

   Antonyms:
   meaningful, solid, unreverberant, nonresonant, massive

4. hollowadjective

   not solid; having a space or gap or cavity

   "a hollow wall"; "a hollow tree"; "hollow cheeks"; "his face became gaunter and more hollow with each year"

   Synonyms:
   vacuous, empty

   Antonyms:
   nonresonant, unreverberant, meaningful, solid, massive

5. hollowadjective

   as if echoing in a hollow space

   "the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom"

   Synonyms:
   vacuous, empty

   Antonyms:
   nonresonant, meaningful, massive, solid, unreverberant

6. empty, hollow, vacuousverb

   devoid of significance or point

   "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments"

   Synonyms:
   vacuous, fatuous, empty, mindless, asinine, empty-bellied, blank, hollow, inane

   Antonyms:
   nonresonant, massive, unreverberant, solid, meaningful

7. excavate, dig, hollowverb

   remove the inner part or the core of

   "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"

   Synonyms:
   stab, dig, cut into, prod, grind, travail, core out, turn over, jab, delve, hollow, labour, savvy, excavate, comprehend, compass, poke, apprehend, get the picture, grok, unearth, turn up, labor, dig out, grasp, hollow out, drudge, moil, toil, dig up

   Antonyms:
   nonresonant, massive, solid, unreverberant, meaningful

8. hollow, hollow out, core outverb

   remove the interior of

   "hollow out a tree trunk"

   Synonyms:
   excavate, dig, core out, hollow out, hollow

   Antonyms:
   unreverberant, nonresonant, solid, massive, meaningful

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hollowadjective

   Synonyms:
   vacant, empty, void, cavernous, not solid

2. hollowadjective

   Synonyms:
   insincere, treacherous, false, faithless, hypocritical, pharisaical, deceitful, false-hearted, hollow-hearted

3. hollowadjective

   Synonyms:
   deep, low, rumbling

4. hollownoun

   Synonyms:
   depression, low spot, low place

5. hollownoun

   Synonyms:
   cavity, concavity, depression, excavation, hole, cave, cavern, dent, dint, dimple, pit

6. hollownoun

   Synonyms:
   groove, channel, canal

7. hollowverb

   Synonyms:
   excavate, scoop

8. hollowadjective

   Synonyms:
   [Low.] wholly, completely, utterly

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. hollowadjective

   Synonyms:
   excavated, cavernous, vacant, void, unfilled, empty, cannulated, concave, depressed, gaunt, sunken, insincere, unsound, false, hypocritical

   Antonyms:
   convex, protuberant, sincere

2. hollownoun

   Synonyms:
   depression, cavity, valley, concavity, channel, groove, concave, recess, correi

3. hollowverb

   Synonyms:
   scoop, excavate, concave

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1. List of paraphrases for "hollow":

   empty, trough, peckish

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1. Shoryu Bradley:

   Zazen is the dragons roar. This dragons roar is the wind passing and whistling through a hollow tree. This can be a metaphor for your Zazen practice and or even your life. If you can let go, greatly let go, this dragons roar can manifest through you. It is much bigger than the individual.

2. Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant:

   This should remind us to thank all law enforcement for their unwavering service to protect and serve. May God keep them all in the hollow of his hand.

3. Dan Friesen:

   During this whole stretch of time, Alex Jones content itself has been essentially hollow, watching Alex Jones from my perspective has gotten a lot less interesting.

4. Ohio University paleontologist Haley O'Brien:

   This structure was incredibly surprising, to see a hollow nasal crest outside of dinosaurs and in a mammal that lived so recently is very bizarre.

5. Roberto Mukaro Borrero:

   The tweet by the Washington Redskins rings hollow to me. If the team was really interested in standing in solidarity for racial justice, they would change their name from the dictionary-defined racial slur they continue to use. As an indigenous person, I feel their tweet comes off as tone-deaf, not woke. Violence comes in many forms, some more subtle than others. Indigenous Peoples are not your mascots.