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Synonyms for hollow
ˈhɒl oʊhol·low
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
hollow
Antonyms:
full, solid, well-stored, strong, firm, sincere, true, genuine, substantial, sound
Princeton's WordNet
hollownoun
a cavity or space in something
"hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks"
Antonyms:
unreverberant, solid, nonresonant, massive, meaningfulhollow, 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, bellowing, roarAntonyms:
massive, unreverberant, nonresonant, solid, meaningfulhole, hollowadjective
a depression hollowed out of solid matter
Synonyms:
maw, trap, golf hole, cakehole, jam, muddle, holler, yap, pickle, gob, hole, fix, kettle of fish, messAntonyms:
meaningful, solid, unreverberant, nonresonant, massivehollowadjective
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"
Antonyms:
nonresonant, unreverberant, meaningful, solid, massivehollowadjective
as if echoing in a hollow space
"the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom"
Antonyms:
nonresonant, meaningful, massive, solid, unreverberantempty, hollow, vacuousverb
devoid of significance or point
"empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments"
Synonyms:
vacuous, fatuous, empty, mindless, asinine, empty-bellied, blank, inaneAntonyms:
nonresonant, massive, unreverberant, solid, meaningfulexcavate, 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, labour, savvy, excavate, comprehend, compass, poke, apprehend, get the picture, grok, unearth, turn up, labor, dig out, grasp, hollow out, drudge, moil, toil, dig upAntonyms:
nonresonant, massive, solid, unreverberant, meaningfulhollow, hollow out, core outverb
remove the interior of
"hollow out a tree trunk"
Synonyms:
excavate, dig, core out, hollow outAntonyms:
unreverberant, nonresonant, solid, massive, meaningful
Dictionary of English Synonymes
hollowadjective
hollowadjective
Synonyms:
insincere, treacherous, false, faithless, hypocritical, pharisaical, deceitful, false-hearted, hollow-heartedhollowadjective
hollownoun
Synonyms:
depression, low spot, low placehollownoun
Synonyms:
cavity, concavity, depression, excavation, hole, cave, cavern, dent, dint, dimple, pithollownoun
hollowverb
hollowadjective
Synonyms:
[Low.] wholly, completely, utterly
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
hollowadjective
Synonyms:
excavated, cavernous, vacant, void, unfilled, empty, cannulated, concave, depressed, gaunt, sunken, insincere, unsound, false, hypocriticalAntonyms:
convex, protuberant, sincerehollownoun
Synonyms:
depression, cavity, valley, concavity, channel, groove, concave, recess, correihollowverb
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#2137 | labor | |
#2464 | fix | |
#2964 | empty | |
#2966 | hole | |
#3526 | labour | |
#3961 | blank | |
#5259 | jam | |
#7583 | trap | |
#7788 | dig | |
#8009 | mess | |
#9566 | hollow | |
#10647 | compass | |
#12576 | prod | |
#13142 | grasp | |
#13468 | savvy | |
#15427 | grind | |
#18688 | mindless | |
#19711 | stab | |
#20854 | poke | |
#21181 | comprehend | |
#21239 | roar | |
#21589 | pickle | |
#21653 | trough | |
#21969 | roaring | |
#25036 | drudge | |
#29951 | travail | |
#31630 | jab | |
#33394 | yap | |
#34141 | delve | |
#35150 | toil | |
#36777 | holla | |
#39829 | bellow | |
#40312 | maw | |
#43012 | unearth | |
#45726 | gob | |
#46975 | holler | |
#51242 | inane | |
#53441 | apprehend | |
#63911 | muddle | |
#64307 | grok | |
#76481 | excavate | |
#83005 | vacuous | |
#85467 | asinine | |
#100562 | hollering | |
#103116 | bellowing | |
#128000 | fatuous | |
#237936 | hollo | |
#239454 | moil | |
#287350 | peckish | |
#313733 | yowl |
How to use hollow in a sentence?
There are little hollow hairs in that fluffy, hairy material, it's not going to reach out and bite you, but if someone brushes up against that hair, it'll release toxins that you'll have a reaction to.
Love can never grow old. Locks may lose their brown and gold. Cheeks may fade and hollow grow. But the hearts that love will know, never winter's frost and chill, summer's warmth is in them still.
When a book and a head collide and there is a hollow sound, is it always from the book?
This is a devastating and dangerous violation of the rights and privacy of transgender Utahns, their families, and their medical providers, claims of protecting our most vulnerable with these laws ring hollow when lawmakers have trans children’s greatest protectors – their parents, providers, and the youth themselves – pleading in front of them not to cut them off from their care.
As gold is tried by the furnace, and the baser metal shown, so the hollow-hearted friend is known by adversity.
Translations for hollow
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- hollow
- أجوفArabic
- dutý, dutina, prohlubeň, bezobsažný, prázdnota, nesmyslný, prázdnýCzech
- cauWelsh
- hul, dyb, huleDanish
- hohl, HöhleGerman
- ψεύτικος, βαθούλωμα, κούφιος, υπόκωφος, κενό, κοίλοςGreek
- kavaEsperanto
- sordo, hondonada, hueco, resonante, hundido, depresión, falso, ahuecado, vacíoSpanish
- õõnesEstonian
- کاواک, پوک, توخالیPersian
- onttoFinnish
- insignifiant, creux, videFrench
- sloc, falamhScottish Gaelic
- खोखलाHindi
- üregesHungarian
- beronggaIndonesian
- cavo, cavità, incavoItalian
- חָלוּלHebrew
- 空虚, むなしい, 虚ろ, くぼむ, 虚脱感, 中空, 空洞, 窪地, こもる, 空っぽ, 不誠実, ホローJapanese
- 구멍Korean
- kowCornish
- cavus, inanis, vacuus, lacusLatin
- huelLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- duobė, dauba, tuščiaviduris, tuščias, įdubaLithuanian
- dobums, tukšsLatvian
- hull, innhul, hol, hul, grop, dypNorwegian
- laagte, hol, leegDutch
- grop, hol, djup, innholNorwegian Nynorsk
- hulNorwegian
- pusty, nizina, głuchy, niecka, pustka, wydrążonyPolish
- vazio, oco, depressão, vãoPortuguese
- golRomanian
- полый, пустота, бессодержательный, выемка, яма, пустой, выбоина, впадина, низина, глухой, углублениеRussian
- ihålig, grop, tomSwedish
- வெற்றுTamil
- డొల్ల, శుష్క, బోలుTelugu
- กลวงThai
- oyukTurkish
- пороUkrainian
- کھوکھلا, کھوکھلیUrdu
- rỗngVietnamese
- פּוסטYiddish
- 空洞Chinese
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