Antonyms 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"

   Antonyms:
   unreverberant, solid, nonresonant, massive, meaningful

   Synonyms:
   hole, holler

2. hollow, hollernoun

   a small valley between mountains

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

   Antonyms:
   massive, unreverberant, nonresonant, solid, meaningful

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

3. hole, hollowadjective

   a depression hollowed out of solid matter

   Antonyms:
   meaningful, solid, unreverberant, nonresonant, massive

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

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"

   Antonyms:
   nonresonant, unreverberant, meaningful, solid, massive

   Synonyms:
   vacuous, empty

5. hollowadjective

   as if echoing in a hollow space

   "the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom"

   Antonyms:
   nonresonant, meaningful, massive, solid, unreverberant

   Synonyms:
   vacuous, empty

6. empty, hollow, vacuousverb

   devoid of significance or point

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

   Antonyms:
   nonresonant, massive, unreverberant, solid, meaningful

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

7. excavate, dig, hollowverb

   remove the inner part or the core of

   "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"

   Antonyms:
   nonresonant, massive, solid, unreverberant, meaningful

   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 up

8. hollow, hollow out, core outverb

   remove the interior of

   "hollow out a tree trunk"

   Antonyms:
   unreverberant, nonresonant, solid, massive, meaningful

   Synonyms:
   excavate, dig, core out, hollow out

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

1. hollowadjective

   Antonyms:
   convex, protuberant, sincere

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

2. hollownoun

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

3. hollowverb

   Synonyms:
   scoop, excavate, concave

How to use hollow in a sentence?

1. 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.

2. Getty Images:

   That mention of border and immigration security was lip service. Nothing more. No vision, no strategy, just a wish list and another hollow push for immigration reform legislation. I think the President may have forgotten he has authority to fix the crisis NOW.

3. Buddha:

   Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.

4. Terri Sewell:

   Racism -- in any of its forms -- is never acceptable, not in the 1960s and not now, governor Ivey's actions were reprehensible and are deeply offensive. Governor Ivey words of apology ring hollow if not met with real action to bridge the racial divide.

5. Wilkinson Eyre:

   Two of them are still going to be used as flues for the massive, modern energy center that we're going to construct to power the place, the third will remain hollow with a glass roof, and the fourth will house a cylindrical glass elevator that will pop out at the top at a viewing platform.

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