What are some opposite words for hollow?

Antonyms for hollow
ˈhɒl oʊhol·low

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 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 Words4.0 / 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. Chase Strangio:

    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.

  2. 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.

  3. Interior Department spokeswoman Heather Swift:

    It is patently false to say the Department had not engaged the board, when as recently as January 8 we were working with the board to renew their charter, schedule a meeting and fill vacancies, their hollow and dishonest political stunt should be a clear indicator of the intention of this group.

  4. Aaron J. Munzer:

    Its a shame a hollow promise doesn't ring hollow

  5. David Conroy:

    A lot of these apps, it turns out, are kind of hollow.

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#803sound
#831true
#1340strong
#1854firm
#2159solid
#3754massive
#4434substantial
#5018genuine
#8204meaningful
#9566hollow
#15441sincere
#261456nonresonant

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