Synonyms for cavity
ˈkæv ɪ ticav·i·ty

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pit, cavitynoun

   a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)

   "they dug a pit to bury the body"

   Synonyms:
   fossa, stone pit, infernal region, enclosed space, quarry, cavum, dental caries, nether region, endocarp, pit, stone, perdition, caries, colliery, tooth decay, pitfall, orchestra pit, bodily cavity

2. cavity, enclosed spacenoun

   space that is surrounded by something

   Synonyms:
   bodily cavity, pit, enclosed space, caries, cavum, tooth decay, dental caries

3. cavity, caries, dental caries, tooth decaynoun

   soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth

   Synonyms:
   bodily cavity, pit, enclosed space, caries, cavum, tooth decay, dental caries

4. cavity, bodily cavity, cavumnoun

   (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body

   Synonyms:
   bodily cavity, pit, enclosed space, caries, cavum, tooth decay, dental caries

Matched Categories

1. • Anatomy
   • Decay
   • Hole
   • Space
   • Structure

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cavitynoun

   Synonyms:
   hollow, aperture, opening

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "cavity":

   recess, pit, carrie

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. cavity

   Synonyms:
   Anatomy-cavitas Ballistics Dentistry Tuberculosis

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How to use cavity in a sentence?

1. Stephanie Baker:

   This find really challenged us. We compared the assembled skullcap to all of the other examples of hominins in the Cradle area. Eventually, its teardrop shape and relatively big brain cavity meant we were looking at Homo erectus.

2. Samuel Cammack III:

   It wasn't a strip search, it was a manual cavity search.

3. Siddharth Lakhotia:

   Air and blood flooded the chest cavity. The local police provided the medical facility with great readiness, when this patient came to us, he was unconscious. It seemed almost impossible that he would survive. The only way to save him was to remove the rod by surgery and pray to God.

4. Ed Matthew:

   There are different kinds of insulation measures, cavity wall insulation, loft insulation and draft-proofing are very cost-effective, while solid wall installation is much more complex and expensive.

5. Jason Conn:

   They’re in the roof cavity of your house. If your house is not well sealed, they’re in bed with you. People are getting bitten in bed, it doesn’t relent, that’s for sure.