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Synonyms for hole
hoʊl
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Princeton's WordNet
hole(noun)
an opening into or through something
Synonyms:
maw, trap, golf hole, cakehole, jam, muddle, yap, pickle, gob, fix, hollow, kettle of fish, messhole(noun)
an opening deliberately made in or through something
Synonyms:
maw, trap, golf hole, cakehole, jam, muddle, yap, pickle, gob, fix, hollow, kettle of fish, messhole, golf hole(noun)
one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course
"he played 18 holes"
Synonyms:
maw, trap, golf hole, cakehole, jam, muddle, yap, pickle, gob, fix, hollow, kettle of fish, messhole(noun)
an unoccupied space
Synonyms:
maw, trap, golf hole, cakehole, jam, muddle, yap, pickle, gob, fix, hollow, kettle of fish, messhole, hollow(noun)
a depression hollowed out of solid matter
Synonyms:
maw, trap, golf hole, cakehole, jam, muddle, holler, yap, pickle, gob, fix, hollow, kettle of fish, messhole(noun)
a fault
"he shot holes in my argument"
Synonyms:
maw, trap, golf hole, cakehole, jam, muddle, yap, pickle, gob, fix, hollow, kettle of fish, messfix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish(noun)
informal terms for a difficult situation
"he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"
Synonyms:
tidy sum, smother, peck, mint, crush, plenty, lot, location, locating, localisation, raft, quite a little, passel, fix, mare's nest, press, jam, pile, muckle, fixture, mend, golf hole, electronic jamming, good deal, maw, fixing, mending, sight, gob, trap, deal, pickle, flock, stack, kettle of fish, fuddle, wad, messiness, hatful, mickle, hollow, heap, great deal, mess, repair, clutter, mess hall, mass, jamming, batch, yap, mountain, welter, spate, mussiness, slew, localization, jumble, cakehole, muss, muddle, reparation, pottrap, cakehole, hole, maw, yap, gob(verb)
informal terms for the mouth
Synonyms:
seafarer, trap, kettle of fish, yap, snare, gob, sand trap, hollow, tar, old salt, pickle, sea dog, mariner, lying in wait, mess, fix, seaman, ambush, maw, muddle, golf hole, ambuscade, bunker, jam, cakeholehole, hole out(verb)
hit the ball into the hole
Synonyms:
hole outhole(verb)
make holes in
Synonyms:
hole out
Editors Contribution
spelunking
Dictionary of English Synonymes
hole(n.)
Synonyms:
perforation, aperture, openinghole(n.)
Synonyms:
cavity, cave, cavern, hollow, concavity, excavationhole(n.)
Synonyms:
hovel, kennel, den, mean habitation
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
hole(n)
Synonyms:
cavity, excavation, pit, perforation, rent, fissure, opening, aperture, delve, cache, concavity, mortise, puncture, orifice, eyelet, crevice, loophole, interstice, gap, spiracle, vent, bung, pothole, manhole, scuttle, scupper, muset, muse, cave, holt, den, lair, retreat, cover, hovel, burrowAntonyms:
imperforation, closureAssociated words:
auger, drill, gimlet, bodkin, bore, bit, puncture, perforate, pink, awl, stylet, imperforable, imperforate, punch, wimble, pierce, eyeleteer, dibble, plug, spigot, spile, gouge, puncheon, probe
How to use hole in a sentence?
We wanted to make as large of a hole as possible to get as much materials out of the shadows and into the sunlight.
Mitt Romney let us down. He should've won that election. He failed. He choked, no different than a golfer who misses a putt on the 18th hole.
Democrats on the committee are planning on voting on how the investigation is defined, through a resolution that would set the boundaries of the probe, Politico reported. Doug Collins pointed out what Doug Collins believes are problems with how Democrats have conducted their investigation, claiming that they have acted outside the boundaries of House rules and may have made misrepresentations in court filings. They have portrayed themselves in just a terrible way over the last eight months and they keep digging their hole.
Former Minnesota congresswoman Michelle Bachmann:
If you’re going against the tide in D.C., if you’re trying to stand for biblical principles in D.C. and you stick your head up out of the hole, you know, the blades come whirring and they try to chop you off, this is not an easy place to be.
We have seen what we thought was unseeable, we have seen and taken a picture of a black hole.
Translations for hole
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- حفرةArabic
- dəlik, deşikAzerbaijani
- соҡор, тишек, тишеүBashkir
- дзіркаBelarusian
- яма, дупкаBulgarian
- হোলBengali
- forat, foradarCatalan, Valencian
- díra, jamka, slabina, kazCzech
- hulDanish
- LochGerman
- τρύπα, οπήGreek
- truoEsperanto
- hoyo, hueco, agujeroSpanish
- aukEstonian
- سوراخPersian
- aukko, loukko, reikä, kuoppa, pytty, kolo, rei'ittää, [[tehdä]] [[reikä]], läpäistäFinnish
- holFaroese
- creux, trou, faille, mitard, trouerFrench
- pollIrish
- buratoGalician
- towlManx
- חורHebrew
- lyukHungarian
- ծակ, անցքArmenian
- truoIdo
- gat, hola, gera gat áIcelandic
- 穴Japanese
- ნახვრეტიGeorgian
- жыртық, тесікKazakh
- រូងKhmer
- kun, کون, چاڵKurdish
- anga, duobė, kiaurymė, skylėLithuanian
- dobums, caurums, bedreLatvian
- дупкаMacedonian
- нүхMongolian
- lubangMalay
- opening, holte, holletje, leemte, lichaamsholte, gaatje, gat, hole, doorboren, doorzevenDutch
- hol, hullNorwegian
- traucOccitan
- otwór, dziura, wykop, karcer, dołek, słaby punkt, noraPolish
- furo, oco, brecha, buraco, esburacarPortuguese
- gaurăRomanian
- дырка, дыра, яма, отверстиеRussian
- otvor, отворSerbo-Croatian
- dieraSlovak
- luknjaSlovene
- hål, slå hål, punktera, göra hålSwedish
- రంధ్రంTelugu
- сурохTajik
- หลุมThai
- delikTurkish
- діркаUkrainian
- hogVolapük
- trawerWalloon
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