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Synonyms for hole
hoʊlhole
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Princeton's WordNet
holenoun
an opening into or through something
Synonyms:
maw, trap, golf hole, cakehole, jam, muddle, yap, pickle, gob, fix, hollow, kettle of fish, messholenoun
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 holenoun
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, messholenoun
an unoccupied space
Synonyms:
maw, trap, golf hole, cakehole, jam, muddle, yap, pickle, gob, fix, hollow, kettle of fish, messhole, hollownoun
a depression hollowed out of solid matter
Synonyms:
maw, trap, golf hole, cakehole, jam, muddle, holler, yap, pickle, gob, fix, hollow, kettle of fish, messholenoun
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 fishnoun
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, gobverb
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 outverb
hit the ball into the hole
Synonyms:
hole outholeverb
make holes in
Synonyms:
hole out
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
holenoun
Synonyms:
perforation, aperture, openingholenoun
Synonyms:
cavity, cave, cavern, hollow, concavity, excavationholenoun
Synonyms:
hovel, kennel, den, mean habitation
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
holenoun
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
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HOLE
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #346 | location | |
| #422 | press | |
| #748 | lot | |
| #1035 | port | |
| #1274 | deal | |
| #1521 | mountain | |
| #1666 | repair | |
| #2009 | mass | |
| #2464 | fix | |
| #2966 | hole | |
| #4114 | gap | |
| #4715 | plenty | |
| #4976 | sight | |
| #5100 | pot | |
| #5177 | mint | |
| #5259 | jam | |
| #5554 | holes | |
| #5702 | stack | |
| #6977 | pit | |
| #7143 | drill | |
| #7410 | batch | |
| #7583 | trap | |
| #7628 | jail | |
| #8009 | mess | |
| #8056 | dump | |
| #8169 | tar | |
| #9566 | hollow | |
| #10302 | pile | |
| #10677 | fixing | |
| #12255 | clutter | |
| #12398 | crush | |
| #12679 | localization | |
| #13680 | locating | |
| #14364 | heap | |
| #14918 | fixture | |
| #15058 | flock | |
| #17739 | peck | |
| #17995 | bunker | |
| #18361 | loch | |
| #19239 | mariner | |
| #21589 | pickle | |
| #21748 | raft | |
| #22194 | slew | |
| #22436 | snare | |
| #26488 | seaman | |
| #27773 | smother | |
| #29441 | ambush | |
| #29808 | brig | |
| #31339 | gat | |
| #31745 | jamming | |
| #32152 | jumble | |
| #33156 | mend | |
| #33394 | yap | |
| #34757 | localisation | |
| #36659 | wad | |
| #37481 | orifice | |
| #38678 | loophole | |
| #40312 | maw | |
| #42048 | borehole | |
| #43840 | muss | |
| #45726 | gob | |
| #46975 | holler | |
| #48006 | spate | |
| #51050 | reparation | |
| #54322 | mending | |
| #58566 | pozo | |
| #63911 | muddle | |
| #74877 | pothole | |
| #81427 | welter | |
| #83194 | stockade | |
| #90944 | seafarer | |
| #100399 | peephole | |
| #106474 | foxhole | |
| #127323 | mickle | |
| #139634 | hellhole | |
| #149105 | muckle | |
| #158015 | shithole | |
| #163107 | passel | |
| #176650 | messiness | |
| #201413 | hatful | |
| #270504 | fuddle | |
| #288660 | ambuscade |
How to use hole in a sentence?
If you recoup one job for every 10 you lost, you're still nine in the hole.
This ten million is just another crumb that’s being thrown into the black hole of Cape Wind.
As it is raining today, the mine shaft hole has become much bigger, as it gets closer to the house I hope the area that has solid earth will remain intact.
As The Arringtons ate them, they went down into The Arringtons digestive tract, and then each time The Arringtons would find another one somewhere in the house and swallow it, it would click together and it perforated a hole through The Arringtons stomach all the way down into The Arringtons colon area.
Being able to win on this golf course, in front of Jack, making that putt on the last hole, I cant tell you how good it feels.
Translations for hole
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- 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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