Synonyms for hole
hoʊlhole

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. holenoun

   an opening into or through something

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

2. holenoun

   an opening deliberately made in or through something

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

3. hole, 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, mess

4. holenoun

   an unoccupied space

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

5. hole, 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, mess

6. holenoun

   a fault

   "he shot holes in my argument"

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

7. fix, 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, pot

8. trap, 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, cakehole

9. hole, hole outverb

   hit the ball into the hole

   Synonyms:
   hole out

10. holeverb

    make holes in

    Synonyms:
    hole out

Matched Categories

1. • Defect
   • Difficulty
   • Golf
   • Hit
   • Hollow
   • Natural Depression
   • Opening
   • Space

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. spelunking

   Submitted by anonymous on January 24, 2021  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. holenoun

   Synonyms:
   perforation, aperture, opening

2. holenoun

   Synonyms:
   cavity, cave, cavern, hollow, concavity, excavation

3. holenoun

   Synonyms:
   hovel, kennel, den, mean habitation

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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, burrow

   Antonyms:
   imperforation, closure

   Associated 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

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

1. List of paraphrases for "hole":

   orifice, loch, shithole, hellhole, foxhole, holes, gat, peephole, port, pit, stockade, dump, brig, gap, loophole, jail, drill, borehole, pothole, pozo

Suggested Resources

1. hole

   Song lyrics by hole -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by hole on the Lyrics.com website.

2. HOLE

   What does HOLE stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the HOLE acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

How to pronounce hole?

How to say hole in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use hole in a sentence?

1. American Jordan Spieth:

   Putts like that are luck, right? if that doesn't hit the hole, it's four feet past. I guess it was just my day.

2. Michele Thoren Bond:

   It's a very, very big hole, it is super challenging. You are not issuing library cards here, you have to examine every application, in many cases you have to interview the applicant... there are checks that are being performed back in Washington ; the whole interagency process, it is something that takes time.

3. Mickey Rourke:

   Now, I dont look up to him no more; I look through him, i came up from the s--t. He doesnt know that life. I lived that f---ing life, so every time I look him in the face, I look right through his a--hole.

4. Dheeraj Pasham:

   The fact that we can track this region of bright X-ray emission as it circles the black hole lets us track just how quickly material in the disk is spinning, that gives us information about the spin rate of the supermassive black hole itself.

5. Rory McIlroy:

   The conditions were obviously very tricky from the start. You know, from the first hole, it was always going to be a day like that, i feel like I salvaged something out of the round the last couple holes, but it was just a day to keep trying, not to give up.