Synonyms for hollow
ˈhɒl oʊhol·low

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 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"

   Synonyms:
   hole, holler

   Antonyms:
   unreverberant, solid, nonresonant, massive, meaningful

2. hollow, hollernoun

   a small valley between mountains

   "he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians"

   Synonyms:
   roaring, bellow, holloa, hole, holler, yowl, hollering, holla, hollo, bellowing, roar

   Antonyms:
   massive, unreverberant, nonresonant, solid, meaningful

3. hole, hollowadjective

   a depression hollowed out of solid matter

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

   Antonyms:
   meaningful, solid, unreverberant, nonresonant, massive

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"

   Synonyms:
   vacuous, empty

   Antonyms:
   nonresonant, unreverberant, meaningful, solid, massive

5. hollowadjective

   as if echoing in a hollow space

   "the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom"

   Synonyms:
   vacuous, empty

   Antonyms:
   nonresonant, meaningful, massive, solid, unreverberant

6. empty, hollow, vacuousverb

   devoid of significance or point

   "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments"

   Synonyms:
   vacuous, fatuous, empty, mindless, asinine, empty-bellied, blank, inane

   Antonyms:
   nonresonant, massive, unreverberant, solid, meaningful

7. excavate, dig, hollowverb

   remove the inner part or the core of

   "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"

   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

   Antonyms:
   nonresonant, massive, solid, unreverberant, meaningful

8. hollow, hollow out, core outverb

   remove the interior of

   "hollow out a tree trunk"

   Synonyms:
   excavate, dig, core out, hollow out

   Antonyms:
   unreverberant, nonresonant, solid, massive, meaningful

Matched Categories

1. • Cavity
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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hollowadjective

   Synonyms:
   vacant, empty, void, cavernous, not solid

2. hollowadjective

   Synonyms:
   insincere, treacherous, false, faithless, hypocritical, pharisaical, deceitful, false-hearted, hollow-hearted

3. hollowadjective

   Synonyms:
   deep, low, rumbling

4. hollownoun

   Synonyms:
   depression, low spot, low place

5. hollownoun

   Synonyms:
   cavity, concavity, depression, excavation, hole, cave, cavern, dent, dint, dimple, pit

6. hollownoun

   Synonyms:
   groove, channel, canal

7. hollowverb

   Synonyms:
   excavate, scoop

8. hollowadjective

   Synonyms:
   [Low.] wholly, completely, utterly

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1. hollowadjective

   Synonyms:
   excavated, cavernous, vacant, void, unfilled, empty, cannulated, concave, depressed, gaunt, sunken, insincere, unsound, false, hypocritical

   Antonyms:
   convex, protuberant, sincere

2. hollownoun

   Synonyms:
   depression, cavity, valley, concavity, channel, groove, concave, recess, correi

3. hollowverb

   Synonyms:
   scoop, excavate, concave

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1. List of paraphrases for "hollow":

   empty, trough, peckish

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How to use hollow in a sentence?

1. Ram Kishor Yadav:

   The promise of inclusion is completely hollow.

2. Theresa Dellinger:

   There are little hollow hairs in that fluffy, hairy material, it's not going to reach out and bite you, but if someone brushes up against that hair, it'll release toxins that you'll have a reaction to.

3. Shoryu Bradley:

   Zazen is the dragons roar. This dragons roar is the wind passing and whistling through a hollow tree. This can be a metaphor for your Zazen practice and or even your life. If you can let go, greatly let go, this dragons roar can manifest through you. It is much bigger than the individual.

4. 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.

5. Jeff DeYoung:

   Since then, my office has been contacted by countless veterans who have described the mismanagement of the program. Our veterans selflessly put themselves in harm’s way with their military working dogs, yet too many of them are now separated because of hollow promises from our government. They deserve answers, and it’s for this reason that I am requesting the House Armed Services Committee to launch a formal inquiry into the adoptions of these combat dogs. for four years I continuously tried to email this company asking about where he was.