Synonyms for shoal
ʃoʊlshoal

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1. shoalnoun

   a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide

   Synonyms:
   school, shallow

2. shoal, shallownoun

   a stretch of shallow water

   Synonyms:
   school, shallow

3. school, shoalverb

   a large group of fish

   "a school of small glittering fish swam by"

   Synonyms:
   schooling, schoolhouse, shallow, school day, school, schooltime

4. shallow, shoalverb

   make shallow

   "The silt shallowed the canal"

   Synonyms:
   shallow

5. shallow, shoalverb

   become shallow

   "the lake shallowed over time"

   Synonyms:
   shallow

Matched Categories

1. • Body Of Water
   • Change
   • Sandbank

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shoalnoun

   Synonyms:
   crowd, throng, multitude, swarm, horde, gang

2. shoalnoun

   Synonyms:
   shallow, sand-bank

3. shoalverb

   Synonyms:
   grow shallow

4. shoaladjective

   Synonyms:
   shallow

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

1. shoaladjective

   Synonyms:
   shallow

2. shoalnoun

   Synonyms:
   shallow, sandbank, bar

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

1. List of paraphrases for "shoal":

   southeast

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1. Colonel Restituto Padilla:

   We want the U.S. military to watch over our ships, which China attempts to block every time we rotate troops and bring supplies to a ship that ran aground on Ayungin shoal.

2. Patrick Cronin:

   New Korean-built light fighter aircraft could reach Scarborough Shoal in just minutes, and maritime patrol aircraft or drones could eventually provide persistent coverage of Chinese movements in the area, a return to Subic Bay, this time led by the Philippine air force, would seem to be a prudent defensive response.

3. The State Department official:

   Ultimately no matter how much sand China piles on top of a submerged reef or shoal ... it is not enhancing its territorial claim. You can't build sovereignty, he (Kerry) will leave his Chinese interlocutors in absolutely no doubt that the United States remains committed to maintaining freedom of navigation and to exercise our legitimate rights as pertaining to over flight and movement on the high seas.

4. Zhang Baohui:

   The larger geo-strategic context is more important than Second Thomas Shoal.

5. Luis Madarang:

   Win or lose, we will help our fishermen, it's very unfair for China to stay there or even share the resources in Scarborough Shoal because the Philippines owns that 100 percent.