Antonyms for hollow
| Grammar : Adj, noun, verb |
| Spell : hol-oh |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɒl oʊ |
Definition of hollow
Origin :- c.1200, from Old English holh (n.) "hollow place, hole," from Proto-Germanic *hul-, from PIE *kel- "to cover, conceal" (see cell). The figurative sense of "insincere" is attested from 1520s. Related: Hollowly; hollowness. To carry it hollow "take it completely" is first recorded 1660s, of unknown origin or connection.
- adj empty, hollowed out
- adj deep, resonant in sound
- adj meaningless
- adj false, artificial
- noun empty or dented area
- verb empty out; make concave
- "He had a gun shoved into the hollow of his throat," said Andy.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- But see the church in the hollow, and the folk who cluster in the churchyard!
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Even the fertile vale, in the hollow of which it lay, had ceased to have existence.
- Extract from : « The Miraculous Pitcher » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Bein' born on Hollow eve,' says he, 'I couldn't be nothin' else.
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
- It forms a speaking telegraph without the necessity of any hollow tube.'
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
- Whew, that beats finding pearls in the shells of mussels all hollow!
- Extract from : « With Trapper Jim in the North Woods » by Lawrence J. Leslie
- Civilization, enlightenment,—they are vague terms, hollow sounds.
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Thus they would rest in a hollow correspondence, the fence between.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- Maltravers did not listen to these vain and hollow consolations.
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- His cheeks were hollow and hectic, his eyes were glistening as with fever, his chest heaved.
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
Synonyms for hollow
- alveolate
- arched
- basin
- bottom
- bowl
- carved out
- cave
- cavern
- cavernous
- cavity
- chamber
- channel
- chase
- clangorous
- cleft
- concave
- concavity
- corrugate
- crater
- cup
- cup-shaped
- cupped
- curved
- cynical
- dale
- deceitful
- deep-set
- den
- dent
- depressed
- depression
- dig
- dimple
- dimpled
- dip
- dish
- ditch
- dull
- echoing
- empty
- excavate
- excavated
- excavation
- faithless
- flat
- flimsy
- fruitless
- furrow
- futile
- ghostly
- gorge
- groove
- gulf
- hole
- hypocritical
- idle
- incurved
- indent
- indentation
- indented
- infundibular
- insincere
- low
- muffled
- mute
- muted
- not solid
- notch
- notched
- nugatory
- otiose
- pit
- pitted
- pointless
- rabbet
- remove
- resounding
- reverberant
- ringing
- roaring
- rumbling
- rut
- sag
- scoop
- sepulchral
- shovel
- sinkage
- sinkhole
- socket
- sounding
- specious
- striated
- sunken
- thunderous
- toneless
- treacherous
- trench
- trough
- troughlike
- unavailing
- unfilled
- unsound
- useless
- vacant
- vacuity
- vain
- valley
- vaulted
- vibrant
- vibrating
- void
- weak
- worthless
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