SHALLOW as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a stretch of shallow water
   Synonym(s)
   • shoal (what does shoal mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) shallow is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • body of water (what does body of water mean?)
   • water (what does water mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • shallow (what does shallow mean?)
   • shoal (what does shoal mean?)
   • shallow (what does shallow mean?)
   • shoal (what does shoal mean?)
   • shallow (what does shallow mean?)
   • shoal (what does shoal mean?)
   • shallow (what does shallow mean?)
   • shoal (what does shoal mean?)

SHALLOW as VERB

1. Meaning
   • become shallow
   Synonym(s)
   • shoal (what does shoal mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the lake shallowed over time
   Hypernyms(s) shallow is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change (what does change mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • shoal (what does shoal mean?)
   • shallow (what does shallow mean?)
   • shoal (what does shoal mean?)
   • shallow (what does shallow mean?)
2. Meaning
   • make shallow
   Synonym(s)
   • shoal (what does shoal mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The silt shallowed the canal
   Hypernyms(s) shallow is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change (what does change mean?)
   • alter (what does alter mean?)
   • modify (what does modify mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • shoal (what does shoal mean?)
   • shallow (what does shallow mean?)
   • shoal (what does shoal mean?)
   • shallow (what does shallow mean?)

SHALLOW as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • lacking physical depth
   • having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
   Usage Example(s)
   • shallow water
   • a shallow dish
   • a shallow cut
   • a shallow closet
   • established a shallow beachhead
   • hit the ball
   Antonym(s)
   • deep (what does deep mean?)
   Similar To
   • ankle-deep (what does ankle-deep mean?)
   • knee-deep (what does knee-deep mean?)
   • fordable (what does fordable mean?)
   • neritic (what does neritic mean?)
   • reefy (what does reefy mean?)
   • shelfy (what does shelfy mean?)
   • shelvy (what does shelvy mean?)
   • shoaly (what does shoaly mean?)
   Attribute(s)
   • depth (what does depth mean?)
2. Meaning
   • not deep or strong
   • not affecting one deeply
   Usage Example(s)
   • shallow breathing
   • a night of shallow fretful sleep
   • in a shallow trance
   Antonym(s)
   • deep (what does deep mean?)
   Similar To
   • light (what does light mean?)
   • wakeful (what does wakeful mean?)
   • skin-deep (what does skin-deep mean?)
   • superficial (what does superficial mean?)
   • surface(a) (what does surface(a) mean?)
   Attribute(s)
   • depth (what does depth mean?)
3. Meaning
   • lacking depth of intellect or knowledge
   • concerned only with what is obvious
   Usage Example(s)
   • shallow people
   • his arguments seemed shallow and tedious
   Similar To
   • superficial (what does superficial mean?)